Mar 28, 2021
“The mother is the beginning of everything yet she’s often the
last called to the table” Dr Aurelie Athan joins me for an
episode about motherhood, identity, and so much more. Aurelie’s a
reproductive psychologist and faculty member at Columbia University
where she’s revived the term Matrescence. Her work is revolutionary
- unlike the majority of academic studies into motherhood she
focuses on the actual mother (not their children). She studies
mothers' development holistically, both their thriving AND
distress. In this episode we explore how her work on matrescence
led her to new work around reproductive identity.
If you’ve seen the back cover of my book, NOISE, you’ll know that
the central question I explore is “How can I be a Mother and be
Me?” so talking about motherhood and identity is always right up my
street. In fact, I reference Aurelie’s research in NOISE, and the
quote above is included in the book.
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