What Ellen Shares:
- Her exploration of feminism and motherhood
- Her new understanding of career after motherhood
- How the cultural standards of having to do it all, alone, sets mothers up for burnout
- How burnout and health issues allowed her learn how to receive help and collaborate with community
- Her desire to add motherhood, bodies, and intuition to the feminist conversation; plus giving women the permission and agency to do what’s right for them
What You’ll Hear:
- How Ellen’s work shifted when she became a mother (2:30)
- How her feminism has shifted with motherhood (4:24)
- How motherhood has been seen as an oppressive institution (5:50)
- Is feminism about everything other than motherhood? (6:20)
- Feelings of disempowerment/invisibility after becoming a mother (7:53)
- Who am I/what is my value in the world now that I’m a mother? (8:40)
- The plan vs. the reality, after having a baby (9:53)
- “I thought I would have a child and keep going in the same direction” (11:37)
- Andrea O’Reilly’s books on feminism & motherhood (13:21)
- Motherhood as an institution or mothering as a female experience (15:13)
- The hormonal differences between men and women as it relates to work (17:18)
- Burn-out and depletion in mothers (18:02)
- Self-care as rebellion (23:05)
- Prioritizing when you’re in a sprint (25:25)
- Balancing desires & motherhood (30:52)
- Self-worth & mothering (32:30)
- Creating a home life where everyone feels nourished (34:00)
- The hard work of mothering that goes unnoticed (34:48)
- American values of individuation (36:43)
- Over-valuing independence has a cost (38:45)
- How much can I do in collaboration? (39:40)
- The stress of being overly self-reliant (42:35)
- Attachment styles and sex (44:17)
- What’s missing from feminism now (46:40)
- How do we give women the support to choose what’s right for them? (48:06)
- Throwing out the word feminism (51:10)
- Unrealistic expectations in postpartum & motherhood (54:00)
- Being present for a child is an enormous gift (55:20)
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