Motherhood gets great PR: women are led by society to expect it to be continuously fulfilling and wonderful. The reality is, of course, more complicated. Children absorb so much of our energy that there can be too little left over to maintain a healthy sense of self. 

Writer and journalist Geraldine Walsh is the author of Unraveling Motherhood, which explores postnatal depression, the “supermum myth”, the importance of boundaries in motherhood and how to embrace a good enough mother mentality.

Andrew and Geraldine explore many aspects of parenting, including strategies you can use to self-nurture, whilst also modelling good mental health practices to your children. 

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⭐️Superhero therapy

⭐️Three things Geraldine Walsh knows to be true.

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Follow Up

Read Andrew’s new Substack newsletter The Meaningful Life, and join the community there. 

Buy Geraldine Walsh’s book Unraveling Motherhood: Understanding Your Experience Through Self-Reflection, Self-Care, and Authenticity

Visit Geraldine Walsh’s website

Follow Geraldine Walsh on Instagram and Twitter @_GeraldineWalsh

Read Andrew’s book on relationships and parenting I Love You But You Always Put Me Last: How to Childproof Your Marriage

You might also enjoy Andrew’s interviews with psychoanalyst Lisa Marchiano on Being a Mother: a Journey of Self Discovery or with author Dawn Kohler on When the Call to Be Yourself Can No Longer Be Ignored.

Andrew offers regular advice on love, marriage and finding meaning in your life via his social channels. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube @andrewgmarshall