Hey Mama!
Welcome to the Mrs Mummy PhD® Podcast!
I am your host, Dr Michelle Gibbs, and this podcast exists to help Scholarly Mamas® like you, intelligent and ambitious women navigating the pursuit of their life and academic goals, but who don't want to do so at the expense of what matters most.
Here, we're changing the overwhelm and juggle-struggle narrative around what it means to be a Mama on a scholarly journey to one of empowerment, fulfilment and purposeful success.
We're scholars, yes, but we're also Mamas with whole lives outside of academia that we actually want to enjoy more of.
So how can we begin to embrace this unique blend so that we can truly win where it matters? Because I believe that when a Scholarly Mama® wins where it matters, everyone wins. Well, we begin by saying yes to creating a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside. Because that's when we truly become purposefully whole.
You see, I went from an overwhelmed new Mama and first-generation student living deadline to deadline to becoming a purposeful, top-performing, Scholarly Mama® with five degrees, including my PhD and many titles and accolades under my belt.
But the best bit was being able to navigate all this without compromising time with the people I love, especially my high school sweetheart turned husband of over 18 years and our three boys, our son-shines. But most importantly, I was able to navigate these journeys without losing myself in the process.
But don't get it twisted. It hasn't always been plain sailing and when I was in the thick of the juggle-struggle, I wish I had a podcast like this one to listen to!
This is why I am fully committed to the change I want to see….one podcast episode and one Scholarly Mama® journey at a time.
This is a space where we're embracing honest conversation, guilt-free family time, unapologetic self-care, consistent academic progress and truly holistic personal growth to help you finally create the scholarly joy and purposeful success you deserve!
So get ready for the most non-traditional, unconventional and purposeful approach to blending work, study and family life as a Scholarly Mama®. Because one thing I have learned as someone who's pursued and achieved huge academic goals as a wife and a Mama is that if you want something different, you have to do something different.
But you must be brave enough to think differently first.
So Mama, are you in? Fabulous. Let's begin.
These are our journeys of becoming!
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