Stacia Beazley, Sónia Gonçalves, Annika Korsten & Julia Neumann
Join this conversation between Stacia Beazley, Sónia Gonçalves, Annika Korsten & Julia Neumann on Radically Alive Women Edgecast to explore what it means to be a mother beyond physical birth, and how mothering energy can flow into people, community, animals, and the planet.
Stacia shares her impulse for the conversation and her view that some women may not birth children so their mothering nourishes the wider world.
Sonia discusses facing possible womb and ovary removal, grief about not experiencing pregnancy, and realizing beliefs that limit love to blood ties, along with fears about accelerated menopause.
Annika, six months pregnant at 42, distinguishes declaring motherhood from conception and describes choosing motherhood before pregnancy, while also noting shifting capacity during pregnancy.
Julia reflects on valuing women without children, the undervaluing of mothers, menopause as initiation, and cultural dynamics like ownership and competition, while the group discusses “village” child-rearing and reclaiming the word mother.
May this conversation be a start for many to follow - in every woman’s life.
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Stacia Beazley website www.theartofrelating.com.au/
Sónia Gonçalves instagram www.instagram.com/sonia.maiagoncalves/
Annika Korsten website www.annikakorsten.org/
Julia Neumann website www.julia-neumann.com
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