What happens when motherhood does not just change your routine, but changes who you are? 

In this launch episode of The Goodmother Series, host Ezinne Asinugo-Onyeka sits with Bisi Akins, presenter, voiceover artist, and founder of All Things Africa, for an honest conversation about identity after becoming. Together, they explore the quiet shock of no longer feeling like your old self, the emotional work of moving through new seasons, and the tension of holding both gratitude and truth at the same time.

This episode moves through the parts of motherhood many women feel but struggle to name. Bisi reflects on compartmentalising with joy, being kinder to yourself in a changed body, protecting privacy in marriage and motherhood, processing birth trauma without minimising it, and navigating the one to two transition without making a firstborn feel replaced. It is a warm, grounded conversation about becoming, capacity, and giving yourself permission to be who you are now.

If you have ever felt like motherhood reshaped your identity in ways no one prepared you for, this episode will meet you there.

Guest: Bisi Akins
Website: https://www.bisiakins.com/about
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bissakins/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BisiAkins
All Things Africa: https://www.instagram.com/allthingsafrica_/

The Goodmother Series | The Unspoken Truth

A modern motherhood podcast documenting how becoming a parent reshapes identity, body, and cultural belonging across the African diaspora.

Hosted by Ezinne, this series centres on lived experience over advice. These are intimate, culturally rooted conversations about maternal identity, body transformation, inherited expectations, and the emotional realities of motherhood.

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What happens when motherhood arrives after a life shaped by elite sport, discipline, ambition, and public achievement? 

In this inaugural episode of The Goodmother Series, host Ezinne Asinugo-Onyeka sits with former elite athlete Perri Shakes-Drayton for a deeply honest conversation about identity after becoming. Together, they explore athlete identity, what was lost and gained in the move into motherhood, how relocating to Dubai changed family life and friendship, and why movement became both an emotional anchor and a pathway to community. This is a culturally rooted motherhood conversation about change, embodiment, grief, belonging, and the woman you become when life no longer fits the version of you that came before.

Perri reflects on the pressure of success before motherhood, the parts of her athletic mindset that still show up in family life, and the quiet reality of closing one chapter without needing to return to it. She also opens up about friendship shifts after children, the difference between childbirth in the UK and Dubai, and the loneliness that led her to create community for Black mothers through movement.

As the very first launch episode of The Goodmother Series, this conversation sets the tone for what the series is here to hold, honest motherhood stories about identity, body, culture, and becoming.

Guest: Perri Shakes-Drayton
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itspsd/

The Goodmother Series | The Unspoken Truth

A modern motherhood podcast documenting how becoming a parent reshapes identity, body, and cultural belonging across the African diaspora.

Hosted by Ezinne, this series centres on lived experience over advice. These are intimate, culturally rooted conversations about maternal identity, body transformation, inherited expectations, and the emotional realities of motherhood.

If this episode resonated, like, comment, and subscribe to help more women find these stories.

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What happens when motherhood changes everything, not just your routine, but your identity, body, relationships, and sense of belonging? 

The Goodmother Series is a culturally rooted storytelling podcast exploring the unspoken truths of motherhood across the African diaspora. 

Hosted by Ezinne, this series documents honest lived experiences of maternal identity, body memory, womanhood, and cultural legacy. 

Catch Episodes 1 and 2 on Mother’s Day, March 15.

The Goodmother Series | The Unspoken Truth

A modern motherhood podcast documenting how becoming a parent reshapes identity, body, and cultural belonging across the African diaspora.

Hosted by Ezinne, this series centres on lived experience over advice. These are intimate, culturally rooted conversations about maternal identity, body transformation, inherited expectations, and the emotional realities of motherhood.

If this episode resonated, like, comment, and subscribe to help more women find these stories.

Watch on YouTube

Follow The Goodmother Series:
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Facebook

New episodes every Sunday at 6am GMT.

Produced by APodcastGeek
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