The Raw Mumcast

In this heartfelt solo episode, I share an honest reflection on a truth many mothers quietly carry: mothering is a huge part of who I am, but it’s not all of me.

I speak to the tension between loving my child deeply and still craving creativity, purpose, and expression beyond mothering. It’s not about shame or guilt, but the permission to be both: fully devoted and still desiring.

Through my Human Design lens, I explore how  energy is naturally oriented toward serving the collective, how I'm wired to share, teach, and contribute to the wider world — while also deeply honouring mothering as a sacred act of service in itself. I reflect on how mothering shapes the collective, and how being of service beyond the family circle doesn’t diminish mothering, but expands it.

This episode is a love letter to the and — to the women who mother, create, dream, and serve all at once.

You’ll hear reflections on:

Why wanting “something more” beyond mothering isn’t a betrayal but a birthright

How cultural conditioning fuels guilt and shame for mothers who want more

The sacred service of mothering as a contribution to the collective

The distinction between tribal energy (family, belonging, closeness) and collective energy (teaching, sharing, serving the wider whole)

How honouring your energetic nature makes mothering more alive, authentic, and sustainable

Thank you for listening. If this episode resonates, please rate, review, and share—so we can keep normalizing the real, raw, and messy beauty of mothering together.

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In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend Nour Baghdadi (@lamedicinasagrada), who works with German New Medicine (GNM) — a body of knowledge that offers a completely different way of understanding illness, symptoms, and healing.

Together, we talk about what it really means to mother beyond fear — not by trying to be fearless, but by learning to trust the body’s natural intelligence, to see symptoms not as enemies, but as messages, and to reclaim a deeper sense of calm and sovereignty in how we respond to our children’s needs.

We explore German New Medicine as a way of seeing health and symptoms through a new lens — one that helps mothers respond to their children’s needs with calm, confidence, and connection, instead of panic.

This conversation isn’t about rejecting medicine or striving to be fearless. They both have a role and can protects us. But when they take over, they disconnect us from our intuition. This conversation is about softening fear and reclaiming trust in nature’s design, so we can feel more grounded, capable, and sovereign in our choices as mothers.

Connect with Nour

You can find her on Instagram at @lamedicinasagrada

Thank you for listening. If this episode resonates, please rate, review, and share—so we can keep normalizing the real, raw, and messy beauty of mothering together.

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In this episode, I’m calling BS on the endless stream of motherhood advice that leaves so many of us feeling disconnected, second-guessing ourselves, and spiralling into comparison. From Instagram reels to parenting books to unsolicited playground commentary, the noise is loud—and it’s exhausting.

I’m sharing why most of this advice isn’t designed for you, and how Human Design offers a radically different way to mother: one that’s rooted in self-trust, energy alignment, and your unique way of being. When you start tuning out the “shoulds” and tune into your actual blueprint, things begin to shift. You stop performing and start mothering from a place of deep knowing.

This is your permission slip to mother like you. With clarity. With rest. With insight instead of overload. The best mothering advice is to stop taking so much advice - you already know, mama, Human Design just helps you hear it.

Thank you for listening. If this episode resonates, please rate, review, and share—so we can keep normalizing the real, raw, and messy beauty of mothering together.

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In this heart-opening conversation with my dear friend Blanka, we explore how motherhood becomes the portal to deep generational healing, especially through the lens of Family Constellations. Together, we reflect on the ways our children act as mirrors—revealing the unspoken stories, wounds, and patterns we carry from our lineage.

We speak to the power of bringing what’s hidden into the light, the role of the mother as both healer and space holder, and how Family Constellations can help us untangle the inherited threads that no longer serve us or our children. If you’ve felt the pull to understand your family system on a deeper level—or to break cycles with more compassion—this episode is your invitation.

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Thank you,

Annamaria, xx

ABOUT BLANKA:

Website: Family Constellation and Conscious Parenting Coaching - Awarenest

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In this heartfelt solo episode, I open up about why I took a break from the podcast, the guilt that came with stepping away, and what it’s taken to return in a way that honors my truth. 

I share how I’m learning to embrace the messy middle of motherhood and coaching—where things don’t feel polished, but they are real. I talk about starting over, listening to my sacral authority, and rebuilding my relationship with joy, pleasure, and my body. 

This is a permission slip for anyone navigating their own in-between to slow down, tune in, and trust their own rhythm.

Loved this episode?

Leave a review or share it on Instagram and tag me! I’d love to hear what resonated most for you.

Thank you,

Annamaria, xx

Thank you for listening. If this episode resonates, please rate, review, and share—so we can keep normalizing the real, raw, and messy beauty of mothering together.

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This episode is all about redefining pleasure the way it feels good to us in the messy middle of mothering - not how patriarchy has been allowing us, women and mothers to experience it.

I’m joined by my hilarious, wise, and wonderfully unhinged friend Kim - fellow mama, coach, and creator of a super juicy new program, The Pleasure Portal that’s all about helping women find their way back to themselves and their pleasure after motherhood shakes everything up.

We talk about all the things from the messy in-between to reclaiming our energy, boundaries, and pleasure (or lack thereof). It’s raw, real, probably a little inappropriate, and full of truth. Just how we like it.

Ready to go deeper?

If today’s episode resonated with you and you'd love to join The Pleasure Portal you can do so by clicking ⁠HERE⁠

Follow Kim on Instagram - ⁠@embodimentbykim⁠

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Thank you,

Annamaria, xx

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Thank you for listening. If this episode resonates, please rate, review, and share—so we can keep normalizing the real, raw, and messy beauty of mothering together.

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Motherhood changes everything—but what about the version of you that’s left hanging in the in-between? The part of you that feels lost, disconnected, and not quite like yourself anymore? That’s the messy middle—the raw, uncomfortable space between who you were and who you’re becoming (I'm still in it, too).

In this episode, I’m diving deep into how your Human Design can help you navigate this messy middle with more ease and self-trust. We’ll talk about:

• Why traditional self-care and parenting advice often don’t work.

• How understanding your Human Design type can help you make decisions, care for yourself, and mother in alignment.

• Practical shifts you can make to feel less burnt out and more like you.

If you’re feeling like you’ve lost yourself in motherhood, this episode is a permission slip to pause, listen to your body, and find a new rhythm that actually works for you.

Ready to go deeper?

If today’s episode resonated with you and you’re craving personalized support to navigate your own messy middle, I’d love to invite you into my 1:1 coaching program. Together, we’ll look at your Human Design, unpick the conditioning that’s kept you stuck, and help you find a rhythm of mothering, working, and living that actually feels good. Book your free connection call here

Loved this episode?

Leave a review or share it on Instagram and tag me! I’d love to hear what resonated most for you.

Thank you,

Annamaria, xx

Thank you for listening. If this episode resonates, please rate, review, and share—so we can keep normalizing the real, raw, and messy beauty of mothering together.

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Being a good girl is exhausting. Being a perfect mother is soul-crushing.

In this episode, I’m pulling apart the deeply ingrained good girl conditioning and how it sets us up for the impossible standards of the perfect mother myth. We’ll explore:

• The good girl narrative and its grip on mothering
• A heartfelt letter from a recovering good girl (yes, that’s me)
• Why the perfect mother doesn’t exist—and never did
• How we can redefine goodness on our own terms

If you’ve ever felt the pressure to get it all right, to be selfless, to hold it all together at the expense of yourself—this one’s for you. Take what you need, leave the rest, and know that you are already enough.

With love,

Annamaria xx

Thank you for listening. If this episode resonates, please rate, review, and share—so we can keep normalizing the real, raw, and messy beauty of mothering together.

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Listen to my audio journal – the first week of my postpartum experience. I kept an audio journal for the first 40 days after giving birth. I was mostly recording with Leo lying on me and nursing, holding my phone in awkward positions, but I wanted to keep these memories as fresh and raw as possible for later reflections. 

There is so much we don’t talk about, we don’t share when it comes to postpartum. The vulnerability of this episode, the rawness of my audio journal might offer you some insight into the reality of it (disclaimer: it was my reality, yours might be very different), or maybe it can make you feel seen and acknowledged.

Some of the themes you will hear:

• A new reality
• Navigating hospital life with a newborn
• The chaotic first days and challenges of postpartum
• Coping with exhaustion and desperation
• Emotional turmoil, guilt and loneliness
• Surrendering expectations and embracing reality
• Finding joy amidst anxiety

I trust that you take whatever is meant for you from this episode.

Love, Annamaria, xx

Thank you for listening. If this episode resonates, please rate, review, and share—so we can keep normalizing the real, raw, and messy beauty of mothering together.

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This episode is an invitation to play with the idea of  “what if new year does not equal new you”? What if you didn’t have to become someone new? What if you were already enough? What if you were already YOU (perhaps wearing some extra layers that don’t belong to you)?

I am sharing about the guilt, shame and not enoughness that many years of resolution setting and then failed execution brought into my life. I’m also talking about what I do instead when calendar years are changing and how I use Human Design and natural cycles to create and navigate my life.

Some of the themes you’ll hear in this episode are:

Embracing the New Year without pressure

Challenging the “New year, new you” narrative

The importance of self acceptance

Cycles of growth: nature vs calendar year

Setting intentions: a flexible approach

Embrace your seasons

Growth, healing, expansion are all cyclical. Life itself is cyclical, we humans are cyclical too. The whole fucking universe is cyclical.

Shedding layers of who we are not meant to be is not bound to 1st of January or a calendar year that is actually just a social contract. 

I trust that you will find something in this episode you can play with for yourself. Thank you so much for listening.

Love, Annamaria, xx

Thank you for listening. If this episode resonates, please rate, review, and share—so we can keep normalizing the real, raw, and messy beauty of mothering together.

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