Motherhood can feel like an endless treadmill of meals, cooking, washing, ironing, being available to our children 24/7 and balancing it all around having a job, yet we’re not allowed to complain about it.
On this live chat streamed on Facebook and LinkedIn, Elizabeth invites coach Lucy Higgins to talk about the ‘perfect mother’ myth and how it supports a patriarchal view of women. She explains why the ‘perfect mother’ myth is damaging and then encourages us to push back so that we can be the mothers that we want to be.
Lucy gives her wishlist of the support she’d like to see for mothers in society and outlines her vision of how women should be at the centre of motherhood, not their children. She lists the changes we can put in place in our own lives and calls on us to talk big, not small, to make motherhood more authentic and manageable. At the end of the chat, Lucy shares where you can go online to find more support and resources to start your transition away from being a ‘perfect mother’.
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Timestamps
[1:10] Lucy introduces herself and talks about her experience of motherhood
[3:45] Shocking statistics from Deloitte about women’s experience in the workplace
[5:21] What prompted Lucy to become a coach?
[7:05] Why Lucy helps mums
[9:23] “You’ve got to cope”: One of society’s myths about the ‘perfect mother’
[10:30] Lucy explains the concept of matrescence
[12:29] What is the ‘perfect mother’ myth?
[16:15] How the patriarchal version of motherhood holds women back
[19:25] What would happen if we rebelled against the ‘perfect mother’ myth?
[22:05] Lucy lists what changes we should make in society to give more support to mothers
[27:00] The problem of selfless mothers
[29:57] What actions can we take to change the patriarchal version of motherhood?
[35:27] Women need big talk, not small talk
[36:25] Where to go to find out more about Lucy and to book her as a coach
Links
Big Talk For Mums on Instagram
Investing in Women flexible working recruitment site
Investing in Women on Instagram
Investing in Women on LinkedIn
Investing in Women on Facebook
Investing in Women on Pinterest
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