Podcasts For New Moms
Takeaway: Becoming a mom requires a whole new set of skills - skills you learn and build while navigating HUGE changes in almost every area of your life! This transition can be tough -beautiful, exhausting, exciting, scary, joyful, and lonely - all at the same time. Podcasts can remind you that you aren't alone and that so many women have experienced what you're going through or are in it with you now.
Podcasts for new moms
Podcasts for New Moms
Why Listen to a Parenting Podcast?
There are LOTS of benefits to tuning in to podcasts. Listening to podcasts is a great way to find connection. comfort, and information.
Whether you're looking for a pregnancy podcast to help you prepare for your baby, a birth story podcast, quick and dirty tips, or a fun podcast that feels like hanging out with mom friends, there are many wonderful resources right at your fingertips - er, eardrums.
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Connection and Comfort
You may be feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or lonely as a parent. Maybe you feel isolated while caring for your baby, or donβt have the support you thought youβd have from your friends, family, or partner. It might feel hard to be vulnerable and talk about what you're going through, so listening to others share their experiences can be really validating and healing.
Easily Accessible Information and Resources
Podcasts are an amazing free educational resource. By simply searching on an app you can access information from world renown experts, and listen to deep dives into topics and entertaining conversations on just about any subject you can imagine. There's a good chance that any parenting questions you have are addressed in the podcast world.
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Self-Care
One of the biggest practical shifts in becoming a new parent is the lack of time for self-care. Feeding, napping, changing diapers, and just getting to know your new baby takes up huge amounts of both energy and time.
Podcasts offer a way to care for yourself without demanding a ton of those precious resources. Listening to a podcast on a walk, while driving to appointments, or as a wind down activity at the end of the day can provide some much needed time for yourself.
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I'm excited to share about a new podcast for those looking for support in postpartum and early parenting:
The Blooming in Motherhood Podcast!
Blooming in Motherhood Podcast
Becoming a mother is full of joy and challenges. It's a time of learning and adjustment as you get to know your baby and adapt to your new role as a parent.
You experience sleepless nights, endless feedings, diaper changes, and lots of cuddles. You also witness your baby's milestones and growth, from their first smile to their first steps. It's a time of immense love and growth, but also requires patience, stamina, and resilience to navigate the ups and downs.
Becoming a mother is life-changing in nearly every way. Some days are magical, some days are survival. You have new priorities, hopes, worries, perspectives, and identities - your world is all new. And itβs never been so full.
If you want to embrace change, learn and grow, and bloom in motherhood - this is the podcast for you.
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The Purpose of the Blooming in Motherhood Podcast
I started this podcast because this is what I was searching for in my own life. When I was pregnant with my first child, I devoured birth stories. I listened to every episode of The Birth Hour and maybe even a few episodes twice. The best podcasts to me at that time shared real, raw stories. I craved information and wanted to know about other people's experiences.
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Connection through Stories
As a new mom in the postpartum stage, I felt that same desire for information. I looked for information and assurance through stories about how other people managed the transition to motherhood. I wanted to ask every single mom that I saw, "how did you survive on no sleep?", "how did you feed your baby?", "how do you take care of your mental health?", "what was it like to go back to work?". And in these questions, I was really asking "am I doing this right? Is this normal? Am I the only one who feels this way?"
Sharing your story is so powerful and so is listening to someone else's story. Hearing other parents speak about their experience can help you reflect on your own and even gain new perspectives. I love learning from all these guests about their own person and unique situations and circumstances, and I know that even among our diverse experiences there is a lot of commonality.
Blooming in Motherhood Podcast Overview: A New Mom Podcast
Molly Vasa Bertolucci, therapist, mom, and now podcaster!
About Your Host
Iβm Molly, a licensed therapist in Long Beach, California and maternal mental health specialist. Iβm a mother of two on a parenthood learning journey, just like you. I became a therapist because I believe strongly in the healing that comes from allowing ourselves to feel and share our stories and it has brought me inspiration and optimism.
My hope is that this podcast can be a tool for supporting new mothers in feeling connected, calm, and confident as parents. You can expect conversations about growing and learning in motherhood and the physical, emotional, and psychological changes and challenges that came with it.
Topics Covered in the Podcast
On Blooming in Motherhood, we discuss the big experiences of the first year of motherhood, like managing sleep deprivation, feeding and breastfeeding journeys, postpartum depression and anxiety, returning to work from maternity leave and finding work life balance, and navigating changes in identity and relationships.
We hear from working moms, stay-at-home moms, single moms, adoptive moms, and twin moms - all kinds of moms! Episodes address everyday issues and challenges that offer chances to learn and grow. And each episode offers some practical insight and helpful tips, including:
Making decisions around work
Birth experience and recovery
Postpartum mental health
Navigating relationship changes
Parenting as a single mom
Deciding whether or not to have more children
Childcare decisions
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What to Expect from this Podcast
Encouragement and support
In this podcast, I get to ask the question: βwhat was it like for you?β.
I have really loved talking with these women about this vulnerable, sacred time. Personally, I have always looked for stories of others to guide and inspire me in times of uncertainty and transitions in my life - my hope is that this podcast can serve as a source of hope, connection, and peace for new moms and new again moms who are in it. Encouragement and support are vital in early parenthood, when there are so many changes and challenges.
Connection and community with other moms
Early motherhood and the postpartum period can feel so isolating and overwhelming. Making mom friends when you have a brand new baby and are just trying to make it through the day can feel impossible at times.
I hope that you'll join us and as your listen you'll be able to see your story in these stories as well. Because you're not alone in all the ups and downs of motherhood.
Conversations with moms about growing and learning in motherhood
What are the Best Parenting Podcasts?
My Favorite Parenting Podcasts
I've rounded up some of the very best podcasts for you, no matter your child's age or what stage of parenthood you're in now.
Parenting podcasts for busy moms, new mom podcasts
FREEMOM
freemom explores motherhood in a different way than what weβre used to. freemom goes beyond the stories of individual mothers and families to explore motherhood at a societal level, focusing on thought leaders who are truly trying to change the way moms are viewed in the world.
In her podcast, Chelsea talks with guests (including me!) about common parenting challenges and tools to help parents feel supported. In my guest episode, we discuss creating boundaries and saying no.
RESPECTFUL PARENTING: Janet Lansbury Unruffled
Janet Lansbury's parenting podcast draws on her 25+ years of experience working with children and parents to teach listeners how to handle parenting issue through the lens of her respectful parenting philosophy. Her responsive and gentle methods offers a perspective shift that introduces respectful parenting.
I love her approach to child development and with Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled, she offers practical and specific respectful parenting advice on how to remain calm and collected even during the most dysregulating parenting moments.
HOLDING SPACE
On Holding Space, Dr. Cassidy dives into a huge range of parenting topics with such grace, compassion, and curiosity. She hosts conversations with experts from around the world and parents who have been through it. Topics range from pregnancy, fertility, postpartum, parenting, partner relationships, emotional wellness, to creative living and more. This podcast feels like talking with a friend who happens to be an amazing therapist. You can also hear Dr. Cassidyβs episode on the Blooming in Motherhood Podcast talking about anxiety and growth in becoming a mother.
MOM AND MIND
The Mom & Mind podcast takes listeners deep into the complexities of postpartum mental health. Through interviews with experts and conversations with moms and dads, host and psychologist, Dr. Kat (Katayune Kaeni) gives real and honest advice on the mental health issues that many new moms face. In this weekly podcast, Dr. Kat invites us to "put on our stigma crushing boots and address the realities of the transition to motherhood and parenthood". I talked with Dr. Kat about my own postpartum experience in episode 284.
I LOVE MY BABY AND...
On this weekly podcast, hosts Erin Schlozman and Ruby Falk (both therapists) read and talk about listener submissions. I Love My Baby And... gets into relationships, bonding with your new baby, parenting through grief, and sooo much more.
HOW WE GET THRU PODCAST
How We Get Thru Podcast is dedicated to helping listeners navigate life's toughest challenges with practical advice and personal stories. Hosted by Jen Hershey, a licensed therapist, this weekly 30-minute podcast tackles everything from the struggles of motherhood to dealing with imposter syndrome and finding identity in motherhood. Each episode features conversations and expert insights from mental health professionals who have created courses on the How We Get Thru app.
I talked with Jen about navigating the NICU and myths of maternal instinct on episode 29 of the first season. I also created a series of courses on NICU parenting for How We Get Thru - you can check them out here!
GOOD INSIDE WITH DR. BECKY
In her parenting podcast, Dr. Becky (a clinical psychologist and parenting expert) directly answers real questions from real parents and offers solid, practical parenting advice. I love Dr. Becky's approach to parenting topics, child management, and character development for kiddos - all focused on connection. This parenting podcast is a great listen.
I also enthusiastically recommend Dr. Becky's book, Good Inside - the parenting manual you've always wanted.
WORKING MOM HOUR
The goal of the Working Mom Hour Podcast is to cultivate more joy in working motherhood. Erica, Mads, and Marla are working moms, business partners, and friends with kids at different ages and stages who know that moms tend to get more done in an hour than the average human, yet are often misunderstood and underappreciated in the workplace.
Whether you have one kid or eight kids, the balance is delicate and the Working Mom Hour shines a light on that to make working moms feel seen and inspired.
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
The Best of Both Worlds is the podcast to listen to if you find yourself googling "work life balance and motherhood podcast". Hosts Laura Vanderkam, an author and a mom of four, and Sarah Hart-Unger, a practicing physician and mom of three, discuss that delicate balance as well as career development, parenting, time management, planning and productivity, and making time for fun.
I'm a HUGE fan of Laura's writing and highly recommend her book I Know How She Does It.
HELLO POSTPARTUM PODCAST
Hello Postpartum is a treasure trove of support for new moms. The Hello Postpartum Podcast is no exception! Expert conversations on life after birth, with topics like "You're Not a Bad Mother, It's Just Our Outdated Societal Construct" and "Why the Invisible Load of Motherhood is Breaking You" with fellow Fair Play Facilitator Lauren Tetenbaum are sure to leave moms feeling less alone and more confident.
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