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Amy Taylor-Kabbaz is an activist, changing the way the world supports mothers – in the board room, the birthing suite and the living room. When I first came across her work I had a giant chip on my shoulder, and the more we talked the more I realised we’re fighting the exact same fight, we’re just using different language for it.
Amy understands that the system is rigged and we can’t ‘self care’ our way through that. In her world first Matrescence Coaching Training she supports other women and coaches globally to change the experience of motherhood and the way mothers are supported and valued in the world.
Amy is doing SUCH important work in the world. I hope you enjoy this conversation!
In this episode we discuss:
- What matressance is, and the transition into motherhood
- Improving the experience of becoming a mother
- How we both began motherhood with a chip on our shoulder
- The intersection of motherhood and work – the inner split and competing devotions
- Acknowledging that women change through motherhood without it leading to bias against mothers
- The rigged system and the challenge of ‘doing it all’
- Assessing our values to decide how to navigate this period
- Happiness and wellbeing measures in women after becoming mothers
- Navigating imbalance in the home
About Amy Taylor-Kabbaz
Amy Taylor-Kabbaz is a Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Journalist, Matrescence Activist and Mama of three. After more than a decade covering breaking news and current affairs for the ABC around the country, her ‘traditional’ career took an unexpected turn when she found herself lost, overwhelmed and diagnosed with a thyroid disease after the birth of her first daughter.
16 years – and two more babies – later, Amy is now one of the world’s leading specialists in the field of Matrescence. She is the author of the best-selling book ‘Mama Rising’, the host of the ‘The Happy Mama Movement’ podcast (with more than 500,000 downloads), an internationally awarded Life Coach and meditation teacher, and the creator of the #1 children’s podcast in Australia (with more than 23 million downloads!) ‘Bedtime Explorers’.
In 2019, she launched her world first Matrescence Coaching Training and now has over 250 coaches globally, and in 2023, established the Global Matrescence Foundation with the mission to change the way mothers are supported and valued in the world, whether in the boardroom, birthing suite or outback.