A Mother’s Wisdom: Trusting Your Own Unique Path in Motherhood
About the event
‘Mother’ is one of the most powerful words in our language but it is also a word that comes with the overwhelming burden of societal expectation and an endless cycle of comparison. It is often a word that beats us into submission, leaving us questioning who we are as women and frequently calling on us to put our wants and needs at the bottom of the pile.
This is a moment for women to come together around this one powerful word, so we can begin to imagine a future where ‘Mother’ is rooted in the beauty of our individuality, and no longer used as a rod to beat us with. It is a celebration of all we can be, at a time when the world needs Mothers more than ever before.
We are delighted to be joined by Dr. Emma Svanberg, Maxine Nwaneri and Victoria Bennett for this important discussion.
Dr. Emma Svanberg, aka Mumologist, is an award-winning clinical psychologist, speaker and campaigner with expertise in attachment and perinatal psychology. Emma’s brilliant book Parenting for Humans: How to Parent the Child You Have, As the Person You Are explores what we bring to the parenting journey – our hopes, values, views, circumstances, relationships, upbringing – and how we can gain confidence in ourselves not just as parents, but as whole human beings.
Maxine Nwaneri is the author of The Future is Greater: A Working Mother’s Guide to Finding Balance. Maxine believes that mothers can confidently create true success in their lives and jobs without it costing their personal life or it leading to guilt, burnout and unnecessary sacrifice. Her own inspiring journey has led her from homelessness, addiction and academic failure to becoming an award-winning student and Cambridge graduate. Maxine works with women to create time and space for self-care and mental wellbeing.
Victoria Bennett is the author of All My Wild Mothers. At seven months pregnant, Victoria was looking forward to new motherhood and all that was to come. But when the telephone rang, the news she received changed everything. Her eldest sister had died in a canoeing accident. Five years later, struggling with grief and the demands of being a parent-carer for her young son, Victoria and her family moved to a new social housing estate in rural Cumbria to rebuild their lives. Stone by stone, seed by seed, All My Wild Mothers is the story of how sometimes life grows, not in spite of what is broken, but because of it.
