78. Mindful Mothering and Internalised Mothering Myths with Dr Caroline Boyd
The Good Enough Mother
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How Do Intrusive Thoughts Affect Motherhood?
Caroline and I have done a previous interview where you talk about the taboo nature of intrusive thoughts. In this episode we move to anger which is an understandable emotion for new mums in times of stress or feeling unsupported. Caroline says she never expected to feel so angry when she became a mum but it could come as a real shock people who didn't really identify as being particularly angry before are shocked by their feelings. We tend to move into threat mode with these kinds of thoughts such as "I can't cope" because our thinking brain goes offline and our emotional brain takes over, said Caroline.
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