Motherhood Uncut

Have you ever found yourself frustrated, worried, or disappointed by something your child is doing, choices they’re making, or even aspects of who they are? And despite your best intentions, you keep trying to change those things? We love our kids and want what’s best for them. But sometimes, without even realizing it, our own expectations about who they should be get in the way of our ability to connect with who they actually are. In this episode of Motherhood Uncut, Kate Kripke explores how...

You’re smart, you’re capable, and you know how to solve problems. So why does motherhood sometimes leave you feeling like you have absolutely no idea what you’re doing? Throughout my career, I’ve worked with thousands of mothers who are used to figuring things out. And I’ve noticed something fascinating: the very skills that help women succeed in their careers and other areas of life don’t always serve them in motherhood. When our children are upset, when nothing seems to work, or when we don...

If you can give your child almost every possible advantage, how do you know when you’ve given them enough? In this episode, Kate looks at research on parenting across different income levels to ask a bigger question: What do children actually need from us? Families need financial stability. Money helps provide safe housing, food, healthcare, childcare, education and opportunities. This episode isn’t about romanticizing financial hardship or suggesting that children are better off with less. I...

You’re sitting on the floor with your child, but your brain is thinking about the unanswered email, the laundry upstairs, the appointment you need to make and what everyone is going to eat for dinner. You want to be present. You love your child. So why is it so hard to stop thinking about everything that still needs to get done? In this episode of Motherhood Uncut, Kate explores why the to-do list has such a powerful pull, especially for ambitious, capable women who are used to getting things...

The Lindsay Clancy case has brought postpartum psychosis and severe perinatal mental illness into public conversation in a very big way. These conversations matter. We need better recognition of serious maternal mental illness, better treatment, better education for families, and systems that know how to respond when a mother is becoming dangerously unwell. But there is another part of the maternal mental health conversation that I don’t want us to lose. The overwhelming majority of mothers w...