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Myth of Motherhood - Podcast

Myth of Motherhood

A podcast by, for, and about moms and those who love them.

This is a show devoted to calling out the idealism and perfection that our society places on mothers, while also discussing the often taboo topics that come with transitioning into motherhood. It’s time for us to stop beating around the bush or hiding our struggles so that we can be seen, heard, and way less alone. There’s no one right way to be a mother, there is only YOUR right way. Join me, Alissa Alter | women’s health expert & motherhood advocate to share our stories, let go of mythical expectations, and write our own rules. Also-- can we all agree that showering, going to the bathroom, and being by yourself are NOT luxuries, but basic needs for us to not only survive, but thrive? I think it’s time.

Parenting Kids & Family Relationships Society & Culture
Update frequency
every 10 days
Average duration
31 minutes
Episodes
126
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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You Are the Power: Protecting Your Energy Like a Luxury Item

You Are the Power: Protecting Your Energy Like a Luxury Item

Shout out to my fellow type A, high-achieving woman who feels like you have to say yes to everything. This is your permission slip to reclaim your time, energy, and personal power without guilt.

Join…

00:17:54  |   Mon 15 Sep 2025
Stop Googling Your Body: How High Achievers Can Finally Trust Their Inner Wisdom

Stop Googling Your Body: How High Achievers Can Finally Trust Their Inner Wisdom

Are you tired of the internet telling you what you should or shouldn’t do with your body? From “women over 40 shouldn’t run” to “HIIT is bad for your hormones,” the noise is endless.

In this episode,…

00:13:43  |   Mon 01 Sep 2025
Walking the Walk: Why Vulnerability is the Secret to Your Next Level

Walking the Walk: Why Vulnerability is the Secret to Your Next Level

High-achieving women are often told to keep it together, never fail, and always perform at the highest level. But what if the very thing you’re trying to hide — your humanity — is exactly what will u…

00:17:24  |   Mon 18 Aug 2025
Botox, Beauty Standards, and the Patriarchy: Your Body, Your Choice

Botox, Beauty Standards, and the Patriarchy: Your Body, Your Choice

Let’s talk about beauty standards and how they’ve been designed to keep women busy, distracted, and questioning themselves so we can’t spend that time and energy fighting the patriarchy.

Here’s the t…

00:23:45  |   Mon 11 Aug 2025
From Diagnosis to Deadlifts: Strength, cancer, and rewriting your body’s story with Jean Edelstein

From Diagnosis to Deadlifts: Strength, cancer, and rewriting your body’s story with Jean Edelstein

Alissa is joined by her friend, across the street neighbor, and client Jean Hannah Edelstein. Jean also happens to be an accomplished journalist and author of her new memoir Breasts: A Relatively Sho…

00:50:51  |   Mon 28 Jul 2025
Strategies For Boundaries and Saying No aka Oops I Did It Again

Strategies For Boundaries and Saying No aka Oops I Did It Again

In a world that constantly demands more of us, setting boundaries can feel like a radical act of self-care. Alissa shares her journey of learning to respect her own limits, a lesson hard-won over yea…

00:24:58  |   Mon 14 Jul 2025
Want to get strong AF? Here’s the ONE thing you need to know!

Want to get strong AF? Here’s the ONE thing you need to know!

How you do one thing is how you do everything, right? Right. 

As much as current media (social and otherwise) speaks in flashy absolutes like the title of this episode, real life health and strength …

00:18:05  |   Mon 03 Mar 2025
Yoga and strength training with Trisha Durham

Yoga and strength training with Trisha Durham

There is so much that movement and fitness culture gets right and wrong about women and how things evolve when you’re over 40. No matter what or how you move your body, someone is going to say you're…

00:54:44  |   Mon 17 Feb 2025
You are safe INSIDE your body

You are safe INSIDE your body

Even when the world outside of your body is literally on fire or under a new political administration, you are safe INSIDE you body. Or at least, you can be. Download your free workout to start build…

00:09:22  |   Mon 03 Feb 2025
Rebuilding Trust In Yourself with Emily Lynn Paulson

Rebuilding Trust In Yourself with Emily Lynn Paulson

Reading Emily’s book Hey Hun helped me SO much to make sense of my experience in Mary Kay Cosmetics. She is exquisitely brilliant and she shares her experience with MLM indoctrination, alcohol abuse,…

00:56:37  |   Mon 13 Jan 2025
Consistency doesn't mean what you think it does

Consistency doesn't mean what you think it does

There are a variety of definitions of consistency depending on the context. Consistency of food is different from the consistency of the quality of my moisturizer which is still different from the co…

00:19:27  |   Mon 30 Dec 2024
Let your kids SEE you with Lisa Picirillo

Let your kids SEE you with Lisa Picirillo

I’m in love with this episode. I don’t know if it’s the intimacy resulting in knowing each other for 20+ years through so many seasons of life or the sheer brilliance of Lisa. The beautiful way she s…

00:55:18  |   Mon 16 Dec 2024
Hi! I'm the problem, it's me.

Hi! I'm the problem, it's me.

I accidentally took a few months off from the show! Like I share in the episode, I can’t put out ALL the time. Sometimes I need to be on the receiving end. While I can’t promise I won’t take another …

00:20:54  |   Mon 02 Dec 2024
Where Is Your Vagina Pointing? THE WORKOUT

Where Is Your Vagina Pointing? THE WORKOUT

I ask this question all the time and I want you to understand why! So that’s what we are talking about today! CLICK HERE to download your FREE Where Is Your Vagina Pointing workout! And send it to a …

00:21:48  |   Mon 05 Aug 2024
Your Brain Runs On Carbs + Too Much Protein Makes Your Poop Weird

Your Brain Runs On Carbs + Too Much Protein Makes Your Poop Weird

Whenever I come across the latest food and exercise trends I can’t help but feel like they are the newest way to get women to ignore their intuition. 

In the episode…

  • What horrifies me about our fa…

00:28:36  |   Mon 22 Jul 2024
Control Isn’t The Answer with Courtney Romano

Control Isn’t The Answer with Courtney Romano

Courntey and I met doing 42nd Street together in 2008. We remained friends through the next audition season and then she joined my Mary Kay team. Yup! Did you know I was a Mary Kay consultant?! I was…

01:03:18  |   Mon 08 Jul 2024
Alignment Is Just Like An Orgasm + Thoughts On A Used Body

Alignment Is Just Like An Orgasm + Thoughts On A Used Body

Moments of alignment and clarity come only after a buildup of traction, energy, struggle, tension and finally finding that release. Yes, alignment is just like an orgasm! I didn’t know that’s where t…

00:27:00  |   Mon 24 Jun 2024
We’re All Doing Our Best: Social Media, Motherhood, Surgery, & All Things OBGYN with Dr. Fatima Daoud

We’re All Doing Our Best: Social Media, Motherhood, Surgery, & All Things OBGYN with Dr. Fatima Daoud

OOOOOOOOHHH are we lucky? Or ARE WE LUCKY?!?! To have this week’s guest share her deeply empathetic, knowledgeable, and HUMAN approach to medicine and providing care. As a new mother herself, Dr. Fat…

00:44:04  |   Mon 10 Jun 2024
Where Is Your Vagina Pointing: One Year Postpartum

Where Is Your Vagina Pointing: One Year Postpartum

My baby becomes a toddler this week and I’m one year post cesarean. We did it!

In this episode…

  • What I mean what I ask this question! Both physically and energetically and WHY it is SO important!

00:32:44  |   Mon 27 May 2024
Resisting Perfection & The Imaginary Panel of Judges In Your Head with Nicola Kraus

Resisting Perfection & The Imaginary Panel of Judges In Your Head with Nicola Kraus

I’m so glad I make a habit of NOT googling clients because I would have been a total weirdo when I met Nicola. She’s smart, funny, REAL, and a practitioner of Pilates For Her Privates. Learn more abo…

00:42:44  |   Thu 16 May 2024
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