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.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 126
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
The Brain Vagina Connection
I promise it won’t be all about postpartum or childbirth or my birth trauma. NOPE! We’re talking more about SEX today!
I am talking about what I have seen in myself and clients in regards to the p…
Knowledge Is Power: Get To Know YOUR Vaginal Microbiome with Evvy Co-Founder & CEO Priyanka Jain
This episode is everything I’m obsessed with: women empowering women, talking about vaginas, and creating change in the world! It's time to show us the data and start including women of reproductive…
Walking back into the fire: How I Decided To Get Pregnant Again
After birth trauma, deciding to get pregnant again can be…complicated. Even if you didn’t experience trauma, deciding to walk back into the fire can be…complicated. I’m sharing how I approached this …
The Truth About Menopause with Elektra Health Co-Founder & CEO Alessandra Henderson
This week we are busting myths around menopause! The truth around what we can expect leading up to it, what’s missing in our care, and HOW we can advocate for ourselves and each other.
Because…wel…
Your Voice Is A Muscle
Did you know your vocal cords look like labia?
Or that your voice is a muscle you can strengthen like your bi’s and tri’s?
Or that I started voice lessons when I was 11?
We cover all that and more …
Momfluenced: How Social Media Feeds The Pressure & Performance of Motherhood + What We Can Do About It
Sara Petersen (she/her) has written about feminism and motherhood for Harper's Bazaar, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Cut, and elsewhere. Her first book, Momfluenced: Inside the Maddeni…
Pivoting, Belonging + What You Leave Behind
Welcome back to Myth of Motherhood! I am so happy be back!
In this episode…
- my favorite dance step: The PIVOT step! And I have a HUGE library of dance steps I can draw from, yet this is always t…
Finding Alignment
Today’s episode is about alignment. Alignment inside our bodies, but also alignment in terms of what’s happening outside our bodies. In the world. This is also a big episode because I have some news …
Freedom In Motherhood
I hate not being in control. And being a mom means I am not in control. In fact, I’m completely out of control. Oof. Just saying that makes me nauseous. Want to know something really cool that I do …
Where Are You Investing Your Relationship Capital? With Amy Kingman
Your Pelvic Floor Needs Love
It's 50/50 Not 1950 with Michael Perry
Our second DAD on the show! Have you ever wondered why we see more action toward equality in the workplace than we do at home? That we find it easier to navigate these discrepancies with HR than our…
Mom Brain Is Basically Adult Adolecense aka Matrescence
Children Are Catalysts For Change
Change is…hard. Change is also literally my last name. And as often as I say I hate change, I don’t really. I am made for it. And if we are living a full, vibrant life we are changing all the time. E…
Finding Stability Again After Birth
Everything feels unsteady postpartum: your legs, your balance, your hormotions (that’s hormones and emotions mixed together). This is happening as a result of the havoc pregnancy runs on our bodies p…
Constantly Calculating Motherhood with Erin Pasquet
We’re talking pinterest goals & instagram dreams and how that’s never how it shakes down in motherhood. Like everything else in life, adventures in parenting are rarely linear. There are twists and t…
Taking Up Space Postpartum
There’s so much pressure after having a baby to look like you didn’t have a baby. Even though you definitely just had a baby. We are supposed to bounce, snap, fit right back into our old jeans and ou…
Identifying Your Blind Spots with Jenny Jackson
This week we are talking about identifying our blind spots in life, business, and parenting, how having adult tantrums is just like our kids’ tantrums, and how modeling a life of integrity and sustai…
Marriage After Baby: I'm A Mom, But I'm Not YOUR Mom
There’s this assumption that after we give birth, we spontaneously download a complete, updated guide on everything motherhood/parenting/baby. Suddenly everyone asks us to feel our foreheads, what ty…
