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Mama's Gonna Make It

Mama's Gonna Make It

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 Honest, funny, and real—neurodivergent moms navigating parenting, friendship, and self-growth.©Mama's Gonna Make It/Such-N-Such Media Parenting & Families Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Mama’s Gonna Make It — 61. Good Girl Conditioning with Emily Hughes

    Mama’s Gonna Make It — 61. Good Girl Conditioning with Emily Hughes
    Nov 2 2026

    What happens when being “a good girl” means learning to put everyone else’s needs, feelings, and comfort ahead of your own?

    We’re so excited to welcome Emily Hughes of Finding Flow Parenting back to Mama’s Gonna Make It! Emily is a conscious parenting coach who works with individuals and couples and incorporates somatics and breathwork into her work. She first joined us in Season 1, and we loved having the chance to continue the conversation.

    This time, we’re talking about good girl conditioning—what it is, where it comes from, and how it can show up in adulthood, motherhood, relationships, work, and even our relationship with our own bodies.

    Emily describes good girl conditioning as a kind of conditioned self-abandonment: learning to prioritize everyone else’s happiness, feelings, and needs before checking in with yourself. We talk about fawning, people-pleasing, the pressure to be “nice,” and the sneaky version of the good girl—the hyper-independent woman who never wants to be a burden or ask for help.

    We also dig into the difference between being nice and being kind, why boundaries don’t make you mean, and what it can look like to teach our daughters that they don’t have to choose between being caring and being boundaried.

    Along the way, we talk about:

    • The difference between serving others because it’s genuinely fulfilling and serving others because you’ve learned you should
    • How “you can have it all” can become another impossible expectation for women
    • Why girls may learn to prioritize harmony and belonging at the expense of their own opinions
    • The importance of checking in with yourself: Do I actually want this?
    • Learning to tolerate being disliked without abandoning yourself
    • What it means to ask, “Have I acted in integrity?”
    • Boundaries, emotional responsibility, and learning what is—and isn’t—ours to carry
    • Giving ourselves permission to take up space—and occasionally bringing a little righteous anger to the party
    • Teaching our children integrity and intuition instead of simply teaching them to follow the rules
    • And why our kids can be many things at once: a good friend, a good student, adventurous, boundaried, nurturing, curious, and fully themselves

    One of our favorite reminders from this conversation? “You’re no longer in school.” There isn’t always one right answer, one correct way to parent, or one way to be a good woman. We get to make choices, learn, adjust, and trust ourselves along the way.

    And perhaps the biggest question we’re taking away from this episode: When was the last time you felt deeply alive? Because maybe reconnecting with ourselves isn’t selfish. Maybe it’s part of how we learn to show up more fully for everyone we love.

    Find Emily:
    Emily is the founder of Finding Flow Parenting, where she offers conscious parenting coaching, somatic work, and breathwork. She is also the host of the Finding Flow Parenting podcast,available wherever you stream podcasts, where she explores listener parenting questions from multiple perspectives.

    • Finding Flow Parenting – About Emily Hughes
    • Find Emily on Instagram @findingflowparenting, on Facebook, and on Youtube

    Recommended:The Courage to Be Disliked:The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

    Recorded in the Such-N-Such Media Studios at Liberty Plaza in downtown Winston-Salem, we are produced by Tim Beeman for Such-N-Such Media. Theme music is by Doug Davis.

    Love what you hear? Donate in any amount to support our podcast or via LinkTree in bio coff.ee/mamasgonnamakeit
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    52 mins
  • Mama’s Gonna Make It — 60. Outgrowing the Magic of Childhood

    Mama’s Gonna Make It — 60. Outgrowing the Magic of Childhood
    Oct 26 2026

    What happens when your kid looks you in the eye and asks a very direct question about the Tooth Fairy? 👀

    Full disclaimer – don’t listen to this one with your kids around unless they’re already in on the magic and how it is shared. We’d hate to be the ones to spoil any childhood wonder ahead of schedule!

    This week, we’re talking about those moments when our kids start asking bigger questions—and we’re not always sure how much they’re ready to know. We get into childhood magic, telling the truth, growing up, and figuring out how to let the cultural magic, rituals, and myths of childhood evolve without losing what made it special in the first place.

    Plus, we talk about:

    • Navigating those very direct questions from perceptive little people
    • How to balance honesty with preserving a little childhood wonder
    • What happens when siblings are at different stages of figuring things out
    • Santa, holiday traditions, and why the magic can look different from family to family
    • Creating new traditions as kids grow
    • Chocolate hummus, sneaky vegetables, and other parenting “magic”
    • Preschool, kindergarten readiness, and resisting the urge to turn every parenting moment into homework

    Because sometimes the hardest part of parenting is realizing your kid is growing up—and figuring out how to grow right along with them. We hope you and yours never fully outgrow childhood magic and, instead, you become part of the wonder-machine!❤️

    Recorded in the Such-N-Such Media Studios at Liberty Plaza in downtown Winston-Salem, we are produced by Tim Beeman for Such-N-Such Media. Theme music is by Doug Davis.

    Love what you hear? Donate in any amount to support our podcast or via LinkTree in bio coff.ee/mamasgonnamakeit
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    45 mins
  • Mama’s Gonna Make It — 59. Grief, Motherhood & the People We Carry With Us

    Mama’s Gonna Make It — 59. Grief, Motherhood & the People We Carry With Us
    Oct 19 2026
    What happens when becoming a mother and losing your own mother happen within the same chapter of life? In this episode, we continue our conversation about grief with returning guest Kaili van Waveren, executive director of ThorpeWood and a grief/thanatology professional, alongside friends Liz May and Suzy Fielders, who share their deeply personal experiences of becoming and being mothers while also losing their own moms. Liz and Suzy talk about the strange collision of joy and grief: raising babies while navigating the loss of the person they might most want to call. We talk about grief brain, postpartum brain, the ways grief can show up unexpectedly, and how different every person’s experience can be. Kaili helps us unpack the idea of continuing bonds — the ways we maintain relationships with people we’ve lost through traditions, stories, food, music, photographs, birthdays, holidays, and the little things that keep someone present in our lives. We also talk about how to help our children know people they may have barely known — or never had the chance to meet. And then there’s the other side of grief: how do we show up for someone who’s grieving? We talk about the temptation to fix, the importance of simply bearing witness, why “I know how you feel” usually isn’t helpful, and how sometimes the most meaningful thing we can do is simply say, I see you. I’m here. We also get into death cafés, planning for our own eventual death, wills and advance directives, the myth of the five stages of grief, prolonged grief disorder, grief anniversaries, invisible grief, and why grief doesn’t necessarily disappear — it changes shape. There are tears. There is laughter. There are Tootsie Pops. There is a children’s book that may someday become a beautiful family legacy. And, naturally, there is some laughter in the lengths a man may go to to avoid doing paperwork: propose marriage. Because grief is heavy. But love is there, too. Resources: Kaili’s recommended book: The Beginner’s Guide to the End by BJ Miller, M.D. and Shoshana BergerSuzy’s article mentioned on the podcast about navigating grief through the lens of love: https://forsythfamilymagazine.com/navigating-grief-with-love-after-a-crushing-loss/Part 3 of Suzy’s birth stories series that discusses her mother’s passing and my 3rd daughter’s birth: https://forsythfamilymagazine.com/the-birth-that-taught-me-happiness-my-birth-story-part-3/The article Suzy wrote about her miscarriage: https://triadmomsonmain.com/finding-hope-after-a-miscarriage/ and subsequent news story: https://www.wxii12.com/article/winston-salem-mom-shares-pregnancy-infant-awareness-month/37910214#Resources for wills, advance directives, and end-of-life planning FreeWill: 100% free online estate planning tool. Guides you through a Last Will and Testament, living wills, and powers of attorney in about 20 minutes. Supported by nonprofit partners and requires no credit card or hidden subscription feeAARP Foundation partnership with GivingDocs: Provides supporters and members with free access to create an online will and essential estate documents without forcing a charitable giftCNBC Select: The Best Online Will-makers of 2026: A list that gives options based on specific needsEnd of Life Planning Tools(American Bar Association Article)More information about Death Cafes at deathcafe.com: Death Cafe is a scheduled, non-profit gathering where people drink tea or coffee, eat cake, and have an open, agenda-free conversation about death, dying, and mortalityGrief support resources from Network for Hope and GriefShareFind more about Suzy here.Listen to Suzy’s podcast, Twin City Talk, available anywhere you find podcasts. Recorded in the Such-N-Such Media Studios at Liberty Plaza in downtown Winston-Salem, we are produced by Tim Beeman for Such-N-Such Media. Theme music is by Doug Davis. Love what you hear? Donate in any amount to support our podcast or via LinkTree in bio coff.ee/mamasgonnamakeit
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    1 hr and 27 mins
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