👻 Spooky season edition: what’s scarier than becoming a ghost in your own life?

In this episode, Sam breaks down why so many moms feel like they’ve lost themselves in motherhood and what’s really happening beneath the surface.

You’ll learn:

• What identity actually is and how it’s formed (Erik Erikson, James Marcia, Dan McAdams)
• How motherhood triggers one of life’s biggest identity transformations
• What matrescence really means, and why it’s often compared to adolescence
• Why “losing yourself” isn’t failure, but a normal part of this developmental shift
• How to start understanding who you are and who you’re becoming

Because when you understand the psychology and sociology of motherhood identity, it’s easier to make peace with how much you’ve changed.

If you’ve ever said, “I don’t even know who I am anymore,” this episode will help you name it and maybe even find comfort in the becoming.

🎧 Listen in, save for later, and share this episode with a mom who’s in her own identity shift.

#Matrescence #MotherhoodIdentity #MotherhoodTransformation #PostpartumIdentity #MotherhoodJourney #ModernMotherhood #WelcomeMama #SamThomsonHall #MomMentalHealth #MotherhoodPodcast #IdentityShift #MomLifeUnfiltered

We want to hear your birth and motherhood stories! Click here to be on the podcast or to have your story read by us!

Have a guest you want on the show or a topic you want us to discuss?
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Emmy - @emmy_kissinger

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www.arrivalsotires.co for birth story listening services

Sam - @samthomsonhall

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@_welcomemama

www.welcome-mama.com

We need to talk. Because maternal mental health is not just postpartum depression—it’s identity loss, invisible labor, and the emotional toll of surviving systems that were never built for mothers in the first place. In this solo episode, Sam breaks down the real state of maternal mental health across the entire motherhood journey, unpacks the daily emotional weight that moms carry, and explains how understanding matrescence could change everything.

This episode marks the launch of the Maternal Mental Health Collection—a bold, unapologetic drop designed to name what’s really happening to moms, and why it’s time we stop pretending everything’s fine.

The Collection goes live on May 1, 2025 at www.welcomemamaco.com

Links Mentioned:

• The Maternal Mental Health Collection: welcomemamaco.com
• Join the Just a Mom Moms Club: welcomemamaco.com/jmmc
• Connect on Instagram: @samthomsonhall

Topics Covered:

• Why maternal mental health is more than a diagnosis
• Everyday struggles that don’t get clinical attention
• How systems and culture fail moms
• The framework of matrescence
• Why this collection exists—and who it’s for

We want to hear your birth and motherhood stories! Click here to be on the podcast or to have your story read by us!

Have a guest you want on the show or a topic you want us to discuss?
Please email us your suggestions at becomingmamapodcast@gmail.com

FOLLOW THE SHOW ON INSTAGRAM HERE @welcomemamaco

Emmy - @emmy_kissinger

TikTok @emmy_kissinger

www.arrivalsotires.co for birth story listening services

Sam - @samthomsonhall

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@_welcomemama

www.welcome-mama.com

Welcome to this Witch and the Woo Episode (sans our witch) where Sam sits down with @spiritbabymedium Kelly Meehan to discuss our babie's spirits. Are they waiting for us? How do we know if a baby is calling out to us? How can this be healing after a pregnancy loss or child loss?

This is a pretty profound episode that left me reeling. And if some of it goes over your head, same! But think of this as a journey of enlightenment to a new idea of potential reality.

It is WILD, you guys. Enjoy!

You can learn more about Kelly and all her offerings here!

We want to hear your birth and motherhood stories! Click here to be on the podcast or to have your story read by us!

Have a guest you want on the show or a topic you want us to discuss?
Please email us your suggestions at becomingmamapodcast@gmail.com

FOLLOW THE SHOW ON INSTAGRAM HERE @welcomemamaco

Emmy - @emmy_kissinger

TikTok @emmy_kissinger

www.arrivalsotires.co for birth story listening services

Sam - @samthomsonhall

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@_welcomemama

www.welcome-mama.com