{"podcast":{"title":"Get Mom Ready Podcast","slug":"get-mom-ready-podcast-7501224","podcast_index_feed_id":7501224,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/5620416.rss","website_url":"https://www.getmomready.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/5620416/e412bfb8b29862fa486bbc13e2929be4.jpg","author":"The Ready Network","episode_count":35,"summary":"Four moms. Four stages. One mission: help you stay grounded in who you are while raising kids. Expect real talk, expert insight, and zero judgement.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/get-mom-ready-podcast-7501224"},"episode":{"title":"I thought I was losing it… turns out it was my hormones","slug":"i-thought-i-was-losing-it-turns-out-it-was-my-hormones","published_at":"2026-04-13T01:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/get-mom-ready-podcast-7501224/i-thought-i-was-losing-it-turns-out-it-was-my-hormones","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/get-mom-ready-podcast-7501224","url":"https://www.getmomready.com/p/i-thought-i-was-losing-it-turns-out","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192772894/d014d8f597b2a597f25b0830249f5b3f.mp3","summary":"Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode: Apple | Spotify | GetMomReady.com Shownotes + Links You’re tired.But not just “mom tired.” You feel off.More anxious than usual.More reactive than you want to be. And you can’t quite explain why. If any of that resonates, this episode is for you. This week, we sat down with Dawn Marraccino , coach for women in midlife (or really any transition), READY-certified coach , mom of four, grandma of three, and someone who has lived just about every version of motherhood you can imagine. Single mom at 20.Blended family.Working mom.Stay-at-home mom.Empty nester.And now… living on a sailboat in San Diego (casual). But what makes this conversation so powerful isn’t just her story. It’s the moments where you go: “Wait… that’s happening to me too.”“Oh… I thought that was just me.”“No one told me THIS part.” Seriously, all of us teared up at one point or another. Some of our favorite “this is me” moments * “I didn’t know everyone didn’t talk to themselves the way I do.” * “I thought I was having a nervous breakdown… it was my hormones.” * “You can do anything. But you can’t do everything.” * “Don’t become the villain in your own story.” * “It’s all hard. Just choose your hard.” What we talk about in this episode Motherhood in every season * Becoming a mom at 20 vs. later in life * Blended family dynamics (and the real, messy parts) * What changes when your kids become adults Work, identity, and all the hats * Why “working mom” can look a hundred different ways * Letting your career evolve with your season * The tension of wanting to work and be present The conversation every woman in her 30s needs to hear * Perimenopause (yes… it might already be happening) * Symptoms no one connects to hormones: anxiety, rage, brain fog, vertigo * Why so many…","meta_description":"Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode: Apple | Spotify | GetMomReady.com Shownotes + Links You’re tired.But not just “mom tired.” You feel off.More anxio…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2695,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/get-mom-ready-podcast-7501224/episodes/i-thought-i-was-losing-it-turns-out-it-was-my-hormones/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/get-mom-ready-podcast-7501224/i-thought-i-was-losing-it-turns-out-it-was-my-hormones.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}