{"podcast":{"title":"Mothering Ourselves Mindfully","slug":"mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456","podcast_index_feed_id":7036456,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/mothering-ourselves/","website_url":"https://www.theschoolofmom.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/6828e479-dd7d-4eee-9483-f29cbf938061/New-Final-3000-x-3000-px.jpg","author":"Sarah Lowell Harmon","episode_count":105,"summary":"Welcome to Mothering Ourselves Mindfully with me, Sarah Harmon. I am the founder, head teacher, and forever student at The School of MOM. I invite you to take a walk with me to hear insights, inspiration, and practical tools to help you navigate the everyday challenges of raising kids while nurturing your own well-being. Whether you’re deep in the trenches of parenting or looking for a moment of calm amidst the chaos, this podcast is your space for reflection, affirmation, and growth. Let's create new intergenerational patterns for ourselves AND our kids together.","last_synced_at":"2026-10-01T10:18:41.772307+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456"},"episode":{"title":"99. The maternal assertiveness we all need","slug":"99-the-maternal-assertiveness-we-all-need","published_at":"2026-09-03T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456/99-the-maternal-assertiveness-we-all-need","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456","url":"https://www.theschoolofmom.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b73f14dc-2919-4d16-900f-ad390d2c93fc.mp3","summary":"I recorded this episode in real time, mid-struggle with a whole lot of pain following a tooth extraction that turned into a bigger deal than expected. What went down with my aunt around my pain led to this unscripted look at what happens when someone else steps in with \"maternal assertiveness\" - and how it’s so important for all women/daughters, no matter how old we are. In This Episode The backstory: a routine tooth extraction, a family trip, and pain that got worse instead of better What happened when Sarah's aunt and uncle stepped in — and why it hit so differently than she expected Fierce compassion : the \"mama bear\" side of compassion, and why it matters as much as the tender side The mother bucket — the container only your mom was ever supposed to fill, and what happens when she can't How we unconsciously try to fill that hole (numbing, scrolling, overworking, other people) — and the one person who can actually fill it Why receiving maternal assertiveness from unexpected sources — an aunt, a friend, even a stranger on a plane — is allowed, and healing A full-circle moment with her daughter, who needed to be truly heard in her own pain An invitation: if you carry this gaping hole, you are not alone — and there are ways to start filling it Quotable Moments \"There's two sides of compassion. There's tender and there's fierce. Tender is the loving, nurturing type of compassion. Fierce is that more mama bear, like, 'Uh-uh. Nope. Like, this is not okay. You need to get help.'\" \"That just because we may not have a mother who is capable, able, available to offer that for us doesn't mean that we still, A, don't need it, and B, can't get it.\" \"The next best person to provide that, to fill that mothering bucket, is you. It is you.\" Mentioned in This Episode Aunt Melissa — th…","meta_description":"I recorded this episode in real time, mid-struggle with a whole lot of pain following a tooth extraction that turned into a bigger deal than expected. Wha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1448,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456/episodes/99-the-maternal-assertiveness-we-all-need/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456/99-the-maternal-assertiveness-we-all-need.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}