Hi mamas. In this episode, I’m joined by Amy Molloy, an award-winning journalist, editor, author and podcast writer, who produces content for some of the biggest names in global publishing. She is the writer behind the hit podcast, The Space, and as well as writing her own content, she coaches writers through her program -The Book Writing Remedy. In addition to her journalistic work, she is also a qualified counsellor, with advanced studies in grief and loss counselling, child development and effective parenting, and mindfulness-based therapies. She uses this knowledge to write trauma-informed content, with the focus of her work being on storytelling for healing. 

In this conversation, we discuss Amy’s evolving perception of her own success since becoming a mother, how this has been challenged along the way, and how it’s led to a redefining of what success means to her in this new phase of her life. We discuss the way parenthood inevitably changes you, and how it’s through embracing this change, rather than resisting it, that you can then harness the many strengths that are nurtured through this role. We also discuss the importance of being recognised as your whole self, including your identity as a ‘mother’ within the workplace and professional life, and owning this boldly rather than downplaying this.

Amy also shares her lived experience of how being a mother has, in many ways, shaped her career for the better and to more fulfilling ends, and how being a mother has created a softening in her, which has been an asset to the work that she does. We also touch on grief, the fragility of life, and how this relates to parenthood.   

I so enjoyed speaking to Amy and I hope you get the same value from her perspectives as I did. Enjoy mamas.

Find out more about Amy in these places:

https://www.amymolloy.com.au/

Amy on Instagram

Amy’s Book Writing Remedy Course