Welcome back to the Maternal Journal podcast - a deep dive into the power of journaling and creativity to support mental health and wellbeing through pregnancy, birth and parenting.

In the final episode of our second series we’re joined by writer and journalist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, well known for her insightful column on parenting in the Guardian, and illustrator Pia Bramley (Pandemic Baby: Becoming a Parent in Lockdown) to talk about their fearless and funny book ‘The Republic of Parenthood’. From the struggles of broken childcare systems to the hunt for toddler-proof socks, we explore how stories and sketches can bring comfort, courage, and laughter to parenting.

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Welcome back to the Maternal Journal podcast - a deep dive into the power of journaling and creativity to support mental health and wellbeing through pregnancy, birth and parenting.

In this episode, writer and artist/illustrator Miriam Gold discusses her beautiful graphic memoir, Elena - A Hand Made Life. The book is part memoir and part biography of her beloved grandmother, Dr. Elena Zadik. By the time Miriam knew her, Dr. Zadik was a longstanding GP in the former mill town of Leigh, Lancashire. But alongside her medical career, she carried with her the trauma of persecution and displacement, having fled war during the Second World War. Host Laura Godfrey-Isaacs explores how we can honour family stories and memories through the graphic form, using drawing, collage, and photography.

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Welcome back to the Maternal Journal podcast - a deep dive into the power of journaling and creativity to support mental health and wellbeing through pregnancy, birth and parenting.

This week, host Laura Godfrey-Isaacs chats to writer and historian Isabel Davis and artist/illustrator Anna Burel about their book, ‘Conceiving Histories’ which is illustrated by Anna and inspired by Isabel’s own experiences. The book brings together history, personal memoir and illustration to investigate the culturally hidden experience of trying to conceive - looking at myth, fantasy, science and pseudo-science to explore the (un)reproductive body in pursuit of a viable pregnancy.

📱Connect with Isabel Davis and Anna Burel

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