Your baby is precious… so why do you sometimes feel panic, regret, or a flash of rage that scares you?

In this conversation, I sit down with Jessica Tomich Sorci, a level three IFS certified therapist specializing in maternal mental health, to name the feelings many mothers hide and to explain why they actually make sense.

Jessica shares her own turning point in early motherhood, when love for her child lived alongside insomnia, terror, and the feeling that her old self was gone.

From there, we get practical about support. Jessica breaks down why postpartum depletion is normal, why new moms are meant to be held by a village, and what to do when you are far from family or your “help” is complicated.

We also dive into Internal Family Systems therapy and the Mom Parts Method, including how “parts” differ from emotions and why labeling parts as bad fuels shame.

Jessica explains common mom parts like self-doubt, regret, and the devoted caregiver, then goes deep on mom rage as a protective part that shows up when boundaries and needs have been ignored for too long.

If you’ve been wondering whether you’re failing, this conversation offers a kinder frame and a clearer path forward.

Learn more about Jessica and her work: https://www.jessicatomichsorci.com/

Jessica's Downloadable Resources, including "Survival Kit For New Moms": https://www.jessicatomichsorci.com/learning/downloadable-resources

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Your life doesn’t just “add a baby.” Your whole system rewires.

We’re talking about matrescence, the profound transformation a woman goes through when she becomes a mother, and why it can feel like you’ve turned into a completely different person overnight.

We dig into the biological changes of motherhood, including intense hormonal shifts and maternal brain adaptations that help you prioritize connection, protection, and bonding.

Then we go deeper into what I see as the most overlooked upgrade: the nervous system recalibration.

If you’ve wondered why you can’t multitask the way you used to, why your intuition feels louder, or why your sensitivity and boundaries have intensified, you’re not imagining it. Your body is optimizing for safety and attunement, even when society keeps demanding productivity.

We also explore the psychological identity shift, the grief that can come with outgrowing your old self, and the way matrescence can shape a new kind of leadership that’s collaborative, intuitive, and connection-centered.

Finally, we talk relationships, friendships, and the strange way time bends in postpartum, including the mantra that carried me: “the days are long, but the years are short.”

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Your nervous system is working 24/7 to keep you alive, but when stress adds up it can start to feel like your own body is against you. We talk about why that isn’t true, and how learning nervous system regulation can change the way you handle anxiety, overwhelm, shutdown, and the everyday pressure of being a mom. If you’ve ever thought “Why am I reacting like this?” this is a practical, body-based map back to steadiness.

We go through the window of tolerance, the sweet spot where you feel calm, content, alert, and connected. From there, we name what it looks like to move above that window into hyperarousal (fight or flight) or below it into hypoarousal (freeze or shutdown). The goal is not to eliminate stress, it’s to expand your capacity so life’s ups and downs don’t throw you off balance so easily. That reframing alone can bring a lot of relief, especially if you carry a trauma history or feel like self-regulation is hard.

Then, we get concrete with somatic healing tools and why consistency beats intensity, and why forcing yourself to “calm down” can backfire.

You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of your stress response and simple ways to create safety in your body.

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Serenity Within: https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/serenity

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