Episode Details

Ginny Yurich sits down with psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Rick Hanson to talk about a truth mothers desperately need to hear: you deserve to be happy and healthy, too. Drawing from his new book A Happy Healthy Mom, co-written with his wife, Jan Hanson, Rick explains why motherhood can be profoundly depleting, and why caring for mothers is one of the most important ways we can care for children.

Together, Ginny and Rick explore practical ways to lower demands, increase support, and build resilience during the motherhood years. They discuss the invisible workload many mothers carry, learning to let things go, asking more of partners, avoiding over-giving, managing anxiety and anger, and recognizing the small moments of goodness woven into ordinary days.

Ginny also shares how getting outside transformed her own experience of motherhood, while Rick explains how nature, perspective, and intentionally “taking in the good” can help restore an overwhelmed nervous system. This is a compassionate, practical conversation for any mom who has ever felt exhausted, stretched thin, or like she’s running on empty

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