Welcome to this week’s episode of "Take The Mic".

This week is Eliane Polek, who created her first blog, ‘The Insane Mama,’ during the first COVID lockdown, driven by her own experiences and struggles with motherhood.

She share's with us:

• How Eliane's journey through motherhood and feelings of maternal anger and rage inspired her blog and her work with mothers.

• The impact of learning about matrescence on Eliane's life.

• The importance of finding balance amidst the chaos of motherhood.

• How embodiment and mental healing tools can support mothers.

• Eliane's project, ‘Insane Mama Moments,’ and its mission to share anonymous stories of shame, secrets, and guilt from mothers.
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I hope you find this useful, and if you do, please share it widely so mothers everywhere can access the support and information they need to thrive.

ABOUT ELIANE:

Eliane created her first blog, then called ‘The Insane Mama,’ in 2020 during the first COVID lockdown. The name came to her easily, because she felt quite ‘insane’ then, and still does quite regularly. Or at least, tipped very out of balance most days.

Since first becoming a mother almost 11 years ago, questions like, ‘Am I going crazy?’, ‘Is this how motherhood is meant to be?’, ‘Is it just me, am I broken somehow?’ were a constant. Combined with feelings of maternal anger and rage, overwhelm, shame, guilt, loss, and quite a lot of grief, these questions and emotions made up an enormous amount of her self-talk and were a big part of her motherhood experience.

Learning about matrescence and becoming a Mama Rising Facilitator has been an eye-opening experience for her and one that set her on the path of finding out more, of constant learning about the various conflicting emotions most mothers encounter in motherhood.

There is a dance in there, a way to live with both sides, and dance in between them. She tries, most days, to do this with as much grace as she can muster. Knowing and trusting that the darker side is there for a reason, but you do not need to get stuck in it; you can always come back to the light.

Originally from Germany, she lives in Dublin, Ireland, with her two sons, her husband, and a sneaky black cat. She loves tea, foxes, the mountains and their smell, water, ancient Irish wells, and the sea.

She has set up ‘The Sane Mama’ in Dublin, where she offers in-person workshops for mamas who feel stuck in survival mode, depleted, or burnt out, especially years after having had their first child.

Eliane has also started a project very close to her heart called ‘Insane Mama Moments,’ where she is collecting anonymous stories of shame, secrets, and guilt from mamas of all walks of life, to culminate in an exhibition in the future.

If you are interested in participating in Eliane’s ‘Insane Mama Moments’ project, please email her at info@thesanemama.ie.

Website: The Sane Mama

Instagram: @the_sanemama

Facebook: The Sane Mama

LinkedIn: The Sane Mama

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