How matrescence impacts your identity and career, and what you can do about it

“Giving birth to a baby is demanding, but it's not the only process that will require energy after this life-changing and dramatic event in a woman's life. Giving birth to a new identity, matrescence, can be as demanding. It requires time and support to fully integrate it into your new identity as a mother.”

In this first episode, award-winning journalist Pros&Babes founder and CEO Kinia Romanowska, and host of this podcast, talks about the fundamental changes new mothers experience under the process called “matrescence,” and how they impact your identity and career. Understanding matrescence will help you enjoy all the strategies and tips brought to you in this podcast!

Listen to this podcast if you want to understand all the ways becoming a mother has changed you, so that you can step into your new identity feeling confident, empowered, and no longer alone in your working-motherhood journey. 

0:00 Intro

1:53 The first biggest shift you experience as a mother: what it is and how it affects your life

5:26 Expectations versus reality

7:58 Major shifts...not just for mothers

9:36 New questions on what matters

12:06 A brand new professional identity 

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Kinia Romanowska is mother of two, wife, and award-winning journalist turned founder and CEO of Pros&Babes. She helps women in STEM, competitive, and corporate careers (and their employers) turn the "motherhood penalty" into their greatest advantage, through the MoMBA™ (Mom MBA), a 12-month hybrid group coaching and 1-1 program.

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