Science + the Sacred and Maternal Wellness with Annie Broadbent

Annie Broadbent, a holistic psychosynthesis counselor, shares how the medicalized approach to maternal mental health and wellness may not serve mothers as well as one might think. We explore what shifts / changes/ transforms when a psychospiritual lens is applied to a mother's birth in matrescence.

Our conversation covers:

Her understanding of the sacred and several archetypes of human interaction with the sacredThe importance of bringing opposites and the resulting tension as opportunity for growthWhy pathologizing mother's struggles does more harm than good for maternal healthDiscussion of the labels we put on mothers' experiences of the shadow of motheringWays forward, both micro and macro, to shift the status quo approach to supporting mothers 

Annie is a psychosynthesis counsellor specialising in grief and bereavement and perinatal issues and on the training team at Psychosynthesis Trust in London. She is also author of Speaking of Death: What the Bereaved Really Need and writes for a range of outlets, exploring life’s major experiences, from motherhood, to death and grief and spirituality. Annie is particularly passionate about challenging the medicalised approach to health and wellness, advocating instead a holistic and psychospiritual lens on the individual and humanity. Previous to training she worked in corporate wellbeing and she was also a singer in a band and toured Europe. She still loves to sing.

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