Mrs Mummy PhD®
This podcast is a reflective space for high-achieving mothers navigating scholarly work, home, and identity.
Hosted by Dr Michelle Gibbs — a wife, boy Mama of 3, RD and Dr (of the PhD kind) — the Mrs Mummy PhD® podcast is shaped by lived experience of holding ambition alongside family life, responsibility, and seasons of change. It speaks to the reality that meaningful work does not exist in isolation from the rest of our lives.
Scholarly motherhood is complex and deeply human. It is marked by transitions, pressure, and continual becoming — and without intention, it can quietly pull us away from ourselves.
Through thoughtful conversations and reflections, this podcast invites you to slow down, lead yourself first, and reconsider what sustainable impact looks like in this season of life. Rather than offering quick fixes or productivity promises, it offers insight, perspective, and permission to build a life that includes your work, your family, and yourself.
If you are a mother navigating intellectually demanding work — in academia or beyond — and are seeking steadiness, clarity, and a way forward that does not require self-sacrifice, this space is for you.
So Mama, are you in?
Fabulous!
Let's begin...
These are our journeys of becoming — and you’re welcome here.
Mrs Mummy PhD®
Latest Episodes
Why Boundaries Feel Wrong When You're Doing Them Right
You said no to something this week.And you've been replaying it in your head ever since. Wondering if you were being difficult. Questioning whether you should have just said yes. Feeling guilty for protecting your time/...
135. 4 Myths Keeping You Stuck In Survival Mode (And How to Become HER Again)
You're running on empty. Going through the motions. Stuck in a relentless cycle where every task feels like obligation with no space left for you.And you're starting to wonder: Is this just my life now?No. It's not...In thi...
134. I Quit... and Started Living Life By Design Again
What if quitting… isn’t failure?What if the thing you’ve been told to push through, stick out, or prove yourself in is actually the very thing keeping you from the life you want?In this deeply personal e...
133. Efficient and Empty: The Real Cost of Outsourcing (PART 2)
Last week, we talked about the outsourcing trap and how delegating everything doesn't always create the space you think it will.This week, we're continuing this conversation. And I'm sharing something that might challenge how you've been...
132. Efficient and Empty: The Real Cost of Outsourcing (PART 1)
You got the help, or hired it. You delegated everything you could.And you're still exhausted.Here's what no one tells you about outsourcing: on its own, it doesn't create the space you think it will. It just lets you keep up with ...
