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, Mama of 3, RD and Dr (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?
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Mrs Mummy PhD®
85. The Power of Yet: Revolutionary Permission To Be 'In Progress'
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Ever wondered why some individuals seem to achieve success so effortlessly and others struggle to pick up the peices after not achieving a goal first time round?
Have you ever felt like you'll never have success in your PhD or academic career because you didn't achieve a scholarly or personal goal or two by a certain time?
Perhaps you thought you'd be much further along by now... but here you are... still...
If this sounds like you, I want to share some insights from a TEDx talk by Dr Carol Dweck on the Power of Yet that could transform your perspective of 'failure', particularly as a Scholarly Mama®.
You won't want to miss this one!
Read the related blog post: The Power of Yet: Revolutionary Permission To Be 'In Progress'
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