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In All Honesty | Why I Struggled Becoming A Mother (feat. Sarah Hoover)
It’s time to get honest! Michelle Elman, the Queen of Boundaries, hosts In All Honesty.
Michelle Elman
Published 20 May 2025
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Each week Michelle Elman is digging into her toolbox as a qualified life coach to share advice, experiences and the actionable steps you can take to live the life you want, with no excuses. Tune in every Tuesday because in all honesty, you are gonna want to hear this!

Motherhood is not smooth for most women, despite the picture-perfect image projected on social media. But, what if your postpartum depression gets so bad that you find yourself lost at sea (metaphorically) without anybody advocating for you?

Described as "a long overdue reality check" by Oprah Daily, Sarah Hoover's new book "The Motherload" is a motherhood memoir that dares to ask what happens when “what to expect when you’re expecting” turns out to be months of rage, anguish, brain fog and a total surrender of sex, career, and identity.

On this weeks episode of In All Honesty, Michelle and Sarah discuss the unrealistic expectations of motherhood set by society, Sarah's feelings of loneliness and shame during early motherhood, and the importance of therapy in recovery. The conversation also touches on the complex dynamics between mothers and daughters, and the need for trauma-informed care in medical settings.

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