In honor of Valentine’s Day, my husband Mark joins this episode of About Your Mother for an honest conversation about messy and imperfect love. We’re sharing one of the most profound lessons about love we learned on a trip to France this summer, when a lovely Brazilian couple shared the secret to lasting love with…

Is determination and skill innate? There are athletes… and then there are the stories that shape them. A young boy who didn’t like the rules of youth team sports. A mom who brings home a flyer for a local BMX track. And a path that changes everything. For Connor Fields, that path is as remarkable…

A mother’s love knows no limits, and Lesley Hu’s story on this episode of About Your Mother perfectly illustrates that. Content warning: this is an incredibly emotional and painful story that contains an episode of violence that is hard to reconcile with our conscience. However, it’s also a story of hope and a mother’s love…

 Oftentimes, our fears are our best guide. The things we don’t understand can be our greatest teachers. In this episode of About Your Mother, we examine the mother we all share: Mother Nature.  Today, we reflect on Mother Earth through one of her most misunderstood teachers, the wolf. For a long time, I’ve been following…

 Have you ever watched the Olympics and wondered what it takes to get on the podium? Sure, there are the physical demands, but what about the mental strength? You are competing in front of the world against the best in the world. No pressure. Right? We all know it is most likely the athlete who…

 Since I was in my twenties, I’ve read the New York Times Sunday edition in a particular order: the style section is first, plus I read the modern love piece every time. I remember reading what Shamu taught me about marriage, and I remember reading, “Those aren’t fighting words, dear.” It didn’t take Laura Munson…

 Chance meetings can lead to the most incredible connections. While I was doing a ski clinic this winter, the instructor overheard a conversation I was having about publishing my book. Later that day, she approached me, “I heard you’re an author! So is my mom, Jane Green, do you know her?” Of course, I know…

 If you want to get to know your mother, have her on your podcast. I wrote a book about my mother’s life and my own, and it was hard for her, naturally. But people ask me, what does your mom think about the book? For this Mother’s Day, I invited my mother on my podcast…

As Mother’s Day approaches, I find myself reflecting even more deeply on the women who shaped us—especially the woman who shaped me: my mother. Through hosting the About Your Mother podcast and writing my memoir, Both Sides of Then, I’ve learned that Mother’s Day isn’t just about celebration—it’s also about reflection, curiosity, and connection. At…

Mothering is hard, but we don’t want to admit that there is pain in everyday mothering. Why is that? Confessing to the dark moments of mothering keeps us from living up to the high bar of perfection that we–and society–has asked of mothers. In this episode, I interview Dr. Margo Lowy, a psychotherapist and the…

Is your relationship with money inherited? What if, when it came to your finances, you mothered yourself? In this episode of About Your Mother, personal finance expert Elizabeth Husserl shares the radical redefinition of wealth that we all need to hear. Elizabeth is the author of The Power of Enough, which she dedicated to her…

 What if you wrote something, something that was true and significant to you, and those words launched a media attack of shame and judgment that rendered you nearly silent – how would you feel? What would you do?  Melissa Petro is a writer, a mom, and a wife. Her book, Shame on You, How to Be…