Becoming Mama

About Becoming Mama

Join Sam and Emmy, two moms and long-lost best friends, as they reconnect after a decade apart and dive into honest conversations about all things motherhood. From pregnancy and birth stories to the wild ride of raising kids, this podcast is your virtual mom’s circle—no need to leave the house. Sam brings her passion for matrescence and the sociology of motherhood, while Emmy shares her expertise in birth stories, work-from-home mompreneur life, and viral mom content creation. Together, they interview experts, share their experiences, and explore what it means to grow and evolve as moms. Welcome Mama, we’re glad you’re here. Connect with us! Emmy - @emmy_kissinger (https://www.instagram.com/emmy_kissinger/) www.arrivalsotires.co (https://www.arrivalstories.co/) for birth story listening services Sam - @samthomsonhall (https://www.instagram.com/samanthahall__/) YouTube: www.youtube.com/@welcome-mama (http://www.youtube.com/@_welcomemama) www.welcome-mama.com (http://www.welcome-mama.com/)

Publisher

Samantha Hall and Emmy Kissinger

Category

education · kids & family · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Sept 2023

Latest episode

9 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

44 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2025

   Losing (and Finding) Yourself in Motherhood | Why Identity Shifts After Baby (Matrescence Explained)

   👻 Spooky season edition: what’s scarier than becoming a ghost in your own life? In this episode, Sam breaks down why so many moms feel like they’ve lost themselves in motherhood and what’s really happening beneath the surface. You’ll learn: What identity actually is and how it’s formed (Erik Erikson, James Marcia, Dan McAdams)How motherhood triggers one of life’s biggest identity transformationsWhat matrescence really means, and why it’s often compared to adolescenceWhy “losing yourself” isn’...

2. 

   22 Apr 2025

   Maternal Mental Health AFTER Postpartum

   We need to talk. Because maternal mental health is not just postpartum depression—it’s identity loss, invisible labor, and the emotional toll of surviving systems that were never built for mothers in the first place. In this solo episode, Sam breaks down the real state of maternal mental health across the entire motherhood journey, unpacks the daily emotional weight that moms carry, and explains how understanding matrescence could change everything. This episode marks the launch of the Matern...

3. 

   15 Apr 2025

   Spirit Baby Medium - Kelly Ann Meehan, MA

   Welcome to this Witch and the Woo Episode (sans our witch) where Sam sits down with @spiritbabymedium Kelly Meehan to discuss our babie's spirits. Are they waiting for us? How do we know if a baby is calling out to us? How can this be healing after a pregnancy loss or child loss? This is a pretty profound episode that left me reeling. And if some of it goes over your head, same! But think of this as a journey of enlightenment to a new idea of potential reality. It is WILD, you gu...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

89,595

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

18 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

46

Social presence

97

YouTube

76

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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