Even good moms have a breaking point. Even good moms have needs and limitations. Even good moms have nervous systems that respond and react. And those nervous systems deserve good care.
Join therapist Jessica Tomich Sorci in conversations with moms and maternal mental health practitioners as they explore their inner worlds through an Internal Family Systems approach, gaining compassion, insight, and connection.
Jessica is an IFS Certified therapist, maternal mental health expert and creator of the Mom Parts Method. For more information or to join The Mom Parts Community, go to momparts.com
"We need some version of hospice for new moms." —Jessica Sorci
On this short episode I'm sharing about witnessing my mother-in-law's recent death and how much it reminded me of birth.
Hospice showed up for my mother-in-law with medicine, equipment, support, and comfort care during an incredibly tender transition. I couldn’t believe how much they offered and that it was all free of charge.
New motherhood is a version of similar vulnerability. New moms are in transition, they are fragile, they need care and support and someone thinking about their comfort. None of that is provided through social services.
Reflections on when I came home from giving birth and how alone and forgotten I felt.
We have created an entire system of care for the dying in this country. We know how to do it. We pour resources into it. And yet we leave new mothers alone in their homes with a newborn and a recovering body.
There is a huge miss in how we care for new moms. We have normalized isolation and unsupported vulnerability at the very moment women most need to be held.
My book When Good Moms Feel Bad is available everywhere you buy books.
For more information and to join the community go to momparts.com (momparts.com)
7 Sept 2026
The Struggle to Say No With Tammy Sollenberger
"I don't want to say no because that causes disconnection, right? So my parts are like don't say no. So I'm going to say this pretend yes with all this resentment which causes even more disconnection." —Tammy Sollenberger
On this episode we're talking about the struggle to say no with Tammy Sollenberger.
Caretaking parts automatically accommodate and say yes, even when it doesn't serve us. We were raised as little girls to be nice and listen, and those parts are still here protecting us from disconnection.
The paradox: we say yes to avoid disconnection, but a pretend yes with resentment underneath creates even more disconnection. Our kids can feel the incongruence.
Resentment is a compromise between authenticity and caretaking. It's what happens when we say yes but mean no, using passive-aggressiveness to signal our real feelings without actually expressing them.
Disempowerment keeps us from expressing our authentic truth. The grief of not being able to show up as ourselves, even when we know who we are and what we want.
Coming back to center is a practice. Taking a breath, pausing, and returning to yourself creates space to hear what you actually want, not just what everyone else needs from you.
Tammy Sollenberger: https://tammysollenberger.com (https://tammysollenberger.com/)
My book When Good Moms Feel Bad is available everywhere you buy books.
For more information and to join the community go to momparts.com (momparts.com)
24 Aug 2026
The Blamer
"The blamer is protecting the feeling of being unloved. In my system, to be loved, you have to get it right. And I'm undoing that conditioning, but it's still there." - Hannah Enright
On this episode we're talking about Blamer Parts with Hannah Enright.
The Blamer is here to manage shame. It kicks shame away by projecting it onto someone else, especially when things don't go to plan with kids or in attachment relationships. It's a lightning-quick reactive response.
The Blamer often originates in childhood when we experienced a lot of pointing out flaws and deficit focus, not positive feedback. This creates a part that believes you have to get it right to be loved.
Slowing it down enough to unblend from the Blamer is key, because it becomes such an automatic reaction. It's not a thoughtful response.
When the Blamer activates, it’s experiencing a threat to connection with an attachment figure. Your nervous system is in fight or flight, protecting against being unloved.
You can be wrong and still be lovable. In fact, you're going to make mistakes and get things wrong. There's an opportunity now to communicate to the child inside: it's safe, you're loved anyway.
Hannah Enright is a clinical social worker with over 20 years of experience working with women in support of reproductive and maternal mental health, as well as providing clinical services for children and families in community settings and private practice. She is certified in EMDR and the Safe and Sound Protocol, and has studied IFS, Polyvagal theory and somatic practices as complementary modalities.
My book When Good Moms Feel Bad is available everywhere you buy books.
For more information and to join the community go to momparts.com (momparts.com)
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