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Love Your Mom Life

225. Understanding Maternal Ambivalence with Dr. Margo Lowy

August 06, 2025 • Season 6 • Episode 31

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Today, we're talking about maternal ambivalence, a topic that you’re probably familiar with when you get raw and honest with yourself, but one that you’ve probably never named. Tune in to hear Nikki's conversation with Dr. Margo Lowy, a psychotherapist specializing in mothering. She is the author of MATERNAL AMBIVALENCE: The Loving Moments & Bitter Truths of Motherhood* and holds a doctorate from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, where she researched maternal ambivalence.

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