Introduction
The mother-first philosophy & generational healing.
Thrive,
Mama.
What every mother deserves and how to finally get it.
A mother-first guide to nourishment, identity, movement and finding your way back to yourself.
By Liv Golding
The mother is the source. So why is she the last to be fed?·I didn’t lose myself in motherhood. I was asked to leave her at the door.·I may have fallen, but I have flown.·What every mother deserves and how to finally get it.·The mother is the source. So why is she the last to be fed?·I didn’t lose myself in motherhood. I was asked to leave her at the door.·I may have fallen, but I have flown.·What every mother deserves and how to finally get it.·The mother is the source. So why is she the last to be fed?·I didn’t lose myself in motherhood. I was asked to leave her at the door.·I may have fallen, but I have flown.·What every mother deserves and how to finally get it.·The mother is the source. So why is she the last to be fed?·I didn’t lose myself in motherhood. I was asked to leave her at the door.·I may have fallen, but I have flown.·What every mother deserves and how to finally get it.·
The reason
1 in 5
mothers experience a perinatal mood or anxiety disorder.
World Health Organization
2×
the unpaid care work women shoulder compared with men.
UN Women
Motherhood shouldn’t mean disappearing.
Somewhere between the feeds, the school runs and the invisible load, mothers became the last ones fed. Everyone asks how the baby is. Almost no one asks how you are.
Thrive, Mama turns the focus back to the mother. Liv Golding brings lived experience and practical wellness tools together in a guide to caring for your body, mind and sense of self.
The first days
The hours no one warns you about.
Recovery, feedings and the quiet hours in between. The part of motherhood that rarely gets spoken about.
The book
A guide written for you.
Most parenting books are written about the baby. Thrive, Mama is written for the woman doing the mothering.
Blending personal story, research-backed insight and holistic practice, Liv makes space for the complicated, beautiful work of becoming, from pregnancy and postpartum to the years beyond.
This isn’t about bouncing back. It’s about being nourished enough to move forward as yourself.
Inside the pages
A different way to thrive.
Not another impossible checklist. A new way to make care for yourself part of the story.
Matrescence
The biological & emotional transformation of becoming a mom.
The Power of Self
Overcoming self-erasure.
Self-Awareness: How Do I Feel?
Listening to body signals & emotional cues.
Self-Love: What Do I Need?
Inner-child healing & rewriting past narratives.
Self-Work: What Makes Me Whole?
Nourishing depletion & deep physical recovery.
Self-Worth: What Do I Believe?
Dismantling the “good mom” scorecard.
Self-Study: Am I My Thoughts?
Mindset, mindfulness & unlearning conditioning.
Self-Compassion: Can I Forgive?
Releasing mom guilt & giving yourself grace.
Self-Acceptance: Is It True for Me?
Reclaiming authenticity over performance.
Thriving in Relationship
Parenthood, partnership & growing together.
Living Mother-First
Daily practice, sustainable support & lifelong vitality.
About the author
Written by a mother who lived it.
Liv Golding is a mother of two, Taiwanese-Italian wellness entrepreneur, investor and author, writing from lived experience of depletion, identity and the way back to yourself.
The contributors
Written with eleven experts.
Practitioners across medicine, nutrition, psychology and holistic practice lend their counsel to these pages.
Dr. Linda BedessianBS DC
Nervous System Specialist · Creator of the Back in Command Method
Estelle Bingham
Healer, author, metaphysical teacher & speaker · “The Heart Whisperer”
Zoe Blaskey
Founder of Motherkind
Sonia ChoquettePhD
Spiritual teacher, intuitive guide & New York Times bestselling author
Dr. Shreelata DattaMA MD FRCOG MBBS LLM BSc (Hons)
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist · NHS, the Portland & the Lister Hospitals
Dr. Lily Yu GillespieDAOM LAc
Doctor of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine · Licensed Acupuncturist
Andrey Lemon
Doula
Kaya Danielle Leigh
Founder of Sacred Breath Academy
Marissa Leufke NasutionMSc Psych MAC
Research Psychologist & Psychotherapist
Alex Taylor
Women’s Health Advocate · Co-Founder of Perelel & the Women’s Health Alliance
Pooja VigBSc (Hons) Microbiology
Functional Medicine Nutritionist · Clinical Director, The Nutrition Clinic
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Thrive, Mama
By Liv Golding
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