She Became the Mom She Wished She'd Had

She didn’t go back to school for a master’s degree in clinical psychology because she had it all figured out. She went because she was in the thick of early motherhood, things were coming up from her own childhood she couldn’t ignore, and she wanted to break the cycle — for her daughters, and for herself. What she built on the other side is the Women’s Center for Healing, a mental health practice specifically designed for women, gender diverse individuals, and the underserved communities who keep falling through the cracks of a system not built for them. In this episode of Between Meetings & Motherhood, host Alexa Starks sits down with Cheryl Przezdziecki, founder and clinical director of the Women’s Center for Healing (https://thewomenscenterforhealing.com/) (https://thewomenscenterforhealing.com/) for one of the most honest, grounded conversations this podcast has had about childhood trauma, reparenting, co-regulation, and what it actually means to break generational cycles while raising daughters. In this episode: Why motherhood — not a classroom — was what finally launched Cheryl’s mental health journey What holistic, trauma-informed therapy actually looks like and why it starts by going back before you can move forward Reparenting: what it is, why it matters, and how to become the inner parent your inner child always needed The question that changes everything: what kind of parent did you wish you had? Why your kids mirror your own inner child — and what to do when a certain age or phase suddenly triggers you Co-regulation with toddlers: why letting them have the meltdown is sometimes the most powerful thing you can do The mom timeout: going to your own room instead of putting your kid in one Why children owe their parents nothing — not even a relationship — and what that reframe does for how you show up Raising daughters to name patriarchy, challenge body image messaging, and never shrink to fit a system What Cheryl learned about herself raising two daughters through every phase — and what she sees now that they’re in college Why she built the Women’s Center for Healing: because the gaps in care were too big and the people falling through them too important to ignore The best advice she gives her daughters right now: if you don’t fit the system, create one Cheryl is also featured in the October issue of Mothered Magazine — read the full interview at motheredmagazine.com (http://motheredmagazine.com) . 📲 Find Cheryl: thewomenscenterforhealing.com (https://thewomenscenterforhealing.com/) | @thewomenscenterforhealing (  / thewomenscenterforhealing  ) on Instagram 🎙️ Between Meetings & Motherhood is hosted by Alexa Starks, founder of Mothered Media and editor-in-chief of Mothered Magazine — a podcast for ambitious moms building businesses and raising families at the same time. #MaternalMentalHealth #Reparenting #GenerationalTrauma #MomPodcast #BetweenMeetingsAndMotherhood #MotheredMagazine #MotheredMedia #TraumaHealing #MomTherapist #RaisingDaughters #MomMentalHealth #WorkingMoms #MomFounder #BreakingCycles #WomensMentalHealth Get full access to Like a Motherf*cker at likeamotherf.substack.com/subscribe (https://likeamotherf.substack.com/sub...)