Dr. Cynthia Hawver is a licensed psychologist and certified coach sharing her 25 years of experience working with moms and children. She created Mama Shrink for moms suffering from burnout, especially older moms who are in the thick of parenting. Dr. Cynthia discusses the challenges facing Gen X moms who waited to start families, with keen insight, experience, and humor. Moms of all ages will benefit from her parental coaching, personal wisdom, and life experience.
Each episode of the Mama Shrink podcast is filled with knowledge that will increase your mental, physical, and emotional well-being. It will help you love the parenting journey no matter what stage of parenting you’re in. Dr. Cynthia’s belief is that your kids grow up too fast not to enjoy it. The Mama Shrink podcast will allow you to refuel, feel understood, and walk away with new information you can implement easily. Leave your mama burnout behind and start living the mom life you envisioned.
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Dr. Cynthia Hawver is a licensed psychologist and certified coach sharing her 25 years of experience working with moms and children. She created Mama Shrink for moms suffering from burnout, especially older moms who are in the thick of parenting. Dr. Cynthia discusses the challenges facing Gen X moms who waited to start families, with keen insight, experience, and humor. Moms of all ages will benefit from her parental coaching, personal wisdom, and life experience.
Each episode of the Mama Shrink podcast is filled with knowledge that will increase your mental, physical, and emotional well-being. It will help you love the parenting journey no matter what stage of parenting you’re in. Dr. Cynthia’s belief is that your kids grow up too fast not to enjoy it. The Mama Shrink podcast will allow you to refuel, feel understood, and walk away with new information you can implement easily. Leave your mama burnout behind and start living the mom life you envisioned.
When the Label Doesn’t Matter: Toxic Is Toxic | The Mama Shrink Podcast (Season 3, Episode 5)
Mama Shrink
26 minutes
5 months ago
When the Label Doesn’t Matter: Toxic Is Toxic | The Mama Shrink Podcast (Season 3, Episode 5)
Too many women stay stuck in toxic relationships because they’re trying to “figure it out.”
Is it narcissism? Addiction? Passive-aggression? Something diagnosable?
In this powerful episode, Dr. Cynthia Edwards-Hawver challenges the belief that we need a perfect label before we’re allowed to leave. What if the pain is enough? What if the confusion, exhaustion, and emotional fallout are the evidence?
You’ll learn:
Why obsessing over a label keeps you stuck in analysis paralysis
How to validate your reality without outside proof
What to pay attention to in your body, mind, and home environment
How toxic behavior—no matter what you call it—impacts your kids
Questions to ask yourself when you're stuck between fear, guilt, and clarity
🎧 A must-listen for any mom wondering, “What if I’m wrong?” or “Do I have the right to leave?”
👉 Subscribe, review, and share with a mama who needs this message.
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Mama Shrink
Dr. Cynthia Hawver is a licensed psychologist and certified coach sharing her 25 years of experience working with moms and children. She created Mama Shrink for moms suffering from burnout, especially older moms who are in the thick of parenting. Dr. Cynthia discusses the challenges facing Gen X moms who waited to start families, with keen insight, experience, and humor. Moms of all ages will benefit from her parental coaching, personal wisdom, and life experience.
Each episode of the Mama Shrink podcast is filled with knowledge that will increase your mental, physical, and emotional well-being. It will help you love the parenting journey no matter what stage of parenting you’re in. Dr. Cynthia’s belief is that your kids grow up too fast not to enjoy it. The Mama Shrink podcast will allow you to refuel, feel understood, and walk away with new information you can implement easily. Leave your mama burnout behind and start living the mom life you envisioned.
