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Maternal Ambivalence
The Loving Moments & Bitter Truths of Motherhood
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“The most anticipated parenting (and parenting-adjacent) books of spring 2025.” —The Boston Globe Featured on NPR/KERA, MsMagazine.com, WAMC, AM New York, KevinMD.com, New York Family Magazine, The Good Enough Mother, The Tara Hogan Show, and more.Maternal Ambivalence reveals the emotional complexity of motherhood that most women...
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“The most anticipated parenting (and parenting-adjacent) books of spring 2025.” —The Boston Globe
Featured on NPR/KERA, MsMagazine.com, WAMC, AM New York, KevinMD.com, New York Family Magazine, The Good Enough Mother, The Tara Hogan Show, and more.
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“The most anticipated parenting (and parenting-adjacent) books of spring 2025.” —The Boston Globe
Featured on NPR/KERA, MsMagazine.com, WAMC, AM New York, KevinMD.com, New York Family Magazine, The Good Enough Mother, The Tara Hogan Show, and more.
Maternal Ambivalence reveals the emotional complexity of motherhood that most women feel—but rarely discuss. With compassion and clarity, Dr. Margo Lowy breaks open the taboo around conflicting maternal emotions and shows how they can actually deepen understanding, connection, and self-acceptance.
Drawing from clinical cases, cultural stories, and her own decades of mothering, Dr. Lowy offers a liberating perspective: our “darker” feelings are not a failing—they’re part of what makes love real.
Readers Will Learn How To:
Wise, honest, and deeply validating, Maternal Ambivalence reshapes how we talk about motherhood—and how mothers see themselves.
Featured on NPR/KERA, MsMagazine.com, WAMC, AM New York, KevinMD.com, New York Family Magazine, The Good Enough Mother, The Tara Hogan Show, and more.
Maternal Ambivalence reveals the emotional complexity of motherhood that most women feel—but rarely discuss. With compassion and clarity, Dr. Margo Lowy breaks open the taboo around conflicting maternal emotions and shows how they can actually deepen understanding, connection, and self-acceptance.
Drawing from clinical cases, cultural stories, and her own decades of mothering, Dr. Lowy offers a liberating perspective: our “darker” feelings are not a failing—they’re part of what makes love real.
Readers Will Learn How To:
- Normalize complex emotions and let go of guilt
- Understand ambivalence as healthy and part of real-world mothering
- Use conflicting feelings to strengthen insight and connection
- Release unrealistic expectations and embrace authentic parenting
- Transform self-judgment into self-compassion
Wise, honest, and deeply validating, Maternal Ambivalence reshapes how we talk about motherhood—and how mothers see themselves.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9798888455982
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 April 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Post Hill Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 222g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Dr. Margo Lowy is a psychotherapist with a specialty in mothering. In 2017, she completed her doctorate at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, investigating the field of maternal ambivalence. Dr. Lowy is the author of a previous academic book on the topic of maternal ambivalence, The Maternal Experience: Encounters with Ambivalence and Love, and has spoken on the subject at universities and media outlets in the United States, Australia, and Israel. She is a contributor to Psychology Today, a member of PEN America, and a former advisor to the founder of the Australian Jewish Fertility Network (AJFN). She is mother to three children and is based with her husband in New York City.
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