Ep 153 Dr Sarah McKay - The neuroscience of motherhood

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Dr Sarah McKay is a neuroscientist and science communicator who specialises in translating brain science research into simple, actionable strategies for peak performance, creativity, women's health and wellbeing. Her previous book, The Women's Brain Book: The Neuroscience of Health, Hormones and Happiness, explores the female lifespan through the lens of neurobiology. In this conversation we dive into not only Sarah’s interest in neuroscience for women, but the changes and understandings of what happens in the brain when women become mothers. Pregnancy changes our brains but is there such a thing as a mother’s instinct and how does a mothers brain change not just in pregnancy and early years but across the lifecycle of her children? Sarah’s latest book Baby Brain explores this and more. Known as the person who explains the brain enjoy this fascinating conversation with Dr Sarah McKay.