3 readings to understand motherhood

Mother's Day Special

Although all maternity hospitals are different, they experience similar moments: enthusiasm, doubts, tiredness, guilt, tenderness, fear, joy... Sometimes, all on the same day.

Whether in the office or outside of it, motherhood brings up questions that don't fit into a quick conversation or are resolved with a beautiful phrase.

That's why today we're sharing three books on motherhood written by psychologists. Three different views with one thing in common: they put words where there is usually noise. And that helps mothers, couples, families and the professionals they accompany.

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1. Mom's emotions — Noelia Extremera Martínez (Grijalbo, 2025)

This book reads like a company. Noelia offers a calm look at the emotional and psychological journey that a woman undergoes when she becomes a mother, without idealizing it or turning it into a list of obligations.

There is sensitivity, honesty and a very valuable basic idea: understanding what you feel changes the way you live at this stage.

It may interest you if...

You are a mother or expectant mother and you want to feel understood without judgment. If you want to better accompany someone who is at this stage. Or if, in consultation, you are looking for a warm reading to recommend when the topic is “everything happens to me and I don't even know where to start”.

The message

Offer more language to name emotions that are usually experienced in silence and more context to understand that many “normal” things can also be difficult. Also, more permission to go through motherhood without having to be well all the time.

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2. To love you better — Laura Cerdán (Aula Magna/McGraw Hill, 2023)

The subtitle says it well: Handbook with real cases for positive parenting. Laura collects very recognizable everyday situations and lowers them to the ground with clear, simple and applicable guidelines.

Knowing theory helps and having concrete resources, for when your child doesn't brush their teeth, when limits are negotiated every afternoon or when grandparents do “business as usual”, helps even more.

It may interest you if...

You want to raise with love and respect and you are looking for structure for everyday life. If you feel overwhelmed with routines, limits or coexistence. If you are a professional in psychology, education or pedagogy and you want practical examples that connect with everyday life.

The message

Real cases similar to those that happen at home. Specific guidelines for the first few years, up to seven or eight, with room for adaptation. A pedagogical, rigorous and easy to follow reading.

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3. I don't understand mom — Sara Inés Vitoria Zabaleta (self-published, 2019)

A different book. Sara uses the therapeutic story format to approach concepts such as transgenerational trauma and family constellations in an accessible way, from the mother-child relationship.

It reads calmly and leaves a trace. It's about understanding better, looking at what's inherited, what's not said, what's not elaborated, and opening up a space for transformation from there.

It may interest you if...

You connect with symbolic and narrative language. If you want to explore your family history without making it “technical”. If you are looking for a resource to discuss origins, bonds and memories carefully with your family.

The message

A friendly gateway to profound issues. A resource that many people use to tell family stories to sons and daughters. An approach that invites us to look with more understanding at what is sometimes only experienced as conflict.

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Three tones, the same intention

A more emotional and accompanying reading. Another very practical one for everyday use. Another more narrative and profound. All three, written by psychologists who know the field well.

If you're looking for a psychology book for mothers right now, here are three options with their own character. And if you accompany maternity hospitals in consultation, they may also serve as a resource for opening a conversation more calmly and with more judgment.