You're listening to the Confident Mom podcast.

I'm Trish Blackwell, your host and Confidence Coach,

and this is a podcast community for busy moms who want to be confident

that they are being the best version of themselves they can be

so that ultimately they can be confident moms to the little ones God has given them.

I'm a first-time mom learning the ropes of motherhood and humbly learning from those who have gone before me on the beautiful journey it is to be a mom.

Welcome to the show. Welcome to the the confident mom community.

As we're in episode 13 and we're talking about duck syndrome today.

I'm going to be talking to you about what is Duck Syndrome and how it's become a toxic part of your life,

why fighting against it is going to increase your happiness,

and then I'm going to share with you five specific ways to stop

the syndrome. You know I've been thinking about ducks because my my daughter's

obsessed with rubber duckies like a loves them. You see rubber duckie and she sees it and you squeak it at her. She will drop everything she's doing and just crawl her way silly to you to just grab it. It's just so fun and it's a great reminder for me as you're going to learn

duck syndrome has been quite a part of my life and both as well you're going to hear

about what duck syndrome is how it's seeped into our lives so sneakily,

and ways to break free from it.

So we're going to dive into that in just a second.

I want to thank you for being a part of this confident mom community.

It's just been an honor to get to share and connect.

And the big thing about being a competent mom is being someone who is willing to say here's where I'm struggling, here's where I need

support, here's what I'm not sure about, can I learn from you? It's about taking down the

walls, breaking down the walls, Confidence, true confidence, y'all, comes when we give ourselves permission to not have to be

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