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HERself

140. The Mom Guilt Episode

HERself

Abby and Amy

Education, Real, Self-improvement, Grow, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Purpose, Future, Parenting, Comparison, Mental Health, Honest, Opportunity, Best Self, Vulnerable

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Today we are tackling the topic of mom guilt, which is something we talked about way back on Episode 12 of the podcast. This is important to mention, because what we say today is coming from a place of it being two years later. Back then, mom guilt was something that we were struggling more with, which led to both of us doing a lot of work in this area, and we want to share our insights and what we’ve learned with you today. Motherhood is a journey, and we realize that mom guilt shows u...

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And that's one big thing that I think about when Lucy has her soccer practices

0:05.1

event. I want to be there for that. And could I have done it with my

0:07.9

traveling sales job? I couldn't. Like I was missing things left and right, and

0:11.5

they were only, you know, one-years-old, three-years-old at the time when I

0:15.3

started to go part-time and then leave. But that is a really, really big part of

0:19.1

this life that I think about when it comes to mom guilt and working mom guilt

0:22.1

specifically. I'm Amy. And I'm Abby. And as women, we are constantly comparing

0:31.3

ourselves to others. But your life isn't supposed to look like hers. Being your

0:36.8

best self means standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to

0:40.9

grow with a purpose. We get vulnerable and real. With an honest look into the

0:45.6

challenges and triumphs we all face. Every woman listening gets the

0:49.8

opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself.

0:58.0

Today we are going to tackle the topic of mom guilt. If you have been around for a

1:04.9

long time, we talked about this way back on episode 12. And I did want to make

1:10.5

a mention of it because what we're going to say today is us being two years

1:16.0

further down the road. So in episode 12, mom guilt was much more of a struggle

1:22.5

for me than it is today. If you go back and listen, you'll hear me shedding

1:26.9

tears. It was something that was very heavy on me even though at that point I

1:32.2

had worked on it. So now we're two more years down the road. And in all of

1:38.6

motherhood, we find that you're on a journey. And so you might be closer to we

1:44.2

were in episode 12, or you might be ready to take the next steps that we're

1:48.6

going to talk about today. Abby and I realize that mom guilt shows up

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