224. Are You Overwhelmed and Angry in Motherhood? | Natalie Hixson, Angry Mama Coach

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Every mother knows that there are moments in motherhood that bring out the worst in us. We can feel overwhelmed and triggered, and these feelings may result in angry outbursts toward those we love most. If any of this resonates with you, this episode with Natalie (the Angry Mama Coach) is a must-listen. Natalie shares her history with anger in motherhood and coaches us on recognizing triggers, dealing with anger in a healthy way, shifting your mindset, and more. May this conversation be an encouragement to you no matter where you are in your motherhood journey.

In this episode, we cover:

Natalie’s story of overcoming destructive anger in her early years of motherhood
A simple acronym to help you pause when you feel anger rising
How do you know if your anger is destructive or normal?
Healthy ways to express anger
Recognizing your triggers and taking proactive steps to avoid overwhelm
How hormones play a role in our feelings of anger and overwhelm
Where to begin shifting your mindset if you find yourself not enjoying motherhood
Avoiding the comparison trap in your parenting
Not allowing even good things in life to steal your peace

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Natalie is offering the Simple Farmhouse Life audience access to her Trigger Tracker as a first step to overcome destructive anger in order to be the fun, present and joyful wife and mom you want to be. The Trigger Tracker will help you identify your triggers, create awareness around them, and support you in changing your mindset around these triggers: www.nataliehixson.com/SimpleFarmhouseLife.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	and what I'm doing is helping moms work through destructive anger and burnout.
0:04.5	Understand that we don't have to stay stuck in those places.
0:08.7	We can definitely work through anger in a healthier way and even model that to our kids.
0:14.0	A common thought for young moms especially who are being controlled by their anger
0:20.0	is that they will not be able to overcome it and they're going to have a terrible
0:25.0	relationship with their kids. It just can be a really dark scary place and I'm
0:28.9	here to just shed light and hope in that. My name is Lisa, mother of 8 and creator of the blog and
0:35.9	YouTube channel Farmhouse on Boone. Join me as I share with you my love for creating a
0:40.4	handmade home from scratch cooking and a little mom and entrepreneur life
0:44.3	along the way.
0:47.0	Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life Podcast. Today we are going to be talking about the
0:58.3	motherhood aspect of the many things that we cover here on the Simple Farm House Life podcast.
1:03.0	For a lot of us, that is something that we take part in every single day if you're a mom.
1:09.0	And so there are many things that can be discouraging about motherhood, can be very exhausting, and my guest today, Natalie Hickson, is someone that has walked before us. She has a 20-year- old child and a few more after that and her topic is on
1:26.2	destructive anger. She has a story about destructive anger in her motherhood and
1:31.5	then she also has helped so many women to overcome that and has a lot of
1:37.6	encouragement to share. So let's dive into this great conversation. Well hello Natalie, thank you so much for joining us here. This is a topic that a lot of
1:45.6	moms will find very encouraging because it can be very overwhelming being a mom. There's
1:50.8	a lot of little people that need your attention, household tasks, it can sometimes
1:55.1	feel overwhelming, especially if you don't have systems in place, which can be hard to establish
1:59.6	especially when you know
2:03.1	know everything gets derailed sometimes so let's start by you telling us a little
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