And that's when it became really obvious to me that this was not an individual issue, right? The system is the problem. We are being asked to do so much without help. It's a work issue. It has to do with what we expect for moms. It has to do with social media. It has so many different contributions. But what I know for sure is that parenting is always going to be hard. Raising

humans is going to be a challenge, but the amount of stress that we carry doesn't have to be there.

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Hi, you guys. Today on the podcast, we have Dr. Anne Welsh, who is an psychologist, an executive coach, and a consultant that has a deep passion for empowering women on their leadership journeys. In this episode, we truly dived into all things that are around being a working mom. So as you guys know, Abby and I have been working moms

for nine years. She has a ton of experience and a ton of clients at this point in her life. So it was a

really candid conversation about what comes up for all three of us, what areas we still need to

work on. I love the conversation. I wish I would have had it

earlier. So we're hoping that it really helps a lot of you out there. So let's start out by talking

about why working parent stress, in your opinion, is a systemic issue and not just an individual

issue. Yeah.

I mean, I think this is like if, you know, if you don't take anything home from this episode

except it's not you, it's the system, that would be it.

Just my own story, remind 15 years.

You know, I'm working at Harvard.

I had just had my second kid.

And I felt like I was drowning.

I had this unimaginable caseload being asked to do way more in 40 hours than was possible.

And I was coming home to kids who were tough.

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