303: I Hate Being A Mother

Ghost of a Podcast: Astrology & Advice with Jessica Lanyadoo

Jessica Lanyadoo

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Angela is the mother of an 11 year-old who she absolutely loves, but she doesn't love being a mother. She and Jessica have a frank and vulnerable conversation about a taboo topic—how it feels to strongly dislike something that you're supposed to love.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ghost of a Podcast. I'm your host Jessica Lignato. I'm an astrologer, psychic
0:06.0	medium, and animal communicator, and I'm going to give you your weekly horoscope and no
0:10.4	bullshit mystical advice for living your very best life.
0:14.5	Hey there, ghosties. In this episode, I'll be doing a live reading with one of my beloved
0:21.8	listeners. Everyone stay listening on an intimate conversation and get inspired as we explore
0:27.4	perspectives on life, love, and the human condition. Along the way, we'll uncover valuable
0:32.5	insights and practical lessons that you can apply to your own life. And don't forget
0:37.2	to hit subscribe or at the very least mark your calendars because every Sunday, I'll
0:41.1	be back with your weekly horoscope. And that you don't want to miss. Let's get started.
0:48.2	Angela, welcome to the podcast. Thank you. What would you like to talk about today?
0:53.1	So I'm just going to read my question. Great. That's fine. My question starts off.
0:57.5	Boom. This is I hate being a mother. I know that's not a PC thing to say, but these feelings
1:02.9	have intensified over the past year or so. And I'm not sure how to process it. I love my daughter
1:08.2	immensely. And I'm not just saying that to make this question more palatable. She is my absolute
1:13.1	favorite person. But how do I get to the point where my love for her and my love for being a mother
1:17.4	is equal or is that even necessary? I ask because I feel like it affects my self love, finding
1:22.4	romantic love, friendship love and other familiar loves. This is a very honest question.
1:28.6	Thank you for being willing to be vulnerable enough to ask it. I've been thinking about this.
1:33.3	Honestly, since my daughter was born or even when I was pregnant, because I thought that I would
1:38.4	have like pregnant. I was like, Oh, there's this clone. You're just going to love it. I never had a
1:42.8	moment where that happened. Yeah, where even when she was born, it's like, Oh my god,
1:47.6	maybe it's like a lot. Yeah, but yeah, I just I never had that moment. I like her and I mean that
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