taking a loan time. So taking that a loan time when you need it. And I'm going to actually chime in

here for people who are achievers and don't always have that internal regulator of, oh, I need

this break, take the break before you actually need it. I made me and I'm Abby. And as women,

we are constantly comparing ourselves to others. But your life isn't supposed to look like hers.

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

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

triumphs we all face. Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose what life looks like

for herself. A few weeks ago on Instagram, I shared a graphic about the modern mother's

overwhelm. And it got an enormous response. So Abby and I decided that we would have a whole

episode that covers this exact topic. So there was a stretch of time where I was wondering,

what is wrong with me? I could not keep up with motherhood and work. And the house was a complete

disaster. And I was scrolling past all of these other women that were not only doing it, but also

making it look easy. Eventually, I just understood a simple truth. There is too much on a woman's

shoulders. From the policies that we have in place right now to social conditioning, it has made

it so that our plates are overflowing. And my issue is that it has us questioning ourselves

instead of looking around and figuring out how we can get more help. A lot of us are saying,

what is wrong with me? Why can't I do this? So we're going to get a lot more into this topic today.

When you said it exactly right, we can put the pressure on ourselves, we put the pressure on

other women who we are around and overwhelm can show up in so many different places and also in

so many different ways. And we all know it's so important to us that we have it in the beginning

of our conversation. Every time we have a podcast episode that your life won't look exactly like

ours or maybe anyone else's. But we thought that covering this topic and really opening the door

...