You know that feeling when work is going great, but at home you're thinking, am I messing this up?

I feel that way more than I'd like to admit.

But talking to parenting expert and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Becky Kennedy shifted something major for me.

And that's when mum guilt hits you and suddenly every decision feels like the wrong one.

If you're tired of feeling torn between success and motherhood,

you need to stay tuned because Dr. Becky gives us the tools to stop choosing and start leading.

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Dr Becky, I am so happy to have you on Aspire. You are one of my dream guests for the reason that I have like 500

questions that I need to ask you. So I'm going to like jump straight into it because I really wanted to

frame our conversation around something that I feel terrorizes me, which is this idea of mum guilt.

And I feel for so many women, especially all the women that I know,

so much of what separates them from being able to be truly successful is how they get caught up

in mumgill. And so as the parenting expert, a mum of three, I'm assuming very ambitious

woman, certainly very successful business woman.

My first question to you is really about what kids need. Like, what do kids actually need from

their parents versus what the culture and society tells us that they need?

Such a good place to start. So first of all, so excited to be here. We're going to get into all

the things. I mean, I don't know if I can answer that in like one sentence, but in general,

our kids in their early years, through their relationship with us, they are learning all the

important things about how to operate and be in the world. So what does that mean? They are learning what emotions are

safe and manageable and what emotions are dangerous or, quote, too much. They are learning,

what should I expect from other people? When you get upset with people, can you get through that?

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