How to deal with criticism and negativity

The Mother Like a Boss Podcast

Kendra Hennessy

Homemanagement, Organizing, Mom, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Parenting, Homemaking, Cleaning

4.8 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

I have to admit that it feels like we're drowning in negativity these days and moms are getting the brunt of it. Everyone has an opinion on how you should raise your children and live your life, but are all opinions bad? Is all criticism negative? And how to be sift through the opinions without feeling worse about ourselves?

I'm opening up today about the negativity and criticism I receive in my business and how I've learned to deal with the so-called "haters." What I really want you to take from this episode is how you, the mom who just wants to live her life and love her children, can deal with criticism being hurled your way and decide which is constructive and which is just judgy negativity.

During today’s episode, I also list a series of qualifying questions I go through whenever I feel the critical eye upon me. Here are those questions for your reference:

Do I know them?
Do they know me?
Do I respect them or their opinion?
Is their opinion or criticism related to something I’m interested in changing?
If this came from someone else, would I feel differently?
Why is this triggering me?

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's okay.
0:05.0	okay. You can admit it.
0:07.0	Sometimes motherhood seems less like the sweetness of a pamper's commercial and more like a scene out of jaws.
0:12.0	Hey mamas, I'm Kendra Hennessy,
0:13.7	mom of two spunky kids of my own,
0:15.4	and after 10 years in the motherhood game
0:17.6	and owning a house cleaning business,
0:19.4	I discovered that moms need more than just to clean home.
0:22.2	They need encouragement, support, and the permission
0:24.6	to be, as I like to say, just a little bit homemakerish. I'm on a mission to give the reluctant
0:29.6	homemakers of the world the tools, the strategies, and the systems that will help you simplify your life
0:35.0	and put some fun back into being a mom. Modern homemaking doesn't have to be unpleasant
0:40.0	or even something you dread. We're going to have the conversations that will help you
0:43.6	uncomplicate motherhood and embrace home management without the perfection.
0:47.2	This is a sanctumami free territory. This is a place where moms can be
0:51.2	themselves. This is the Mother Like a Boss podcast.
0:56.9	Hey there, friends, I'm so excited for this episode, but before I want to just mention a few things that are worth noting before we jump into this episode.
1:05.1	Number one, as you may or may not be able to tell, because maybe you don't care.
1:08.8	And you don't even hear it.
1:10.4	My voice is a little scratchy, and it was so when I was recording this
1:13.9	episode I'm not even sick but I don't know maybe this is my my body's way of
1:18.3	telling me I talk too much and I need to shut up a little bit more but it is a
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