How to manage guilt and shame in motherhood?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. Julie Hanks coaches Ali and addresses the question, “How to manage guilt and shame in motherhood?” We use guilt and shame interchangeably in society but they are different things. Guilt is about behavior, whereas shame is about who I am as a person. Guilt says “I feel bad about this specific behavior” and shame says “I am a bad human being. I am worthless. I am no good.” During this episode, Dr. Hanks talks about how society defines motherhood by always being home an...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks, a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower women to prioritize their dreams, revolutionize their families, and personalize their faith.
0:19.9	I'm your host, Dr. Julie Hanks, therapist and coach offering online courses and programs
0:24.9	to help women all over the world heal themselves and their relationships.
0:29.9	Join me here every week as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them
0:34.4	to find healing tools.
0:37.2	And today on the podcast, I have Ali.
0:40.3	Welcome to the show.
0:42.2	Hello.
0:42.9	I'm so happy to be here.
0:44.5	I'm happy to have you.
0:46.3	What is your question for me today?
0:48.5	So my question is kind of a two-parter.
0:51.6	Okay.
0:52.1	It's guilt versus shame. How can we tell the difference between the two when we're kind of a two-parter. Okay. It's guilt versus shame.
0:55.3	How can we tell the difference between the two when we're kind of taught that they're the same kind of feeling?
1:00.6	And then how do we not pass on our guilt shame cycles to our children?
1:05.7	Okay.
1:06.5	So first part, the difference between guilt and shame.
1:11.3	So guilt is about behavior.
1:14.2	It's I feel bad about this specific behavior.
1:18.1	Okay.
1:18.7	Okay.
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