Mom Guilt Isn’t Helping You
Don't Be A Dick with Gretchen Clark
Gretchen Clark
5.0 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Gretchen tackles the myth of balance and the guilt that comes with trying to do it all. Motherhood, ambition, marriage, business, phones, boundaries, and the pressure to be everything, everywhere, all at once.
She shares what’s actually helped her survive and stay present, why quality matters more than quantity, and how mom guilt doesn’t make you better, it just makes you smaller. Honest, reassuring, and deeply relatable, this episode is a reminder that ambition and caregiving don’t compete, your nervous system sets the tone, and the most important person to stop being a dick to is yourself.
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| 0:00.0 | I used to think that if I wasn't with Lenin 24-7, then she was gonna forget who I was. |
| 0:07.3 | I was like, I need to throw my career away. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm not doing this. |
| 0:10.1 | Like, I need to be with her all the time. |
| 0:12.4 | It's just not scientifically fucking true. |
| 0:15.0 | Drop the fantasy of balance. |
| 0:17.3 | Some seasons you're crushing business, some seasons you're crushing motherhood. Get the |
| 0:21.6 | fuck over it. In front of our babies, let's just be so fucking present, even if it's for 10 minutes a day. |
| 0:31.3 | D bad baby. That stands for don't be a dick if you're new here. And we're not sugarcoating |
| 0:35.6 | shit. So let's get into it, shall we? |
| 0:43.1 | Hi, guys, welcome back. |
| 0:44.7 | I feel like my last couple episodes have been huge sob fess, which has been so fun to put out |
| 0:50.6 | on the worldwide web and on the internet and on YouTube. |
| 0:53.3 | Seems like you guys have enjoyed them, which I love. |
| 0:55.7 | I love the feedback. |
| 0:56.9 | Thank you for the reviews. |
| 0:58.5 | And so sorry that some of you guys relate so much to my last episode about mommy issues. |
| 1:04.7 | Like, just so fun to relate in that sense. |
| 1:08.4 | If you guys saw my last reel about my old lady hands and my insecurity about them, that's why I do this. I actually get asked probably like at least once a week why I'm always pulling my sleeves up like this. And it's literally because I'm so insecure about my old lady hands. And I even got moxie laser on them. It didn't really do much or I just need to do it again. I need some hand lotion. |
| 1:28.5 | That's what I need. Anyway, okay, today I really, really want to unpack what I have learned, |
| 1:32.1 | what's working for me. It's a constant work in progress is being an ambitious mom and balancing, |
| 1:39.1 | spoiler alert, there's literally no such thing as having like perfect balance of being a mom |
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