MOMENT | Stop mum-guilt in its tracks with this simple shift, with Dr. Soph

The Motherkind Podcast

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 837 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Registered clinical psychologist and Sunday Times best-selling author Dr Soph joins us to discuss the pressure mothers feel to be perfect parents. She explains why we need to understand the distinct differences between 'guilt' and 'shame' and why we should treat ourselves with the same compassion we would treat a friend. For more powerful insights from Dr. Soph listen to the full episode here: ⁠⁠How to manage your emotions better and why it matters for parents⁠⁠ Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New way to thrive in a world of endless expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by Wild Nutrition, the brand raising the bar for women’s supplements. Want to feel the Food-Grown difference yourself? Get 50% off for three months at wildnutrition.com/motherkind. Ts and Cs apply. For a £100 sponsored job credit visit Indeed.com/ Motherkind Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MOTHERKIND at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod This show is sponsored by Yeo Valley. Find Your Daily Groove: visit the Yeo Valley website to find out more. Yeo Got This! This show is sponsored by FreePrints. Download the Free Prints app for iPhone and Android from the App store or Google Play or visit freeprints.co.uk. Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.6	Hey everyone, welcome to this week's Motherkind moment, your place on a Monday for calm,
1:26.7	connection and maybe even a shift in perspective
1:30.3	before the crazy week ahead. This week's moment is with the wonderful Dr. Sof, who is a psychologist
1:36.8	and Sunday Times bestselling author. If you've ever felt guilty or thought to yourself,
1:43.2	I'm not a good mum. And let's face it,
1:45.7	who hasn't thought those words? Then this next couple of minutes is going to massively
1:51.2	shift your perspective. Here it is. It goes full circle to how we started, I think, goes full
1:59.2	circles how we started this conversation in
2:01.1	terms of the pressure of being the perfect parent. And I think particularly for mothers, there's
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