Moment | Why your guilt isn’t really yours with Dr Sophie Brock

Motherkind

Zoe Blaskey

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Ever feel guilty no matter what you do, like you’re failing at something, somewhere, all the time? You’re not broken. You’re just living inside impossible expectations. In this week’s Moment, Dr Sophie Brock, a motherhood studies sociologist (yes, she literally has a PhD in motherhood), shares why so much of our guilt isn’t truly ours at all. Sophie explains that guilt often comes from the shoulds we’ve absorbed from society, not from our own values. The real power lies in holding that guilt up to the light and asking: Is this mine to carry, or something I’ve been taught to feel? This short clip is a reminder that guilt can be a guide, but only when it serves you, not the story you’ve been told about what a “good mother” should be. Listen, reflect, and maybe let a little bit of that guilt go this week. If you liked this moment, listen to the full episode: The Surprising Secret to Feeling Less Guilty and More Empowered with Dr Sophie Brock Remember to subscribe to Motherkind — it helps more mothers find the show and keeps our community growing. Need a hand managing the mental load? Download your FREE cheat sheet. Connect with Zoe: Follow Zoe on Instagram Get Zoe’s Sunday Times bestselling book, 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’ This Motherkind episode is sponsored by: Headline sponsor 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 40% off a Calm premium subscription at calm.com/motherkind Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome to this week's Motherkind moment. Thank you for being here. Thank you for pressing play.
0:10.4	This is your place on a Monday for calm connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the crazy week ahead.
0:18.9	This week's moment is with the brilliant Dr. Sophie Brock. She is a
0:23.3	motherhood studies sociologist. She literally has the PhD in motherhood. And in this powerful
0:29.1	clip, Dr. Sophie shares why so much of our guilt isn't ours at all, but it is driven by our
0:36.3	societal expectations of what we think we should be doing.
0:41.1	And that's where the guilt comes in. And the most important thing we have to do with guilt is hold it up
0:47.0	to the light. Don't ignore it. Don't push away and say, do I feel guilty because I've stepped
0:53.4	outside of my own values? Or, and I think this is
0:58.0	90% of the guilt we feel, is it because I've absorbed these messages of what I think I should be doing?
1:05.9	So challenge your guilt, question your guilt. And it's so powerful to be aware that I think
1:12.0	90% of our guilt is driven by what we think we quote unquote should be doing instead of
1:17.6	what we really want to be doing. So I hope you love this short clip. Here it is. This episode is
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