The Myth of the Perfect Mom
Untraditionally Lala
iHeartPodcasts
3.4 • 13.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Lala and Ambyr break down why the “perfect mom” doesn’t exist, and why trying to be one can break you.
They open up about mom guilt, burnout and learning to give themselves some grace.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Hello, gorgeous. |
| 0:05.8 | It's Lala Kent. |
| 0:06.9 | Welcome to Untraditionally Lala. |
| 0:09.6 | Hello, gorgeous. |
| 0:11.4 | Welcome to the bonus episode of Untraditionally Lala. |
| 0:15.0 | Amber. |
| 0:15.6 | On my bonus today. |
| 0:17.6 | Hey, baby. |
| 0:18.6 | Hello. |
| 0:19.9 | How do you manage to be such a great mother despite the ample stress in your life? |
| 0:24.3 | So this question came through. |
| 0:26.1 | And I felt like it deserved a moment as a bonus because the number one thing that I feel people ask me all the time, whether it's me doing a panel or doing a Q&A on socials, bumping into someone who's been |
| 0:39.2 | watching the show for however many years. They're like, how do you find balance in your life? |
| 0:45.2 | And I think because people follow on social media or they watch you from such a distance, |
| 0:51.0 | right, that it seems like it's so easy to find the balance of like work and being a |
| 0:59.1 | mom and the stress that comes with paying the bills and mom guilt. I don't, I do not have it all together and I do not have the answer because there are pockets |
| 1:16.9 | of time where I'm like, oh, I'm crushing it. I have such a well balanced life right now. And then all |
| 1:23.0 | of the sudden something happens and I feel like my house is chaotic. I feel like I wasn't emotionally |
| 1:28.4 | present with my children or mentally. I feel like work has just become an overload and I start |
| 1:35.3 | to tweak out. Do you have those moments? Like does mom guilt exist in the world of having |
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