The very real rut of mom life

The Mother Like a Boss Podcast

Kendra Hennessy

Homemanagement, Organizing, Mom, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Parenting, Homemaking, Cleaning

4.8 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Raise your hand if mom life has had you feeling like you're stuck in a rut, like a car spinning its wheels and kicking up nothing but mud.

You are not alone. You are in good company. You are not a bad mom.

The very real monotony of life as a mom can have us feeling like we can't move forward, then guilty for feeling that way, then frustrated that we feel guilt and so on down the line. Let's talk about how we can honor and understand these feelings and get out of the rut as quickly and effortlessly as possible.

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0:00.0	It's okay to admit that mom life feels harder than you ever thought it would be.
0:05.0	It's also okay to want it to feel easier. We're surrounded by mixed messages all day.
0:10.0	Keep a clean house, but not too clean.
0:12.0	Take a rest mama, but not too long, that's just selfish.
0:15.0	Homemaking is dead, but you better still take care of everything every day.
0:19.0	We're told you have two choices.
0:21.0	Be Pinterest perfect or a 24-7 hot mess.
0:24.0	I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted and over it.
0:26.7	I'm Kendra Hennessy, founder of Mother Like a Boss,
0:29.0	and I put reluctant homemakers back in the driver's
0:31.4	seat of motherhood with realistic routines and
0:33.8	practical mindset shifts. I believe in empowering you to create a home that feels like a
0:37.7	safety net, not a tight rope. I believe in martyr-free motherhood that puts you
0:41.3	behind the wheel of your own life.
0:43.2	As a mom of two, I'm here to give you judgment-free strategies and have honest conversations
0:47.6	that equip you with what you need to live your absolute best mom life.
0:51.6	Welcome to the Mother Like a Boss podcast.
0:54.0	Wouldn't we all love to be just like Oprah and have someone else run our lives?
0:59.0	Never have to step foot in a grocery store. All our meals planned and made.
1:02.0	Someone to clean our home every day,
1:05.0	everything taken care of so you can just focus on nothing but what you want to do.
1:09.4	Yeah, for 99.9% of us, probably even more, that isn't the case, not even close.
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