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The Mom Room

Vanessa Bennett on Telling Ourselves the Truth

The Mom Room

Renee Reina & Podcast Nation

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Ep531. This week, Renee is joined by psychotherapist and author Vanessa Bennett to unpack her new book The Motherhood Myth and push back against the pressure to be a “perfect” parent. They dive into breaking generational patterns, why honesty is the antidote to mom guilt, and how to give yourself permission to parent differently than the models you grew up with. This conversation is raw, validating, and a powerful reminder that you’re not doing it wrong — it’s the myth that is. Vanessa’s new book “The Motherhood Myth” is available wherever books are sold. Find Vanessa:  Instagram: @vanessasbennett Website: www.vanessabennett.com Podcast: Cheaper Than Therapy Sponsors: Wayfair — Give your home the refresh it needs with Wayfair. Head to wayfair.com right now! Bzigo - Don’t wait until the next bite—protect your home with Bzigo. Go to bzigo.com/discount/MOMROOM to save 10% off. Thrive - Go to thrivecausemetics.com/MOMROOM for 20% off. Name Bubbles - Visit namebubbles.com and use code MOMROOM15 for 15% off your first order. RENEE REINA   Instagram: @themomroom | @thereneereina   TikTok: @thereneereina   Facebook Community - The Mom Room Community YouTube: Renee Reina - The Mom Room Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:29.3

Thank you for having me, Renee. I'm excited to be here.

1:44.5

I, when I got the email to have you on, I was, I love the title, the motherhood myth. I was like, oh, this is great. And like the content that is going to be in this book is so needed. It's not a parenting book.

1:46.3

It is specifically a book for mothers, which, like, I'm over all the parenting stuff.

1:52.5

Like, we don't need more, like, people telling us how to parent.

1:56.5

So what is this book?

1:58.0

And where did you get the idea or inspiration to write the motherhood

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