Who Are We Outside of Motherhood?

The Mama's Den

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5 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A change in Felicia's co-parenting arrangement has her discovering more about who she is without being a full-time mother. This, in turn, has her wondering if the rest of the Mama's Den crew knows exactly who they are outside of motherhood and how they came to those realizations. PLUS what does it look like to try and find balance inside of motherhood with partners, fathers, and even the children? What are those expectations of what it is to be a mom? How are we handling the thought and concept (and occasional real feeling of) mom guilt?

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0:00.0	What's up y'all? It's Ashley and this is the Mamas din. Good morning, Ashley. This is Felicia.
0:16.0	Good morning, Felicia. This is Melanie. Good morning, ladies. It's Cody. And we are the...
0:22.6	Mollastin.
0:24.6	So I text my therapist, and I was having a...
0:29.6	Well, first of all, let me bring it back.
0:31.6	I was driving down the 1-10 freeway.
0:35.6	Oh, okay.
0:36.6	And I was just crying.
0:38.5	Oh.
0:39.4	Oh, that's sad.
0:40.6	I know.
0:41.0	It's really sad.
0:42.1	And then I was, I actually called the children's father and I was like, I'm having
0:46.3	a really hard time identifying certain parts of who I am outside of motherhood.
0:51.4	Like, I have moments where some days are easier. And I think it's also
0:55.7	very triggering because we just switch the kids' schedules. So I hit my therapist and I'm like,
1:00.7	I think I need help with like exploring myself outside of children and really just being like
1:07.7	in solitude on another level. So my question for everybody is, do you know yourself outside of motherhood?
1:13.4	And especially because you guys have your children like full time, you know?
1:18.5	So how do you step away?
1:22.1	I mean, of course I'm asking everybody, but I was really thinking about you, like on a deeper level,
1:28.8	because you're always with your babies and your man.
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