The Truth Behind Mom Guilt

Mom Guilt. It’s the worst. Showing up in all different ways and messing up all the things you work so hard to do. We’ve talked about mom guilt before on the Mama Work It podcast, and-as much as I dislike this topic-it’s a necessary one to discuss again because it still keeps happening!

Today we’re unpacking the truth behind mom guilt so we can better understand that guilt and manage it effectively. I’m sharing a personal mom guilt story – that just happened to me – along with other examples where mom guilt may be showing up for you. Tune in to learn more about mom guilt so you can tune it out of your mom life. 

Here's what you’ll get out of today’s episode:

·              The breastfeeding saga and how mom guilt can affect so many moms from the get-go

·              Comparisonitis and how it grows mom guilt in places it doesn’t need to be

·              The movie that will make you realize that it’s better to laugh than cry about working mom life and mom guilt 

Here are some book, self-assessment, and movie recommendations based on this episode:

Books: 

Taming Your Gremlin by Rick Carson https://amzn.to/4dDkARb 

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown https://amzn.to/3FuJOVg 

Self-assessments:

Enneagram https://personalitypath.com/free-enneagram-personality-test/

DISC personality test https://www.123test.com/disc-personality-test/

Love Languages https://5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language

Movie: 

I Don’t Know How She Does It https://amzn.to/4dCPWYd 

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