Sep 21, 2026 · 37 min · 12 segments
Drop the Guilt! There is no rule book and there is no specific one way to be a Mom. We all know the '*Perfect*' Mom doesn't exist so why do we feel the shame and guilt around these Stereotypes other…
When you sent me this idea for this, I was like, that is perfect because there are just so many stereotypes.
And I think we live in a world right now where, um, there's just so much expectation for us as well.
So I think that those stereotypes really like almost like come to life.
Oh yeah.
Because we see it right.
Like we see these moms who are, you know, working and, and mothering and doing all those things.
And I don't know.
I just think that it's more in our face now is what I'm trying to say.
Yeah, and as you experience motherhood, as you go through the different phases of motherhood, you have all those passing judgment comments and things.
One thing that stuck out to me the most was, I'm sure we'll hit it throughout the episode a couple times, was when you're working... a working nine to five kind of thing.
It's like, you already have that guilt on you.
And then you have all these people that are like, Oh, you know, your kids are only a little for so long.
You should really be taking this time.
And like, as if I just won a lottery and I have that
summer.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And then also like, now that I'm able to be home with my kids, I hear it a lot.
Like, Oh, you're so lucky that you get to spend that time with them.
You're so lucky that you like, it must be so nice to be home with them.
And it's like, Yeah, but now I don't have the income that I had when I was guilting myself into being at work every day.
Like there is no there is no happy medium.
And that's why when it comes to stereotypes, that's literally all they are.
Because being a mother in your journey, this is your own personal journey that everything doesn't apply to one way or another.
When you sent me this idea for this, I was like, that is perfect because there are just so many stereotypes.
And I think we live in a world right now where, um, there's just so much expectation for us as well.
So I think that those stereotypes really like almost like come to life.
Oh yeah.
Because we see it right.
Like we see these moms who are, you know, working and, and mothering and doing all those things.
And I don't know.
I just think that it's more in our face now is what I'm trying to say.
Yeah, and as you experience motherhood, as you go through the different phases of motherhood, you have all those passing judgment comments and things.
One thing that stuck out to me the most was, I'm sure we'll hit it throughout the episode a couple times, was when you're working... a working nine to five kind of thing.
It's like, you already have that guilt on you.
And then you have all these people that are like, Oh, you know, your kids are only a little for so long.
You should really be taking this time.
And like, as if I just won a lottery and I have that
summer.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And then also like, now that I'm able to be home with my kids, I hear it a lot.
Like, Oh, you're so lucky that you get to spend that time with them.
You're so lucky that you like, it must be so nice to be home with them.
And it's like, Yeah, but now I don't have the income that I had when I was guilting myself into being at work every day.
Like there is no there is no happy medium.
And that's why when it comes to stereotypes, that's literally all they are.
Because being a mother in your journey, this is your own personal journey that everything doesn't apply to one way or another.
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