Working Mom Guilt: Why It Feels So Heavy — and How to Loosen Its Grip
The Confident Mom Podcast por Mary Brooks
Notas del episodio
If you’ve ever sat in your car after drop-off thinking, “I’m failing at everything,” this episode is for you.
Working mom guilt has a way of showing up everywhere — when you’re at work, when you’re with your kids, and especially in the quiet moments when you feel like you’re never quite enough. In this episode, I want you to hear this clearly from the start: that guilt is not your fault.
I’m breaking down:
- Why working mom guilt hits so hard
- What it actually means (and what it doesn’t mean about you)
- How the invisible mental load fuels that constant sense of pressure
- Why missing moments does not harm your kids
- And seven realistic, compassionate shifts that help loosen guilt’s grip — without asking you to become a different kind of mom
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