In this week’s episode of Girls With Opinions, we’re talking about something almost every woman knows all too well: guilt. Mom guilt, work guilt, partner guilt, friend guilt, self-care guilt — you name it, we’ve felt it.

We get into why guilt seems to show up everywhere, even when you’re doing your absolute best, and how society, expectations, and old conditioning convince us we’re “not enough” no matter what we do.

We also talk openly about mom guilt specifically — the pressure to be everything, do everything, and feel everything all at once — and how unrealistic expectations steal joy from motherhood (and womanhood). We share out own honest experiences, unpack where this guilt comes from, and break down how to tell the difference between true values-based guilt and  ...