Mom Wants More - How to Ditch Mom Guilt with Amber Kanallakan

How to Ditch Mom Guilt with Amber Kanallakan

11/05/19 • 41 min

Grab your favorite beverage and settle in because today's episode is going to infuse so much LIFE and freedom into your creative pursuits. We've never met a mom who doesn't struggle with mom guilt on some level, so we sat down with Amber Kanallakan to talk all about it.

We unpack the difference between guilt & shame (one is useful, one is NOT), what triggers it, the science behind it (there are brain chemicals involved, and it's FASCINATING), and some really simple ways we can resist being pulled out to sea by that familiar tide of unnecessary mom-guilt.

As a grad student working in the mental health & wellness arena, Amber had so much wisdom to share with us and we cannot wait to pass it on to you!

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Behind the Scenes: October

Y'all know we put our heart and soul into ALL the episodes that we share here on the podcast, but these Behind The Scenes peeks into our personal lives at the end of each month are some of our favorite. They're near and dear to our hearts because we pull back the curtain and get real about what we're learning, where we're struggling with, what's working well, and what we're loving lately. We seriously miss those Friday Fave episodes we used to do, so this is a fun way to add that back in- because that's what friends do, right? They dish on all their Favorite Things!

This month we opened up about how we've been hit hard with Resistance on creative projects, how we're realizing we can't do ALL THE THINGS at once (at least not well), and a few ways we're learning to ask for help, be kind to ourselves, and push through even when it's hard.

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Flip the Script on Mom-Guilt

What if not ALL mom-guilt is bad?

We were so inspired after our interview with Amber Kanallakan last week where she broke down the difference between mom-guilt (which can sometimes point us to a better way) and mom-shame (which accomplishes nothing good) so we decided it's important to dive a bit deeper and continue exploring this idea together.

In today's episode we're unpacking different kinds of mom-guilt, what triggers it for us, how it plays out in our mothering (we get real vulnerable here!), how we can determine when to listen to it or overcome it, and the practical ways we snap ourselves out of shame spirals.