The Last 5 Real Mom Truths

04/15/21 • 19 min

These are the last five of fifteen of my unedited, partial rants, on the 3-part series of what I'm affectionately calling real mom truths. I touch on unsolicited advice, the fact that one person can influence a relationship, behaviors from kids and our responses to it, and two hot topics, sex and money. Just your mom-next-door's take on what worked for us as a family doing real life. Enjoy this episode and please rate and review!

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5 Real Truths from a Real Mom

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Part 2 of the Truths series. In this episode there are some 'truths' that are part confession and part another-way-to-think-about-this. The goal here, is, as always, to help any mom who judges herself or has goals that she's not reaching to feel supported and inspired to think about herself, her judgments, and her goals with a shift in perspective that helps her. We all are doing our best getting through each stage of momming, and sometimes we need to hear that other moms are going through the same progressions. Which of the 5 truths shared in this episode is the one that you relate most to?

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Validating and Invalidating Emotions

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Validating another person's feelings is a kind and important way to help them to de-escalate when emotions are running high or intense, and it also shows empathy without necessarily agreeing with the other person. Putting a positive spin on a really difficult situation or telling a person to look on the bright side is often invalidating because this can seemingly minimize the person's experience. Self-validating our own emotions is sometimes overlooked especially for moms who are naturally concerned about others, and holding space for both another person's feelings as well as our own is also tricky, but possible with practice.