Ditch Mom Guilt and Start Owning Your Own Motherhood with Emily Hardy

The Root and Rise Podcast | Personal Growth, Breaking Cycles, & Healing Trauma

Mom guilt got you down? Don’t worry, my friend Emily and I got you! In this episode, we'll explore self-awareness and self-acceptance in motherhood, the concept of radical self-awareness, and the importance of identifying generational trauma. We'll discuss honoring your emotions, intuition, and, most importantly, yourself in your motherhood journey. Emily will also provide tips for maintaining a growth mindset and the perils of toxic gratitude and toxic positivity.

We'll also dive into visualizing your future self in motherhood, manifesting your ideal motherhood experience, and owning your unique motherhood journey. We'll explore nurturing and mothering yourself to overcome mom guilt, along with thought management techniques, and the power of vulnerability and community in motherhood.

Finally, we'll touch on the profound impact of language in early motherhood and the postpartum period, and how vulnerability can help overcome shame.

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We will discuss:

• Self-awareness and self-acceptance in motherhood

• Radical self-awareness in motherhood

• Identifying generational trauma and increasing your awareness surrounding its impact in your life - including the unknown impact of generational trauma

• Honoring your emotions

• Honoring your intuition

• Honoring yourself

• Growth mindset tips

• Toxic gratitude and toxic positivity

• Your feelings are valid

• Validating yourself

• Visualizing your future self in motherhood

• Manifesting your motherhood

• Using your imagination as a guide in motherhood

• Taking breaks as a mother

• How to get breaks in motherhood

• Resetting expectations in motherhood

• Really owning your own motherhood experience

• Nurturing yourself as a mother

• Mothering yourself

• Overcoming mom guilt

• Where does mom guilt come from?

• Thought management to overcoming mom guilt

• Assessing mom guilt

• Reframing mom guilt

• Unpacking your sh*t in motherhood

• Doing the inner personal work in motherhood

• Setting boundaries in motherhood

• Creating new patterns in motherhood

• Practicing vulnerability

• The power of community in motherhood (and making mom friends!)

• Amplifying and lifting up women’s voices

• Overcoming shame using vulnerability

• The power of language in early motherhood and during the postpartum period

You can find Emily on Instagram @honestlyemilyrose and by searching for The Worthy Mother wherever you listen to podcasts.

Episodes Mentioned:

• Motherhood After Trauma from the Worthy Mother Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YkgdpHVAlCxocdUnBV0V6?si=Ee-lClH4TKe7p9mTR_EPzQ

• Self-Care Snippet from the Worthy Mother Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/episode/44NywqGeTv5dQyIbCRC7zX?si=Lo9q37ciQXaJoR0IUHhRGQ

You can find today's show notes on Root and Rise Blog - rootandriseblog.com .

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