Failing Motherhood
If you're riddled with mom guilt, your temper scares you, you're terrified you're screwing up your kids and are afraid to admit any of those things out loud....this podcast is for you. Hosted by Danielle Bettmann, parenting coach for families with 1-10-year-old strong-willed kids, Failing Motherhood is where shame-free vulnerability meets breakthroughs.
Every other week is a storytelling interview about one mom's raw and honest experience of growth that leads to new perspectives and practical strategies and every other week solo episodes focus on actionable insight into parenting your deeply feeling, highly sensitive, *spicy* child.
Here, we normalize the struggle, share openly about our insecurities, and rally around small wins and truths. We hope to convince you you're not alone and YOU are the parent your kids need. We hope you see yourself, hear your story, and find hope and healing.
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Failing Motherhood
20. Sober Motherhood with Melissa Pennel
Melissa Pennel describes 3 things in her life with defining BEFORE & AFTERS -
- Getting sober
- Losing her mom unexpectantly (her best friend)
- Becoming a mom
She shares her experience of grieving the path of a kid-free life (even though her pregnancy was planned), enduring the overwhelming fear of "abnormal" growth in her baby's development throughout her pregnancy, how she's processed her birth story, and how she applies the things she learned through sobriety to motherhood.
In this episode, we dive into how she sorts out her inner voice from the "noise" of well-intentioned advice & responsible information overload, how she finds peace by taking things one day at a time, and how to live these fleeting days with no regrets.
Her advice?
Choose the path you've chosen.
"Unclog the toilet" of your mind by journaling each day.
Spend 15 minutes a day WITH your child.
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