Why Society Makes You Feel Like You Are Failing and What to Do About It.

Motherhood can feel like an endless treadmill of meals, cooking, washing, ironing, being available to our children 24/7 and balancing it all around having a job, yet we’re not allowed to complain about it.

In this special Work It Like A Mum podcast episode of a recording of a live chat streamed on Facebook and LinkedIn, Elizabeth invites coach Lucy Higgins to talk about the ‘perfect mother’ myth and how it supports a patriarchal view of women. She explains why the ‘perfect mother’ myth is damaging and then encourages us to push back so that we can be the mothers that we want to be.

Lucy gives her wishlist of the support that she’d like to see for mothers in society and outlines her vision of how women should be at the centre of motherhood, not their children. She lists the changes that we can put in place in our own lives and calls on us to talk big, not small so that we can make motherhood more authentic and manageable. At the end of the chat, Lucy shares where you can go online to find more support and resources to start your transition away from being a ‘perfect mother’.

If you enjoyed this chat and want to support the mothers in your network, share this episode and follow Elizabeth for more honest, raw interviews with guests who want to improve women’s lives.

Read the full episode show notes here.

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