Do you struggle with mom rage? Can you feel that frustration welling up inside you and you just know it is going to explode?
Our guest today, Sue Holt, shares her own experience as well as that of her clients on experiencing mom rage and what to do to combat it.
In today’s episode, we discuss…
- Sue’s panic when realizing she had no idea what she wanted in her life
- How moms can lose themselves in motherhood and forget who they are
- The reality of mom rage and what it looks like in real life
- Mom rage symptoms
- How can we stop mom rage when it starts to appear
- Identifying triggers of mom rage to prevent it intentionally
- How perfectionism plays into mom rage
- Tips on how to find time for self-care, rest, and me-time
- Setting up realistic expectations for yourself (and getting help if you need it!)
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Show Notes
Hey, hey friend! Welcome to Episode #82 of The Secrets of Supermom Show!
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Oh, friend, I am so excited for this topic today because I think it is a bit of a dirty little secret. We so want to be perfect and have everyone see us as amazing women who can do it all.
But if inside we are hiding the fear of not being enough and the overwhelm and the frustration and the burnout, what comes out? Well, our guest today calls it mom rage.
Can you feel that frustration welling up inside you and you just know it is going to explode? Sue could and so can so many of her clients.
Sue Holt is the founder of Mommy’s Life Coach. Sue coaches moms that yell at their kids. She helps them to stop feeling guilty and enjoy being a mom. As a stay-at-home mom for the past 16 years to four children, Sue remembers sitting at the bottom of her steps with her head in her hands crying, not because she yelled so loud that her throat hurt from screaming at her daughter for spilling salad dressing on her new boots, because she felt guilty and ashamed.
Sue created Mommy’s Life Coach as a space and a place to integrate, validate, acknowledge, encourage, and celebrate moms. Sue lives in Philadelphia with her hubby, four kids, and Irish Setter Oscar. When Sue is not watching her 3 boys play ice hockey, lacrosse, baseball, track, football, or her daughter dance, sing, act, or play field hockey, she enjoys taking dance classes, working out, and relaxing on the beach.
I am really excited for this conversation with Sue!
Mom Rage With with Sue Holt
Today we discuss…
- Sue’s panic when realizing she had no idea what she wanted in her life
- How moms can lose themselves in motherhood and forget who they are
- The reality of mom rage and what it looks like in real life
- Why do we snap or explode as moms toward our children
- The underlying feelings of mom rage: fear, grief, and sadness
- Why do moms often say, “I don’t ever remember feeling like this.”
- How grief doesn’t have to be the loss of a person or a thing but can be the loss of a dream or the loss of how things were “supposed to be”
- Mom rage symptoms
- Internal energy and how we react either externally or internally
- How can we stop mom rage when it starts to appear
- The dangers of guilt turning to shame and how to eliminate its power
- Identifying triggers of mom rage to prevent it intentionally
- Allowing your child to see you as a human
- How perfectionism plays into mom rage
- Tips on how to find time for self-care, rest, and me-time
- Setting up realistic expectations for yourself (and getting help if you need it!)
Are you interested in finding out more about Sue Holt?
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