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Think You’re Failing as a Parent? You’re Probably Doing Better Than You Imagine
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If you’ve ever lain awake at night wondering whether you’re getting this parenting thing horribly wrong, you need to hear this conversation with surgeon and author Gabriel Weston.
Gabriel is a mother of four – including tween twins – a prize‑winning writer and a working surgeon. She talks with disarming honesty about:
- How she parents without pretending to be endlessly patient or perfect
- Why it’s okay to have limits to how much joy you get from parenting
- The very real ways she sometimes gets it wrong, and how her kids now call her out
- What her son’s life‑threatening brain condition and her own health scares have taught her about seeing all of us – including our teens – as “beautifully broken” humans
- How she and her husband navigate very different parenting styles, from strict boundaries to snacks and softness
What I love about Gabriel is that she says the quiet things out loud – the thoughts so many parents have but feel too guilty to admit. She’s funny, wise, and completely unpretentious, and by the end you may feel surprisingly lighter about your own “failings” as a parent.
If you’ve ever worried that you’re too controlling, not present enough, not soft enough, or simply not “motherly” in the way you think you’re supposed to be, this episode will help you see that you are probably doing far better than you think.
Find Gabriel here:
https://www.instagram.com/gabrielwestonalive/
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https://www.waterstones.com/author/gabriel-weston/6579
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