Episode Details

Michelle records the day after Mother's Day to honor all the moms showing up exhausted, the women who wanted to spend the day alone, and anyone who's ever felt guilty for not soaking it all in. She opens up about the years she's completely blacked out—especially Scarlet's first few years—admitting there were Mother's Days when she dreaded hearing the word "mom" one more time. From the come-to-Jesus moment in Alberta when she realized she needed to move home for help, to crying with Josh about how she used to feel versus how she feels now, to a reel that stopped her cold: "I wish I could experience newborns as the mom I am now."

This is about the survival mode no one warns you about, the guilt of being ambitious when you're supposed to just be grateful, and the mental load of being CEO of everyone's lives. If you're drowning right now or you know someone who is, this one's the permission slip to admit it's hard—and you're not doing it wrong.

Timestamps:

00:00 Honoring All the Mothers

02:15 Entering a New Mom Era (But Still Figuring It Out)

03:14 The Years I Completely Blacked Out

05:18 The Alberta Breaking Point

07:14 The Mother's Days I Dreaded

09:30 "I'm Going to Regret This Someday"

14:37 Loving Your Kids While Following Your Ambitions

18:12 Nobody Prepared Us to Be CEOs of Our Lives

24:22 May-cember Is Coming

25:29 "I Wish I Could Mother Them as the Person I Am Now"

29:33 Survival Mode Moms Need You More Than You Know

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