109. The feedback moms actually need

Mothering Ourselves Mindfully · Oct 29, 2026 · 28m

I’m back out in the woods (no recording gear, freshly sprung from puppy house arrest) because this topic couldn’t wait. It came up in my own couples therapy session this week and in two one-on-one client conversations, and it’s come up countless times over the years: moms working overtime to deliver the magic, the birthday party, the clean kitchen and the mac and cheese four ways, and getting no thank you. Often they get the opposite: “I thought there was gonna be vanilla frosting.” In this episode, I talk about the feedback moms actually need, why the sting cuts so much deeper when you…