146. Why FOMO hits so much harder once you have kids

All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting · Jul 10, 2026 · 44m

This episode was inspired by and Instagram story I shared about skipping a dinner party I really wanted to go to and how I KNEW before the photos came out, that I’d made the right call.

So many of you reached out wanting more about this topic that I had to record an episode as fast as I could.

We're talking about FOMO: what it actually is, why it gets so much heavier and more layered once you become a parent, and the three questions I ask myself — and my clients — before deciding if something's a hell yeah or a "not right now."

In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Intro

(04:10) What we actually…