123. Motherhood Was Never Supposed to Be Perfect

Being Different with Liz Durham · Oct 29, 2026 · 19m

I promise this is my last episode about Yesteryear, but there was one thing I couldn’t stop thinking about: why have we made motherhood look so miserable?

There is so much pressure on moms now to do everything perfectly. Have the right stuff, create the perfect nursery, raise the perfect kids, feed them the right things, keep them safe from everything, and somehow make the whole thing look beautiful while you’re doing it.

I bought into a lot of that with my first kid. Now that I’m pregnant with my fourth, I look back and think… none of this has to be this complicated.

In this episode, I’m…