The Mommy Myth": Why Smart Moms Still Feel Like They're Failing (Pt. 1 ft. Susan Douglas)
What if the mom guilt you carry every day isn't a personal failing — it's a cultural script you were handed decades ago? In this episode, I sit down with Susan Douglas, co-author of The Mommy Myth, to pull apart the impossible standard of "intensive mothering" — and why even the smartest, most self-aware women can't fully out-think it.Susan explains how magazines, social media, and decades of "expert" advice have quietly sold moms a fantasy of perfection, why seeing through the myth doesn't stop it from getting under your skin, and how the mommy wars, COVID, and the pressure to be five…
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