Maybe You’re Allowed to Need Things Too | After Hours With Amanda Ep. 65

About this episode

Amanda discusses the importance of self-care and the challenges of prioritizing oneself in motherhood and marriage.

In this episode, I’m sitting on my closet floor after a very full week and talking through a realization that stopped me in my tracks: sometimes we do not make ourselves small because someone else is being negative. Sometimes we make ourselves small because we keep choosing everyone else, even when we love doing it. I’m talking about motherhood, marriage, anxiety, asking for help, taking up space, and why the oxygen mask is not just so we can help everybody else. It is so we can breathe too. If you have been showing up for everyone but yourself, come sit with me for this one. 00:00 Surprise, We’re Doing an Episode 00:47 Friday, Baby Jesus, and Imperfect Progress 02:17 Life Update: Cheer, School, and Denim and Diamonds 04:11 Tiny Queens and Student Council Inauguration 05:20 Acid Reflux, Alo Jackets, and Disney Holiday Hopes 07:35 Almost Getting a Dog 08:04 Missing the Footsie Pajama Stage 09:16 Continuing the Dreamer and Sidekick Conversation 10:26 The Gift of Being a Constant Friend 12:21 Taking Up Space 14:24 Marriage, Partnership, and Switching Roles 16:50 Movement, Anxiety, and Needing Time for Myself 19:16 Choosing Others Until You Disappear 22:14 The Cape, the Outfit, and…

People in this episode

Host: Amanda

Topics covered

• motherhood
• self-care
• anxiety
• marriage
• asking for help
• taking up space

Keywords

• self-care
• motherhood
• anxiety
• help
• taking up space
• marriage
• support

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