About this episode

JoAnn Crohn discusses the origins of mom guilt and practical strategies to address it.

Have you ever thought about where "mom guilt" actually comes from? JoAnn Crohn, founder of No Guilt Mom, references Dr. Jennifer Reid's "guilt equation" to help decode it: your expectations of what a good mom looks like, minus what you are actually able to do on any given day, and that gap is where your guilt lives. The fix is not to do more. It is to look carefully at where those expectations came from in the first place. JoAnn is the host of the No Guilt Mom podcast, author of The Best Mom is a Happy Mom, a former fifth grade teacher, a recovered entertainment industry assistant, and a newly minted improv performer. In this conversation, she and Sarah talk about the shift from martyr to model, the two rules of improv that also happen to be life rules, and the surprisingly practical ways JoAnn uses AI to run a one-woman business without burning out. CHAPTERS 01:05 Welcome, JoAnn Crohn of No Guilt Mom 01:24 Life right now: daughter just graduated high school 02:43 Why teenagers are JoAnn's favorite stage of parenting 03:23 Fifth grade teaching and catching kids at the transition 04:15 Why JoAnn left teaching and built something of her own 05:41 Surviving a…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Dooley

Guest: JoAnn Crohn

Topics covered

• mom guilt
• parenting expectations
• improv
• mental health
• work-life balance

Keywords

• mom guilt
• expectations
• improv
• AI in business
• parenting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: No Guilt Mom

Books & works: The Best Mom is a Happy Mom

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