We're Living an Epidemic and We Don't Even Know It: This One's For the Women in Their 30s Who Feel Like They're Drowning
About this episode
Michelle Stokes discusses the challenges faced by women in their 30s balancing motherhood and career ambitions, highlighting the generational shifts and the resulting burnout.
Welcome to another episode of Beyond the Bombshell . Michelle's brain is spinning after her DMs flooded with the same story from different women: burnt out, unable to communicate with partners, stuck between work mode and mom mode with no energy left for wife mode. Recording from her office at 3 PM (not her usual clear-headed 8 AM), she unpacks a generational realization—our mothers were raised to be moms, we're the first generation raised to be moms AND build empires, and we were never equipped for either. She breaks down the common threads: unmet expectations we can't articulate, partners who've lost compassion because we've been bitches, prioritizing kids over marriage (which burns out both), and the crisis years from 35-38 when everything implodes. From why "wife mode" never turns on to the desperate need for support spaces that aren't just complaining about husbands, this is the raw truth about modern motherhood, ambition, and barely surviving marriage. Timestamps: 00:00 Afternoon Recording = Overstimulation 00:55 Our Mothers Were Raised to Be Moms. We Weren't. 03:13 The First Generation Choosing Career Over Kids 06:57 Why I Can't Turn On "Wife Mode" 09:36 My DMs Are Full of…
Topics covered
- modern motherhood
- burnout
- communication in relationships
- work-life balance
- generational expectations
- support spaces for women
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