Anna accidentally goes to therapy

About this episode

Anna explores the misalignment between her values and the expectations of motherhood, leading to burnout.

Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode: Apple | Spotify | GetMomReady.com What if the thing making motherhood feel so hard… isn’t just the workload? What if part of the exhaustion is coming from spending your energy on things you don’t actually value, but feel like you’re supposed to? Anna came in with a simple question: “How do I figure out my values in motherhood?” Not in a fluffy way.In a “my days feel chaotic and I’m barely keeping up” kind of way. What unfolded is a conversation every mom needs about misalignment, mental load, and the things we’re doing just because we think we should. The real problem (that no one tells you) You might not be overwhelmed because you’re doing too much. You might be overwhelmed because: you’re doing things that aren’t actually important to you, but you feel like they should be. And that gap? That’s where burnout lives. The example we couldn’t stop coming back to: DINNER Meal planning. Grocery shopping. Cooking. Cleaning. Repeating. Anna said what we’re all thinking: “I have a system for meal planning and prep… and I still hate doing it.” And that’s the tension: * The system works * But it’s built around something she doesn’t actually value So…

People in this episode

Guest: Anna

Topics covered

• motherhood
• values
• burnout
• mental load
• meal planning

Keywords

• motherhood
• values
• burnout
• mental load
• meal planning
• chaos
• dinner

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