When Good Moms Feel Bad: How to Transform Parental Guilt, Anger, and Anxiety with Rebecca Geshuri, Episode 171

About this episode

Rebecca Geshuri discusses the challenges of maternal guilt, anger, and anxiety, offering insights from her expertise in Internal Family Systems.

In this episode of The Child Psych Podcast, we’re joined by Rebecca Geshuri, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified in Internal Family Systems, Perinatal Mental Health, and Brainspotting, and co-author of When Good Moms Feel Bad. Rebecca is the Founder of Second Street Collective, where she provides psychotherapy and support to moms and families throughout California. In addition to her clinical work, she teaches workshops to therapists, physicians, doulas, and yoga practitioners, has presented at the IFS Institute and Postpartum Support International conferences, and has been featured on several prominent podcasts. Her work is deeply grounded in both clinical expertise and the lived experience of being a mother to three daughters. You can find her on social media @rebeccageshurilmft. In this powerful and deeply validating conversation, Rebecca helps us understand why the mothers who care the most often struggle the most—and why maternal distress is not a sign of failure, but a signal that something tender needs attention. Together, we explore how Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a compassionate framework for depathologizing maternal rage, anxiety, and guilt, and…

People in this episode

Host: Institute of Child Psychology

Guest: Rebecca Geshuri

Topics covered

• maternal mental health
• parental guilt
• Internal Family Systems
• anxiety
• parenting
• shame

Keywords

• maternal distress
• parenting support
• mental health
• therapy
• self-compassion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Second Street Collective, IFS Institute, Postpartum Support International

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