7 | We've been set up to fail ourselves as mums
Are you tired of being told that mum burnout is just part of the job? That feeling exhausted, losing yourself and running on empty is what motherhood “should” look like?
In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on how we’ve been set up by society to fail ourselves as mums and why it’s time to break the cycle.
We dive into the cultural lies and conditioning that keep mums stuck in survival mode, including:
✨The hot mess mum lie: How social media memes and “relatable” content glamorize burnout and normalize exhaustion.
✨The “say goodbye to your life” narrative: From pregnancy onward, women are told to accept losing sleep, their bodies, their hobbies and even their identity.
✨The “do it all yourself” conditioning: Why mums are taught that asking for help = weakness, and how this fuels guilt and burnout.
✨The medical double standard: My C-section recovery compared to my husband’s knee surgery highlights how women’s health and healing are deprioritized. post comparing my cesarean recovery v Josh knee reconstruction
👉 The truth? We’ve been set up to fail from day one. From physical depletion to cultural conditioning, everything around us makes burnout look “normal.” But just because it’s common doesn’t mean it’s okay.
This episode is your permission slip to stop accepting exhaustion as your baseline and start rewriting the story of what motherhood can look like.
🐺Ready to ditch burnout and reclaim the woman within the mother?
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