Why Being A Mom In 2019 Is So Hard

Posted on in Podcast by Dr. Marie Battaglia

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Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday and so we decided to dedicate an episode to MOMS! 

No doubt about it, motherhood is beautiful. Growing a human being, birthing them into the world, and raising them to be adults is a privilege and an amazing opportunity to learn so much about ourselves too.

Motherhood is also one of the hardest jobs in the world (and I’m only 3 and a half years into it!)


MOTHERHOOD IS LIKE A WALK IN THE PARK…. JURASSIC PARK.

I know I’m not alone in feeling this way. Rather than just sharing my own challenges and what I have felt to be the hardest parts, I wanted to gather responses from a bunch of mothers that I could use to paint a picture of motherhood today.

The question I posed in a few places on social media was this: 

“What makes being a mom in 2019 so hard?”

I got so many responses, and thank you SO MUCH if you were one of those people. I took the time to read and reread all your answers. While going through them I definitely noticed some strong themes. I tried to touch on most of them in the episode but there was seriously enough to talk for hours on. 

If you are a mother yourself I know you will resonate with this list of challenges. If your kids are young or old, if you are a mother or a father, grandparent, or parent to be, you will gain lots of insight into the inner world of a mom, and some ways you can help to support yourself and others. 

It’s not all doom and gloom!

Although Mom Life is never going to be easy, we offer you 6 different things you can do to make it a little bit easier (that you may not have thought of!)
Enjoy the episode and Happy Mother’s Day to all our listeners, young and wise 😉 

– Dr. Marie

Stuff From This Episode

The 6 Pillars of Self Esteem By Nathaniel Branden
Sentence Completion Exercise By Nathaniel Branden
Daring Greatly By Brene Brown
The Gifts Of Imperfection By Brene Brown
The Work of Byron Katie

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I’m Dr. Marie and helping moms and their children is my passion. I support women through conception, pregnancy, and postpartum. I help babies with feeding challenges, torticollis, flat spots, and tongue ties. I help babies and kids optimize their neurodevelopment. Dr. Graham and I are life partners, business partners, and parenting partners to our two daughters, Zoey & Eloise. It definitely keeps life interesting but we wouldn’t have it any other way.