Guilt as a Tool for Growth

Guilt - specifically parent guilt - can be such a heavy emotion. In this episode, we acknowledge and sit with this uncomfortable emotion and look at the gifts we can receive from truly allowing and being with our guilt. You'll hear some of our own experiences and examples of parent guilt as well as strategies we've used to cope with it. Let's celebrate that love is at the core of guilt, and we're all doing the best we can! Some of the topics we explore in this episode include: what guilt is and the different types we might experience the balance between feeling the emotion and nurturing yourself and relationship/situation finding community so you don't feel alone societal pressures reframing guilty thoughts + perspective guilt as part of growth and expansion as a parent our own parental guilt experiences Resources: Post Partum Depression help Episode: "Taking Extended Solo Time and Separation from Our Babies (of all ages)" Episode: "Co-creating and Finding Spaces To Play (without your children) While Being a Parent" Have questions? Any other topics you want us to chat on? Leave us a voicemail here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.speakpipe.com/JustThis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We are excited to share more episodes with you on topics that light us up and that YOU want us to talk about. Join in on the convo and tell us what you are loving or wanting more of at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.justthis.site⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you enjoyed this episode and found value in it, we would be incredibly grateful if you could take a moment to leave us a review. Know someone that could benefit from this podcast or episode? Sharing is caring AND it also help others discover our show.