EPISODE · Feb 25, 2026 · 6 MIN
Mambition Moments #36 - Sick and Still Showing Up: The Working Parent Reality Tiffany Scott (Sanya)
from Mambition · host Tiffany Scott and Alex Morgan
The last 5 years of parenting has been a constant fight to not catch a cold.I lost that fight this week. Again!I'm recording this with a sore throat, still recovering from the bug my kids gave me over two weeks ago. And yet the routine continues. Because I haven't figured out how to take time off from being needed by y 3 and 5 year old.In this episode:Why being sick as a working parent is a completely different ball game. Despite being an advocate for self-care, I realise I drop the ball on it during my sick seasons.I haven't figured out yet how to not be needed—or allow myself to recognise that maybe I'm at less capacity. And motherhood itself has us operating at less time, less energy, less capacity anyway, which makes it even harder. The guilt cycle starts.For anyone listening who is unwell: even me, who seems to have it together with self-care, is struggling with this.So I keep trying to function on paracetamol, coffee, and spite.For everyone else sick and still showing up—I see you. Solidarity!
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The last 5 years of parenting has been a constant fight to not catch a cold.I lost that fight this week. Again!I'm recording this with a sore throat, still recovering from the bug my kids gave me over two weeks ago. And yet the routine continues. Because I haven't figured out how to take time off from being needed by y 3 and 5 year old.In this episode:Why being sick as a working parent is a completely different ball game. Despite being an advocate for self-care, I realise I drop the ball on it during my sick seasons.I haven't figured out yet how to not be needed—or allow myself to recognise that maybe I'm at less capacity. And motherhood itself has us operating at less time, less energy, less capacity anyway, which makes it even harder. The guilt cycle starts.For anyone listening who is unwell: even me, who seems to have it together with self-care, is struggling with this.So I keep trying to function on paracetamol, coffee, and spite.For everyone else sick and still showing up—I see you. Solidarity!
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