Sabrina Bendory Names the Mother Wound

Author and Coach Sabrina Bendory brings her work as a relationship coach and author of The Feminine Code into the everyday reality of raising four young children, connecting the emotional patterns that shape adult relationships to the way parents respond to their kids in real time. She and Ophira Eisenberg talks openly about the bittersweet end of a decade spent pregnant, breastfeeding, and raising babies while remembering the postpartum anxiety that followed her youngest son's birth, when COVID, weeks of illness, and relentless handwashing left her coaching clients while quietly fighting panic. Ophira and Sabrina compare notes on sleep schedules, summer camp logistics, sibling dynamics, body image, and the impossible standard mothers are held to, while Sabrina explains why children need emotional attunement more than perfect parenting and why telling a child, "That was my fault, not yours," after losing your temper can interrupt generational patterns. Their conversation moves from Sabrina's painful memory of a boyfriend telling her he would "never breed" with her to a larger discussion about the "mother wound," people-pleasing, confidence, and teaching children that mistakes don't define them. Along the way, they laugh about children who think parents know everything, daughters agonizing over red-white-and-blue camp outfits, the myth that moms should do it all without help, and Ophira's son getting criticized for preferring vegetables over kid food, before landing on one surprisingly effective family tradition: everyone gathering around a giant puzzle with oversized and tiny pieces spread across the kitchen table. 📍August Shows are in Las Vegas NV, Los Angeles CA, NYC Follow Sabrina Bendory: https://www.instagram.com/sabrinabendory Check out her new book The Feminine Code: https://www.instagram.com/sabrinabendory Check out the kids album you'll love, Magnificent by Lachi: https://platoon.lnk.to/magnificent See Ophira LIVE: https://www.ophiraeisenberg.com/events/ Check out my NEW Comedy Special “I Used to Be Nicer” as an ALBUM is available now https://open.spotify.com/album/1rHqPoBYc78gzMnCrCFoZy SUBSCRIBE so you never miss O thing: https://www.ophiraeisenberg.com/sign-up Follow PIAJ:  https://www.instagram.com/parentingisajoke/ https://parentingisajoke.substack.com/   Follow Ophira: https://www.instagram.com/ophirae/ https://www.facebook.com/OphiraEisenberg/ https://www.tiktok.com/@ophiranyc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices