Selfcare Not Selfish Ep. 6: Do THIS if you feel guilty for wanting a break from your kids on the weekend! episode artwork

EPISODE · Jun 19, 2025 · 4 MIN

Selfcare Not Selfish Ep. 6: Do THIS if you feel guilty for wanting a break from your kids on the weekend!

from The Unbusy Mom - where your time breaks as a business mom (and why) · host Alyssa Wolff - Work/Life Balance Coach for Business Moms

Here’s how this mindset block goes….“My kids are away at school all day; in the evening everyone’s tired; so Saturdays and Sundays need to be our main family days with the kids to make up for that. I know I’m tired, and I usually give myself an afternoon break during the week, but it’s the weekend and that’s a special case! Just a couple days. That’s all I have with my kids. I need to be making these memories for them.”And so off you go to pull another weekend all-day-er when you really need to go home and have a 2-hour break yourself (not stay at the museum all afternoon).You can see how unrealistic this is, long term. So let’s shift that.You’ve got this!AlyssaDe-stress daily life as a work-at-home mom: https://yourunbusylife.com/ Subscribe to your weekly Mompreneur Life Made Easy!🎧 New limited-time podcast series (only available through June): how to recharge faster on breaks (since you’re running a family AND a business) → TAP HERE How to truly treat yourself like your business’s top asset (in all the practical ways)The secret trick to making sure your mom brain is dealt with first, so you can actually slow down enough to restHow to diagnose what isn’t working about your current hobby + free time schedule If you're curious about that strange personality type I mentioned... That's actually one of the five results on a quick quiz I created.→ If you don't know your archetype yet, you can find it here.

Here’s how this mindset block goes…. “My kids are away at school all day; in the evening everyone’s tired; so Saturdays and Sundays need to be our main family days with the kids to make up for that. I know I’m tired, and I usually give myself an afternoon break during the week, but it’s the weekend and that’s a special case! Just a couple days. That’s all I have with my kids. I need to be making these memories for them.” And so off you go to pull another weekend all-day-er when you really nee...

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