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Stressed. Tensed. Frustrated. I couldn’t understand why my days as a stay at home mom were often overflowing with emotions. In this solo show episode, I explore how, as a child, I learned to use perfectionism as a guise for control. Throughout my adolescence, the attachment to my expectations was largely unconscious, but motherhood has an incredible way of shining a light onto the growing pains that we’d rather keep hidden.
Inspired by Dr. Shefali Tsabary’s enlightening book, The Conscious Parent, I’ve been reflecting on the parenting expectations I’ve been carrying with me since pregnancy. Press play via the link in my bio to hear how relinquishing these expectations and accepting what is has transformed how I respond to my day-to-day life.
After I took the time to sit in the awareness of these expectations, I began to see how carrying them around was standing in the way of me accepting reality. It was actually my resistance to accepting “what is” that was evoking much of the tension and the frustration that I was experiencing.
-Maris Young on Ep. 031 of Young Honest Mother: The Podcast
Join the conversation: what unhelpful expectations are you carrying around that you can set down?
Resources
–Listen to Ep. 028: Waiting to Find Home Again
-Read The Conscious Parent by Dr. Shefali Tsabary
-Read “Re-parenting My Inner Two-Year-Old”
I can absolutely relate to the use of perfection to “safeguard high expectations.” Thank you so much for sharing this with us! You have such a way with words and illustrating these concepts, which are full of nuance, richness, and complexity. You are such a gift!
Thank you so much for your kind words, Natalie. I’m glad this episode resonated with you!