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27th May 2025

146. How to Stop Mom Guilt & Reclaim Your Main Character Energy | Emily Hardy Interview

Are you caught in the cycle of mom guilt, constantly putting everyone else first and feeling like you've lost yourself in motherhood? In this episode, I chat with Emily Rose, host of the Worthy Mother podcast and certified motherhood studies practitioner, about breaking free from the shame spiral and becoming the main character in your own life again.

What you'll hear in this episode:

  • Why mom guilt is really about shame and how to move towards compassion
  • How to identify the underlying beliefs causing your guilt
  • The grief that comes with motherhood not looking like what you expected
  • Why doing things for yourself actually makes you a better parent (and models healthy boundaries for your kids)
  • Practical ways to make small "main character" choices daily

Emily shares a refreshing perspective that will help you give yourself permission to exist as more than just "mom" while still being the caring, present parent you want to be.

Connect with Emily:

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Beyond Awareness: Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
Beyond Awareness (formerly Journal Entries) is for successful women in leadership and business who know exactly what they need to do but can't make themselves do it.

You know you need to prioritize yourself, delegate more, set boundaries, stop bringing work home. You've tried therapy, coaching, retreats. You know the solution - but you either can't follow through, or when you DO, it doesn't stick.

Host Samantha Hawley helps business owners and executives earning $100k+ excavate the root beliefs underneath the execution gap. Why do you keep not doing the thing? Why doesn't it feel better when you do? Using strategic journaling and emotional excavation, we go beyond awareness into why you're actually stuck in the pattern.

This isn't about more tactics or tips. This is about understanding why awareness isn't enough and what actually needs to shift for you to change.

You'll hear about: decision fatigue, why you can't prioritize yourself, nervous system regulation, being present with your kids, root cause of overwhelm, why boundaries don't stick, self-sabotage patterns, and how your internal state impacts everything.

Perfect for: Female CFOs, VPs, directors, executives, business owners, and women in leadership who are tired of knowing what's wrong but not being able to change it.
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