
I’m here with Mariah Sage and I was excited to chat with her about parenting, how to release mom guilt and how to raise empowered kids. She uses a combination of intuition, systems, and clear applicable skills to create some really tangible shifts here, and we talk about a lot of those today. She has a background in psychology, and has spent nearly a decade working in the childcare industry. And now her focus and passion in life is to help families live and work with more harmony.
In this episode, we go through things like why today’s moms feel increased pressure and mom guilt compared to other generations. We touch on the reason moms can feel like they’re losing themselves in motherhood and how to move past that, why kids need certainty and systems, and why leaning into this can relieve a lot of that mom stress. Mariah shares some practical steps to start implementing systems that make family life easier.
Episode Highlights With Mariah Sage
- Why today’s moms feel increased pressure and mom guilt compared to previous generations
- We can do it all, but not all at once
- The reason why moms can feel like they are losing themselves in motherhood
- Why what we model matters more than what we say
- Kids need certainty and systems, and leaning into this can help relieve some of the mom stress
- Practical steps to start implementing systems to make things easier
- How cultural beliefs about parenting are making things harder
- The importance of play and boredom and how to reincorporate these if you haven’t done them
- Simple systems that make family life much easier
Resources We Mention
- Mariah Sage – Website
- Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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