{"id":2725,"date":"2022-03-29T21:33:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T01:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/?p=2725"},"modified":"2023-02-17T16:43:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T20:43:49","slug":"what-is-mom-guilt-its-the-worst-and-grace-is-the-answer-tips-for-kicking-guilt-to-the-curb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/blog\/what-is-mom-guilt-its-the-worst-and-grace-is-the-answer-tips-for-kicking-guilt-to-the-curb\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Mom Guilt? It\u2019s The Worst, and Grace Is the Answer: Tips For Kicking Guilt to the Curb"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The antidote to mom guilt is grace<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As I lay on the couch right now, sick as a dog, the TV is on for one sick kid who is laying on top of me, the other kid has an iPad, I\u2019ve hardly moved all day, we are ordering in for dinner and I feel absolutely zero guilt about it.<\/span><\/p>

5 years ago?<\/span><\/p>

It would have been a different story.<\/span><\/p>

Five years ago, I would have spent the whole day not only not feeling well, but telling myself that I needed to pull it together and that there was no excuse for being lazy and allowing everything to fall apart. I would have guilted myself for being sick and seen my lack of doing things as a character flaw and not a reflection of the mere fact that I felt like garbage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

I was a sucker for layering guilt onto every single emotion I was already feeling and it was exhausting. It affected my self-worth, my confidence as a mother and endless other aspects of my life.<\/span><\/p>

I look back on my inner guilt thoughts simultaneously with horror and sadness. What the frig was I thinking? I would never say or even think those things about another mom!!<\/span><\/p>

Why?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Because grace is so much easier to hand out to other women and moms than it is to extend to ourselves.<\/span><\/p>

@diaryofanhonestmom<\/a> we may all be different but this we have in common & we love these kids fiercely #momguilt<\/a> #momtok<\/a> #honestmom<\/a> #momlife<\/a> #workingmom<\/a> #sahm<\/a> \u266c Pieces (Solo Piano Version) – Danilo Stankovic<\/a><\/section><\/blockquote>