S2 E5 :: “Is Parenting Stress Ruining Anyone Else’s Marriage? Asking For a Friend.” (Parenting Stress - Part 1)

I've got to be honest -- the question in the title of this episode is my own -- which makes this episode my scariest one yet to share 😳
But listen, I know I'm not alone.

In fact, I knew it was finally time to record this episode when a mom I had never met (and who had absolutely no idea that I host a podcast about stress!) came right up to me on the playground recently to tell me all about how burnt out she was by parenting.

That's why I'm having today's conversation.

Parenting is stressful.

And it always will be. So we might as well talk about it in solidarity together and we better figure out how to manage it.

In this episode, I share :

1. the truth of my own parenting stress;
2. what is happening to our bodies in our most stressful parenting moments;
3. how parenting stress fits into Stress Culture (TLDR: "It's not just you, you're not doing a bad job, it really is this hard.")

- AND -

Research-backed, evidence-based ways we can manage our biggest moments of parenting stress as they are actually happening.

Next meltdown, we're ready for you!

Please pass this episode along to as many parents as you can. If we can talk about our stress, we can de-stigmatize a whole lot of parenting guilt too.

And send all your stress-related questions for the podcast here:
catherinezack.com/askme

In absolute solidarity,
Cath