THAT TIME OF THE MONTH
January's content roundup
This month’s roundup up is all about empowerment. Speaking up for yourself, finding time to do the things that make you happy, not beating yourself up if you lose your shit and yell at your kids, and normalizing imperfections as we practice self-compassion.
I wasn’t planning on a theme for this month’s content roundup, but as I was compiling the content I’d saved throughout the month, a clear theme emerged. Apparently I needed some extra love, encouragement, and compassion this month. Perhaps you do to.
Browse what serves you, leave what doesn’t.
In a recent Substack post, Too Emotional?!?, Elissa Bassist encourages women to speak up and take up space. She is the author of the book Hysterical, which explores how a woman’s voice develops (or doesn’t) in a culture where men talk and women stay quiet, and how the expectation of a woman’s silence makes women sick.
From the Instagram account of Destini Davis, Certified Parent Coach and Tedx Speaker, comes an empowering post with a bold, selfless message to kick off the new year: “If it makes you happy, it’s good for your family.”
In her post, The Truth About Yelling, Emily Edlynn, author of the newsletter, The Art and Science of Mom, chimes in with her two cents on yelling at your kids, and explains why there’s no reason to harbor guilt when you do. For more on yelling and bursts of mom rage, check out my post Angry Mommy.
Erica Djossa of Mom Well is an Instagram influencer that specializes in women’s mental health, mom rage, and motherhood. One of her posts has a simple but important message all of us moms need to hear: You’re not an angry person. You’re a mother…
I don’t often do podcasts, but when I do I love to listen to Big Time Adulting with Caitlin Murray and Raising Good Humans with Dr. Aliza Pressman. I especially liked this episode, The Gift of Blowing It: Rupture and Repair with Aliza Pressman, where they speak together. The main takeaway is that we are all flawed humans trying to raise good humans. We make mistakes. Shit happens we don’t expect. Not everything is in our control. But we do have the power to normalize imperfections, practice self-compassion, and repair our relationships when we mess up. You can follow Aliza @raisinggoodhumanspodcast and Caitlin Murray @bigtimeadulting.
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Which of the above content did you find helpful and/or resonate with?
Love all these ideas! I'm also not a big podcast person but wanted to share that I'm loving, "Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus". So important to glean the wisdom from the older women!