Today's article is about mom-guilt. Or maybe I should call it parent-guilt (because, although men don't fall prey to this quite as much as women do, some certainly feel this way too).
Do you ever feel guilty because: - you want to work (and actually enjoy it)?
- you feel like you're supposed to always put your kids above your professional goals (yet don't want to)?
- you desire career or business success and feel like that's not possible while parenting?
Because this comes up in my coaching so often, I know that for many of you this guilt is ever-present.
Listen up (because this is important): there’s nothing wrong
with wanting to achieve something outside of being a parent. Having kids doesn’t mean you’re supposed to check your dreams at the door for the next
18+ years.
Besides, you can be a good mom or dad while also achieving much within your career. It doesn’t have to be an either/or thing.
You deserve to be able to ditch the guilt and enjoy being a working mom or dad.
XO, |