mom anxiety

Do you find yourself overwhelmed, stressed out, or anxious as a busy mom? Today, Amber Trueblood licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), best-selling author, speaker, and mother of four sons, joins us to talk through the five anxiety styles of moms. We talk about the superpowers you have based on these styles and what can also get in your way.

Today we discuss…

• How Amber defines overwhelm in her book
• Your massive to-do list and how it impacts your personal level of overwhelm
• How to align the way you spend your time and energy
• Where can your anxiety style serve you and where can it get in your way
• Creating time for things that fill you up energetically
• Becoming more resilient to stresses in your life
• Lover, Fighter, Executive, Visionary, and Dynamo anxiety styles
• Your supermom traits based on your anxiety style
• Finding self-worth based on how you feel about yourself instead of how others see you
• How your anxiety style and your partner’s anxiety style can interact 
• Daily, weekly, and even in-the-moment strategies to reduce overwhelm

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Before motherhood, my life always included anxiety. It was all I knew because it was how I lived.   "What if..." was one of the most common phrases in my vocabulary.   Risks and dreams were squashed by the "what if...". 
Parental anxiety is a well-known worry that moms often feel. Even before becoming a mother, anxiety was constantly present in my life. It was a familiar feeling I had grown accustomed to, and I always thought, "What if...". This phrase seemed to be one of my vocabulary's most commonly used expressions. Whenever I considered taking a risk or pursuing my dreams, negative thoughts, and worries would creep in, and I would become paralyzed by the "what if" mentality.

However, after becoming a mother, I realized I needed to relearn how to take risks and face challenges. I wanted to be able to teach my children to do the same, but I knew that I could not do this if I continued to be held back by my fears and anxieties. I made a conscious effort to focus on positivity and gradually started to remove the negative thoughts holding me back.

Of course, it hasn't been easy. Overcoming anxiety is a bumpy journey that takes a lot of effort and commitment. But I know that it is worth it. I don't want my children to grow up in a world where "what if" dominates their thinking and limits their potential. Instead, I want to teach them to be confident, brave, and resilient in facing challenges.

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These tips may not be wildly different than ones I would give in a generalized chat about anxiety, but it's all about the perspective that we see our struggles through & how these tips can be shifted to serve us in that way. Here are 5 tips for managing anxiety as a mom.

Show Notes:
I sometimes blame myself for how badly my kiddo deals with anxiety because I truly believe she learned it from me. I did my best to put on a brave face anytime I was feeling anxious or heavy-hearted in some way, but I’m sure she still FELT it. Kids are SO GOOD at seeing right through you & finding the truth if you aren’t careful. 

There were, for sure, times I just let my stress, frustrations and anxieties out for her to witness. And after any outburst that wasn’t appropriate or the best choice, I also let her know afterward. Especially if that meant apologizing to her because I may have chosen to react instead of respond and took it out on her.

s was such a good opportunity to teach real-life lessons & have honest conversations about how people act & how we should deal with that. I am very much a ‘let’s learn in the moment’ kind of mom. More often than not I am talking about a lesson that can be learned in that experience. And that was really helpful when I would let an anxious moment spin out of control because I was able to show our kiddo how to recover.

I’m not saying you should just let it all out & use it as an excuse to teach your kiddo something. It can’t be like that all the time. We need to figure out what will help us manage our anxiety, even under the weight of everything we do as a mom. 

If you missed it, the episode that was released right before this one is all about some common causes of anxiety for moms. I talk about financial pressures, work-life balance, things like that because it’s important to draw awareness to what’s contributing to our struggles to better understand it & be able to manage it.

Today I want to share some tips for actually managing anxiety as a mom. These tips aren’t wildly different from what I would share with anyone else struggling with anxiety, but it’s helpful to see your struggle through both your personal perspective and a wider, more generalized perspective.

Here are 5 Tips for Managing Anxiety as a Mom:

1. Prioritize Everything You Can.
2. Work On Being More Present.
3. Set Boundaries to Limit Overwhelming Commitments.
4. Practice Self-Compassion.
5. Make Having a Support System a Top Priority. 

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