The No One Is Perfect Podcast

New Motherhood

Christy Foster and Marti Murphy Season 2 Episode 19

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The hardest part of new motherhood isn't the baby — it's the voice in your head saying you should be doing more. Let's dismantle that pressure and come back to what's real.

New motherhood can be beautiful… and brutally demanding. In this episode, we talk about the self-expectations that crush so many new moms: the pressure to be perfect, to do it "right," to never need help, and to still hold it all together.

If you've been exhausted, anxious, or secretly wondering if you're failing, this is your reminder: you're not failing, you're learning how to do something you've never done.

This episode is for the mom who hasn't sat down all day, can't turn her brain off at night, and still thinks she's not doing enough. You are not doing anything wrong… you are human.

Topics we cover:

  • New mom anxiety + perfection pressure
  • The mental load no one talks about
  • Why "trying harder" isn’t the answer
  • Self-compassion as a nervous-system reset