244 // The Best Mom Isn’t a Perfect Mom - It’s a Happy One - with JoAnn Crohn from No Guilt Mom

If your motherhood journey is plagued with mom guilt, feelings of failure, and wishing you didn’t yell at your kids (again), today’s episode is for you.

JoAnn Crohn is the author of The Best Mom is a Happy Mom and the founder of No Guilt Mom. She is also a parenting coach dedicated to helping overwhelmed moms create calmer, happier homes. Through practical strategies and mindset shifts, she teaches moms how to communicate better with their kids, reduce stress, and stop carrying the entire mental load alone.

We chat about:

• The difference between mom guilt and mom shame and why you’re constantly calling yourself a “bad mom”
• How to set healthy boundaries with your kids without the guilt
• The benefit of circle thinking to help you create new neural pathways (and stop yelling at your kids)
• using JoAnn’s HAPPY framework to work through your kids’ annoying behaviors!

Resources Mentioned:

Loving What Is by Byron Katie

The Explosive Child by Dr. Ross Greene

Connect with JoAnn on her website or her podcast

Check out my recent interview on JoAnn’s podcast

Related Episodes:

Episode 112: Opt Out of Mom Guilt and Let Go of “Either/Or” Thinking - with Stephanie O’Dea

Episode 161: Mom Guilt Be Gone! 5 Causes of Mom Guilt and How to Say Goodbye for Good

Episode 84: Simple Techniques to Build Emotional Resilience to Combat Overwhelm and Dysregulation with Michelle Grosser from The Calm Mom Podcast

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