Host Lindsay Aerts discusses the idea that we all tend to have this notion of an ideal mother in our heads who we're comparing ourselves to. We often see moms portrayed as perfect, as loving the job, as completely fulfilled by taking care of their kids, as all-self sacrificing and it's hurting us to compare ourselves to this idealized version of motherhood. She also talks about how motherhood is often romanticized, meaning it's portrayed as sunshine and rainbows through movies and TV. When our realities are not matching this ideal we're left feeling like failures. Her guest Monia Ashton, Director of Maternal Mental Health at The Healing Group helps illustrate what we can do to stop idealizing and romanticizing motherhood. 

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