'We Need To Talk About The Covid 19 Mum-Guilt Epidemic'

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Bestselling author, psychotherapist and mum-of-three Anna Mathur gives her advice on lessening those guilty feelings

Mum guilt is an epidemic. Not only has the coronavirus pandemic turned each of our worlds awry, we have had to find our footing amidst uncertainty. And just as we’ve wrangled some sort of new normal, lockdown is shifting, and we are faced with numerous decisions.

When we let that rock of guilt settle in our stomach as a reminder of how we’ve failed in some way, we are more likely to berate ourselves. But, guilt doesn’t need to be the background buzz as we navigate this time. It’s there to prompt us to act in some way, not to keep us in a spiral of not enough-ness.Imagine the guilt as a rock sitting on the palm of your hand. Look at it and ask yourself what it is about.

I can feel compassion towards myself because the juggle has been hard and my kids are going back to childcare to ease that for all of us! That is regarding circumstance and that guilt isn’t mine to carry! Yet my snappiness due to the stress of deciding what route to take, whilst my responsibility, is a result of feeling fearful of getting it wrong. I feel guilty about the snappiness, yet my fear deserves compassion.

 

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