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What happens when your child is having big emotions… and you are too?

In this episode of Real Moms Welcome, Jess shares honestly about a weekend marked by anger, guilt, and emotional overwhelm — and the reminder that sometimes, motherhood isn’t about fixing or regulating in the moment. It’s about understanding that emotions rise, peak, and eventually settle again.

Jess talks about how hormonal shifts during the luteal phase can intensify emotional reactions, why it’s normal to lose capacity at times, and how remembering the temporary nature of these states can soften shame. This episode is an invitation to stop judging yourself for hard moments and to trust that even when things feel intense, they will come back down.

In This Episode, We Talk About:

• What happens when moms are the ones with big feelings
• How luteal phase hormones can amplify anger, tears, and overwhelm
• The anger → guilt → shame cycle many moms experience
• Why not every hard moment needs to be “worked through”
• Trusting that emotions move, settle, and soften with time
• Remembering you’re a good mom even when you don’t get it right

This Episode Is For You If:

• You feel overwhelmed or emotionally reactive at times
• You judge yourself harshly after hard parenting moments
• You’re craving permission to stop fixing and start trusting the process
• You want reassurance that intense emotions don’t last forever

Gentle Reminder

You are not meant to stay regulated all the time.
Emotions rise. They peak. And they settle again.
You are still a good mom in all of it.

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