Your toddler isn’t “being bad” and you aren’t failing because you need space.

The toddler years are a real biological and relational shift: after a season of constant baby attunement, your child starts practicing autonomy and your nervous system starts asking, “What about me?” That’s where resentment, overwhelm, and those out-of-nowhere anger spikes can sneak in, especially for sensitive, big-hearted moms who default to fawning or people pleasing.

We talk through what it actually means to set boundaries with toddlers without disconnecting. Instead of giving you a rigid parenting script, I slow down the deeper work: how to lead like a parent, not negotiate like a peer, and how to separate your child’s emotions from your own body. If snuggles feel like nails on a chalkboard, we explore consent in a real-world way, including the messy middle ground of “I don’t want to, but I want to want to,” and how to choose your response from values and agency rather than shame.

We also name the cultural pressure for kid compliance and the hidden “martyr mom” expectation that teaches mothers to disappear. I share why you cannot control your child into a painless human experience, and why healthy parenting can still feel uncomfortable. Then we break down mom guilt versus mom shame, including how shame often shows up somatically and why it heals through compassionate community, not isolation.

If this conversation supports you, subscribe so you don’t miss what’s next, share it with a mom who needs permission to have needs, and leave a review to help more women find the show. What season of parenting are you in right now?

Another Great Conversation around Boundaries with Luis Mojica: Listen Here

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Join me in this episode around shame as I sit down with David Bedrick to reframe shame as an internalized witness that dismisses our lived experience, then trace how that shows up as mom guilt, perfectionism, and self-fixing. We practice unshaming the energies underneath yelling, tiredness, and boundary-setting so the parent-child relationship stays real instead of performative.

• shame as an internalized witness that denies and gaslights experience
• how trauma stories disappear under “what’s wrong with me” narratives
• why “mom guilt” often signals inner violence rather than values
• saying the inner critic out loud to make it tangible and answerable
• unshaming anger and the energy beneath yelling
• tiredness and late nights as needs for rest, freedom, and meaning
• why the healing industry’s “make it go away” model backfires
• relationship over perfection as the core of resilient parenting
• boundaries as an organic impulse that shame suppresses
• inner boundaries that protect you from self-attack

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What if the answer isn't thinking harder?

So many women are trying to think their way through emotions, anxiety, overwhelm, conflict, and stress. But what if your body already knows something your mind can't access?

In this guided somatic episode, I walk you through a simple body scanning practice designed to help you reconnect with yourself, regulate your nervous system, and come back to the present moment.

Whether you're feeling overstimulated by motherhood, stuck in a spiral of overthinking, struggling with a difficult conversation, or simply feeling disconnected from yourself, this practice offers a way back home to your body.

Inside this episode, we'll explore:

• What body scanning is and why it works
• How to move from stories into sensations
• The difference between present-moment feelings and historical reactions
• Why your body may be responding to patterns instead of what's actually happening
• How to create more capacity for emotions without fixing, judging, or suppressing them
• Practical ways to support yourself through overwhelm, anxiety, and activation

Because healing isn't always about finding the right answer.

Sometimes it's about learning to listen to the wisdom that already exists inside your body.

Click here for working 1:1 with Becca on nervous system regulation, building capacity, and support.

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