EP14: WHY SOCIAL WORKER MUMS FEEL GUILTY FOR WANTING MORE THAN THEIR JOB

📅 13 April 2026

You love the work. You chose this profession on purpose. And yet — somewhere deep down — there's a voice that says you want more. More time. More peace. More breathing room. More money. And the moment that thought shows up, the guilt follows.

Because how can you want more when people are depending on you? When you chose a caring profession? When others have it harder? That guilt is real — and it has been keeping so many social worker mums and helping professionals silent for far too long.

This episode is permission. Not strategy. Not a plan. Just Ade getting honest about a feeling she carried for years — and what shifted when she finally stopped pretending it wasn't there.

In this episode:

- Why wanting more does not make you a bad social worker, a bad mum, or an ungrateful person

- The guilt so many helping professionals carry in silence — and why the profession itself can make that guilt feel justified

- What "wanting more" actually looked like for Ade — and why it had nothing to do with greed

- The internal narrative that keeps women talking themselves out of their own needs ("other people have it worse," "I should just be stronger")

- How burnout forced an honest conversation — and why sustainability is not the same as selfishness

- Why your social work skills are far more transferable than you've been told

- The one small step you can take today if this episode is landing with you

If this is you right now and you need a gentle place to start — the Breathe Again Burnout Reset was made for this moment.

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If you're also curious about what building income alongside social work could look like:

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https://www.adefunkelarigo.com?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=ep14

Connect with Ade:

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📱 WhatsApp: +44 7348956483

Around here, we dey change our story. 👑