“Your kids don’t need all of you. They need a fully expressed version of you.”

What if the pressure to be everything to your children is actually the thing making motherhood harder?

In this powerful conversation, Emma Grede (entrepreneur, co-founder of SKIMS & Good American) shares a radically honest take on ambition, guilt, and what it really means to be a “good mother.”

This episode is a permission slip to stop doing it all and start doing what actually matters.

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode

Why you don’t need to live up to anyone else’s version of motherhood

How to let go of guilt (without letting go of your ambition)

Why life isn’t about balance - it’s about seasons

How to stop micromanaging everything (your kids, your partner, your life)

Why putting yourself first is not selfish - it’s essential

You don’t need to do it all.

You just need to decide what actually matters and let the rest go.

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