Releasing the Mom Police
Dr. Manuela Powell helps others have the audacity to live as their true selves, without feeling guilty. She helps moms show their kids what’s possible, and that they couldn’t have a better mom. She shows them what’s always been available to them. Manuela creates a safe space for women to share their struggles, be supported and support others
Visit her website to learn more at: https://manuelapowell.com/
Show Notes:
2:47 Manuela’s introduction
4:40 “so much judgement and so much shit that we go through as women, and then it gets worse when we become mothers”
11:14 sometimes hiding is the best way to go
11:56 Manuela’s abortion story (more in Facebook)
13:20 “finding, first of all in you, how do you feel about it”
14:28 “boggles the mind how the whole controlling women thing got to be something we’re okay with”
15:38 “you have to foster relationships”
16:00 “the world really needs a lot of difficult conversations”
People have opinions about everything!
16:45 “It’s okay to have an opinion and have a conversation even if we don’t have the same opinion”
“This is how I was raised—NO”
19:17 “I had been raised in Catholic country”
19:43 “I was convinced that I would not have a family”
20:13 “It really defined my life for a long time, I was convinced that if I tried to have kids either I wouldn’t be able to or something horrible would happen, because of course I need to be punished for this”
21:08 “More important than telling other people is you figuring it out”
21:46 “Even if you regret it, you can still forgive yourself for having done something you regret”
23:17 “there’s plenty of evidence in the world that bad things don’t necessarily happen to bad people, and good things…”
23:55 “Even thought that was hammered in your head, that is not true”
24:40 “Even if it’s for bad stuff we prefer knowing”
26:00 “You can believe whatever you want”
26:20 “I don’t know, is very hard”
27:50 “I didn’t tell the world until I honest to God didn’t care two shits what anyone would think”
28:30 “I’m not gonna change because of what they might think”
31:03 Facebook post
I could have become successful without all that trauma
32:40 “If you say something I don’t like I can completely ignore you”
34:22 “Make your own decisions, and stand by them. Have your own back”
35:02 “There is no ‘other people’ it’s all a version of us”
35:53 “I’m just gonna do my part”
36:20 “The more taken care of you are the more you’re gonna take care of everyone”
Sometimes we have to do things that are hard
40:53 “The decision you made was the right one. Done. Never look back.”
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