Opinion: Mother’s Day is painful for many of my clients. Here’s how we all can help—Op-ed for The Salt Lake Tribune
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I wrote an op-ed for The Salt Lake Tribune on why I believe Mother’s Day is painful for many of my clients and how we can help based on my 30 years of clinical experience of working with women.
Why Motherhood Can Be Painful for Women
I shared five reasons why some women may experience pain on Mother’s Day and how we can stop perpetuating this pain.
Stop defining women primarily by their motherhood status, and celebrate women as unique, multidimensional people.
Encourage self-care instead of sharing stories that idealize self-sacrifice and self-neglect in mothers.
Rather than speaking platitudes of gratitude, notice and value the work they do and share the load in everyday home and family life.
Avoid saying that all women are mothers. Recognize that some women are not mothers and that insisting that they are mothers may minimize their pain and loss.
Don’t assume that all mother-child relationships are positive and nurturing. Recognize that many people have complex, painful, even estranged relationships with their own mothers or children.
Click here to read the rest of this article and explore the reasoning behind these five reasons.
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