Dec 18, 2018
On todays episode we have Tracey Eyster who is the author of Be the Mom, in which she shares advice on how to avoid what she describes as the seven most common “mom traps.”
Here’s what I LOVE about Tracey (other than her accent). Usually when I learn about “mom traps” I feel a LOT of guilt because it’s pretty clear that I have “stuff” that I’m dealing with. Tracey isn’t advocating perfection in motherhood. She knows it’s hard. She says that moms are too hard on themselves. They take on motherhood thinking that they’ve “got this” and when things seem REALLY hard they think that maybe they weren’t cut out for motherhood. She says that’s not true. “It’s normal to have ‘yucky feelings’ and be stressed as a mother. It’s not that motherhood is hard, it is just that motherhood brings out all ‘your stuff’.”
Tracey identified the seven most common “mom traps” in an effort to help her daughter as she embarked on the journey of motherhood. The book is written in an encouraging tone that makes you feel like there is a possibility of learning to avoid these “traps” as we learn to recognize them for what they are. The problem isn’t us. It’s our attitude.
To say that Tracey is fun and easy to talk to is like saying that the Rockies are “biggish”. I cannot begin to say how much we LOVED our conversation with her. Her laugh and wit are infectious (And if you listen closely, so is her accent. Beth unknowingly switched into a Kentucky drawl halfway through the interview!)