ADHD Parenting Rage and Emotional Dysregulation

May 15, 2024

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No matter how much you love your children, any parent will admit that you have had a moment (or several!) of 'mom rage', and if this is you, I hope this conversation will help you release some of the shame you may feel. Not only do we focus on this, but we also discuss the compassion we need to show ourselves and discuss all the many moving parts of losing our sh*t as parents, including emotional dysregulation, overwhelm, resentment, society and perimenopause. I hope you find this conversation inclusive, helpful, healing, funny and relatable. And listen out for the very last few minutes, where we address some key practical tools to helping anyone out who feels this emotional dysregulation most days.

This week's guest is Minna Dubin, the author of MOM RAGE: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood (Seal Press).

Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, Oprah Daily, Salon, Parents, Romper, and elsewhere. As a leading feminist voice on 'Mom Rage', Minna has appeared on MSNBC, Good Morning America, The Tamron Hall Show, The BBC Woman’s Hour, and NPR. She lives in Berkeley with her husband, two kids, and no pets because enough is enough.

On this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Minna and Kate speak about:

The mental load of being a parent
Allowing yourself to feel your anger
Processing anger in a positive way
Parenting overwhelm
Shame about our emotional dysregulation
Conforming to social expectations
Working hard to keep regulated
The build-up of anger and resentment
Creating a support system for yourself
Letting go of martyrdom and allowing in self-compassion
Asking for help with parental tasks
Parenting neurodivergent children and the complexities
Being an adult without talking about kids

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Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.