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Ever find yourself swearing under your breath while trying to be the "good mom" – only to feel overcome with guilt moments later? You're not alone. The messy truth about mom rage rarely makes it to social media, but it's something almost every mother experiences.

What happens when you're a therapist who can't follow her own advice? In this raw episode, I share a particularly hard parenting day where I experienced that uncomfortable yet surprisingly righteous anger, then questioned my parenting afterward. We explore why healing while raising kids feels impossible sometimes, the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it, and how our unhealed patterns affect our children.

As a therapist who specializes in working with moms, I've seen how this cycle plays out – and I'm living it too. From elaborate hotel games gone wrong to kids' shows teaching us about taking things slow, we dive into why the "Puffin way" of slow and steady might be the key to breaking generational cycles without burning out.

Topics covered:

• The irony of giving advice you can't follow
• Why mom rage feels righteous in the moment
• Why healing can't be Amazon Primed
• How childhood patterns show up in parenting
• Regulation techniques that don't always work
• Giving yourself grace in the hard moments

Resources mentioned:

• Inner child healing books
• Puffin Rock (surprisingly wise kids' show)
• The Motherload Membership

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Meet Kayla Huszar, the Host of the Chill Like a Mother Podcast

Kayla Huszar is a Registered Social Worker and Expressive Arts Therapist who helps mothers reconnect with their authentic selves through embodied art-making. She encourages moms to embrace the messy, beautiful realities of their unique motherhood journeys. Whether through the podcast, 1:1 sessions or her signature Motherload Membership, Kayla creates a brave space for mothers to explore their identities beyond parenting, reconnect with their intuition, and find creative outlets for emotional expression and self-discovery.

Thank you for letting me be a part of your day—kids running amok and all! If this episode helped you feel a little more chill, please leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps the podcast reach more moms who need to hear it.

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It's 9:05pm. You're hollowed-out exhausted, the kids are finally quiet, and you're zombie-scrolling hoping the algorithm throws you a lifeline. But that "calm" you're chasing? It's not really calm - it's just avoidant numbness dressed up like peace.

What if I told you there's something better you can do with those 10 minutes? Something that actually helps your nervous system instead of keeping it stuck in fight-or-flight?

In this episode, we're talking about why grabbing your kid's coloring book might be the most practical self-care tool you're not using. Not because coloring is some magical cure-all, but because when you're too fried for meditation, too touched-out for baths, and too tired for yoga videos, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is pick up a crayon.

We'll dive into the actual science behind why coloring works for regulation, how it gives your brain the sensory exhale it's desperately craving, and why it's perfectly okay to color trees the wrong color when you're feeling everything at once.

This isn't about creating masterpieces or being artistic. It's about giving yourself permission to decompress in a way that actually works when everything else feels like more work.

Perfect for: Overwhelmed moms who are tired of feeling guilty about screen time but don't know what else to do at 9pm.

Resources Mentioned:

• Free 5-Minute Check-In guide
• The Motherload Membership
• Kayla's favorite coloring supplies (Amazon store)

Connect with me:

• Instagram: @kayla.huszar (tag me in your coloring moments!)
• Website: kaylahuszar.com

Remember: You aren't required to solve everything tonight. Your only job is to show up for yourself.

Support the show

Meet Kayla Huszar, the Host of the Chill Like a Mother Podcast

Kayla Huszar is a Registered Social Worker and Expressive Arts Therapist who helps mothers reconnect with their authentic selves through embodied art-making. She encourages moms to embrace the messy, beautiful realities of their unique motherhood journeys. Whether through the podcast, 1:1 sessions or her signature Motherload Membership, Kayla creates a brave space for mothers to explore their identities beyond parenting, reconnect with their intuition, and find creative outlets for emotional expression and self-discovery.

Thank you for letting me be a part of your day—kids running amok and all! If this episode helped you feel a little more chill, please leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps the podcast reach more moms who need to hear it.

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What happens when a mental health professional finds herself on the other side of the desk - struggling, spiralling, and split wide open by a birth plan that was never part of the plan?

In this raw and resonant conversation, Chelsea - co-owner of Couples to Cradles and co-founder of Mama Psychologists - invites us into the story of her early motherhood: one that begins with unexpected labor at just 27 weeks and unravels into a 15-week NICU stay, a cardiac diagnosis, and the kind of emotional unraveling that even a degree in psychology can’t quite prepare you for.

💬 She thought it was Braxton Hicks. It was her son, arriving far too early.
🛩️ He was flown to Calgary. She was left behind in Lethbridge.
🧷 Diapers the size of teabags. Permission slips to hold her own baby.
❤️ A tiny heart with a diagnosis. A mama with one quietly breaking.

Chelsea opens up about the moment she knew something wasn’t right - rage while pumping, not grief. That sneaky, seething kind of burnout that so many of us don’t talk about. She shares how therapy (yes, even for therapists!) and EMDR helped her begin to piece together a healing path, one blurry, hopeful milestone at a time.

✨ Like her son finally fitting into size two diapers - just in time for Mother’s Day.

This episode is for every mother who’s wondered, “Is this normal?” (Spoiler: If you're even asking, it's worth sitting with that question.) It's for the ones who feel disconnected from the role they were supposed to fall into naturally. It's for those still nursing invisible wounds while tending to tiny humans.

You are not broken. You are not alone.
And yes, you deserve support just as much as you give it.

Resources and support available through:
🤝 Mama Psychologists
🍼 Couples to Cradles – where trained therapists walk with you, not above you.

If something inside you feels a little off…don’t ignore it. That inner tug? That’s your soul whispering, “Hey…we need a little care here.”

Reach out. Speak up. You’re so worth it.

Support the show

Meet Kayla Huszar, the Host of the Chill Like a Mother Podcast

Kayla Huszar is a Registered Social Worker and Expressive Arts Therapist who helps mothers reconnect with their authentic selves through embodied art-making. She encourages moms to embrace the messy, beautiful realities of their unique motherhood journeys. Whether through the podcast, 1:1 sessions or her signature Motherload Membership, Kayla creates a brave space for mothers to explore their identities beyond parenting, reconnect with their intuition, and find creative outlets for emotional expression and self-discovery.

Thank you for letting me be a part of your day—kids running amok and all! If this episode helped you feel a little more chill, please leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps the podcast reach more moms who need to hear it.