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Motherwhelmed: Challenging Norms, Untangling Truths, and Restoring Our Worth to the World by [Beth Berry]

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Today’s mothers are struggling; though, it's not for the reasons most moms tend to think. We’ve been conditioned to believe our inadequacy is the reason we can’t seem to “keep up” or enjoy mothering more, but nothing could be further from the truth.

We aren’t failing as mothers. We’re mothering within a culture that is misleading and inadequately supporting us.

Motherwhelmed is a deep, yet lighthearted exploration of the messy frontier of modern-day motherhood we’re all struggling to navigate. With compassion, realness, and rich storytelling, Beth Berry:

• Illuminates the mindsets and narratives keeping us feeling overwhelmed, disempowered, anxious, isolated, and riddled with self-doubt

• Provides the perspectives and tools needed for mothers to rewrite their stories and reclaim a sense of wholeness

• Shares from her 25 years as an idealistic, passionate, all-in mother of four daughters

• Reminds us of our worthiness and reframes our importance

This is not a book about parenting. It’s a book about mothers, our greatness, and how important it is that we thrive. It’s about untangling ourselves from the stories keeping us trapped and deconstructing those we’ve outgrown. It’s about daring the lives we’re here to live and, thereby, giving our children permission to do the same.

Until we begin to organize our lives around not only our children’s worthiness but also our own, mothers everywhere will continue to bear the brunt of cultural pain and dysfunction. This matters because we cannot be the changemakers we’re meant to be while so heavily burdened.

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"It would be an injustice to call Motherwhelmed a book; it is a kaleidoscope. With every turn of the page, an awakening is made that forever alters your view of your sense of self, your truth, and your purpose. As I journeyed through Beth's skillfully crafted prose, I found myself unable to stand by as a passive recipient of her message. I needed to act; I needed to sift; I needed to reconsider--and as a result, I came away lighter, clearer, and stronger. If you yearn to stop inviting guilt, failure, and perfection to sabotage your everyday life and your contribution to the world, step into the kaleidoscope that is Motherwhelmed. Turn the page--wake up, stand up, rise up... and live. The world needs the gift of you." ~Rachel Macy Stafford, New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and certified special education teacher

"This is not only a book about motherhood, vulnerability, and the overwhelm of both--it's also a story about giving yourself permission to be the woman you envision yourself to be. The woman you know you are deep in your heart. It's a story about motherhood and love, yes, but it's also one of freedom, too. It's not about losing yourself in motherhood, but finding yourself through it. It's beautiful and life-changing." ~Colleen Temple, writer + editor of Motherly's This Is Motherhood

"In a culture where mothers are endlessly bombarded with messages to do more, be more, and give more, Beth's words are a balm for the tired mother's soul. With empathy, compassion, honesty, and grace, Beth meets you where you are, takes your hand, and shows you another way. Instead of shaping you to be worthy of motherhood, she transforms motherhood to be worthy of you. Beth offers us a place where mothers can do more than survive: where we all may thrive, if only we take the risk to rethink, relearn, and soar." ~Rachel Jepson Wolf, Author of The Unplugged Family Activity Book and Herbal Adventures

"A validating, cathartic, and necessary read for every modern mother. Motherwhelmed is food for the soul as it brilliantly unpacks the inner and outer barriers to our authenticity and true happiness as overworked moms. Berry candidly shares her deeply relatable missteps and misgivings as a parent, along with her journey back to herself, giving mothers everywhere an inspiring and do-able blueprint for their own peace, healing, and relief from care-taking overwhelm. Berry also empowers the reader by pointing out our real superpowers as moms - and psssst - it's not "doing it all!" ~Brandy Ferner, author of Adult Conversation: A Novel

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B086ZYSK2M
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Revolution from Home (April 10, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 10, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Beth Berry is on a mission to liberate modern-day mothers. As a writer, activist, life coach, teacher, and mother of four daughters, she deconstructs disempowering social norms and narratives while supporting and connecting mothers who are fed up with the status quo and ready to live more empowered and joy-filled lives.

Beth has contributed to many publications including Motherly, Mothering Magazine, National Geographic’s Green Living, Pathways to Family Wellness, and A Simple Life. Her work has appeared in Rachel Allan’s book When Business Meets Baby, Motherly’s This Is Motherhood, and the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychiatry Manual for Treatment of Women Experiencing Mood Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum. She was a La Leche League leader for years, started a fiber arts school, and studied sustainable agriculture in college.

Beth currently works with clients 1:1, leads retreats in Asheville, NC, the San Juan Islands, and Mexico, and offers a year-long online circle called MotherWorthy that is awakening worthiness in women worldwide. Join the revolution at www.revolutionfromhome.com.

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Melyn Apple

Very inspiring!

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2023

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This book helped me wake up to the mother I’m called to be. I’ve felt stuck in a a deep rut of despair as I manage four small humans alone as my husband seems to be free to enjoy life. But no more! I am calling back attention and care to myself because I matter too!

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Mercedes Diaz

Recreate foundations, reshape your experience, and rethink what motherhood means.

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2021

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I ignored my kid to read this book. Let me tell you it all started with me in tears while telling the rest of the family that I was working (WFH content writer) and while I did have work to do, I just couldn't bring myself to say I was overwhelmed and needed to have a meltdown to exorcise the guilt and shame for my feelings about my child, the house, my husband, and all of the rest of the family who must have CLEARLY seen that I was out of my mind with sh** to do and not a one could offer to help. So there I sat, and was like, you know, books haven't let me down before and a quick search led me to this book.

So what's actually in this book? I won't spoil anything but this is NOT a "parenting" book in the sense that you need to spend 3 hours of quality time each day with your kid to produce a valuable adult. It also isn't a "parenting" book that is the "do what you want and they'll figure it out in their adult years" scope. Ultimately, this is a book on mothering and trying to figure out what that means to the individual reading it so they can do the best job possible without burning out, building resentment, and hating their life (and everyone in it).

If you're looking for actionable: wake up at six, make waffles, spend two hours cleaning the kitchen... advice you won't find that in this book. And it's a good thing!

I have spent my three years as a parent thinking that if I just woke up early enough, stayed up late enough, made good enough meals, or mopped with hotter water that "it" would click and I'd be dubbed a super mom. Now I know that type of thinking just doesn't produce anything because this book spelled it out super clearly. I mean, that breakdown behind the keyboard was not the first instance and I still hadn't learned.

This book explains why we think there's an answer or a key out there waiting for us so that we can become great moms. It dives into how our personal experiences might make us more or less patient/kind/caring/hardworking/ etc.

I highly recommend this book to any mother or anyone who provides mothering because it doesn't offer quick fixes. This book is all about the long-haul that you and the kids in your life deserve. I can't rave enough, and I'm buying a few copies for the other moms I know.

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Kirsten Sampsell

Rewriting the old tired stories of motherhood into vibrant new contracts.

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2020

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I am the mother of three teenage boys, who has done a lot of personal transformation work and I would definitely gift copies of Motherwhelmed to both new and seasoned mamas.

I found many jewels throughout the book, which helped me to pinpoint ways in which I continue to abandon myself as a mother, by oftentimes minimizing my own needs and betraying my deepest essence. I think this work is lifelong and the extent to which we embrace it, may very well contribute to a more physically, emotionally and spiritually sustainable way to raise children on the collective level. Author Beth Berry calls it "re-villaging" and in spite of being an introvert, I want to yell "Where do I sign up?" Luckily, she offers many creative suggestions for just that.

Motherwhelmed breaks down transformational processes and possibilities into chewable bites that are easily digested. Berry's voice acts as a loving presence as it guides us to explore some painful paradoxes which we face as mothers. We all want the best for our children but what happens when our idea of what's best doesn’t match up with what's realistic economically? The author's exploration of this and many other themes, leads us to a tender letting go of certain expectations, which when contemplated, don’t even match up with our heartfelt desires. I finished the book thinking about how powerful it is to actually love the lives we have, rather than be constantly in pursuit of what's "out there" whether it's an experience, a certain school or an emotion we wish we were feeling right now.

Thanks to Motherwhelmed, we can all plan on meeting one another in a more expansive plane of motherhood, where everything we have ever known about our connection to Self and connection to Other, have been rewritten from the old tired stories into vibrant new contracts.

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Caitlyn D.

Mothers are Worthy

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2020

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Motherwhelmed begins by pointing out experiences that so many mothers endure but are reluctant to share. Our culture sets us up to feel like we need to be super heroes, but we end up feeling like failures or, at the very least, like we can't measure up to other mothers or to society's expectations of us. There are so many examples given in the book that had me saying, "Yes! That's totally me," and hearing that I wasn't alone in those feelings was a comfort. Mothers constantly feel like they have to do it all and that self care is selfish, leaving us feeling helpless, frustrated, resentful, and often alone. Throughout the book, Berry goes through many of the lies we tell ourselves or let ourselves believe based on what our culture has told us, and then she empowers mothers by giving us permission to tell ourselves we are worthy. There is no feat you need to accomplish first, mamas, because you're worthy now. You can accept seemingly contradictory emotions about motherhood and your sense of self and still be worthy. You can let go of all the things you thought you had to get right as a mother and still be worthy. It's time to start a revolution for mothers, and that revolution will start with each mother as an individual. If you're ready to be kinder to yourself and find peace in the "motherwhelm" without sacrificing your own needs, this book is for you.

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Sophie

A must read for all mums / mums to be and anyone who knows a mum

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2020

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This book is revolutionary. As a first time mum, motherhood fell from grace pretty quickly for me. I feel that as a woman, I have been set up to fail as a mum from birth (mine!), with almost every message from my culture, and I have worked really hard in the past 2 years to understand why I've felt like a failure so often when I'm actually an educated, hardworking and nurturing person. This book describes it all… the great, the bad and the ugly. And so much more. In ways that feels like the writer has crawled into my own head and taken out the words. And yet, having read the book I feel more empowered than I ever have, to create a future for my child that I could only have dreamed off, and the best bit is that I can do this, at the same time as creating my own amazing authentic future for myself. Because now I know, they’re one and the same. This book does not slate motherhood - I love being a mum. But it doesn’t ask you to pretend it’s easy either. The most honest, empowering, authentic and insightful book on motherhood I have ever read and will continue to remain at the front of my book shelf for many years to come.

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Turd Ferguson

Drawn Out Intro.. hoping it gets better.

Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2022

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I am at chapter 5 and feel like I've read the exact same chapter 5 times in a row. I'm hoping the rest of the book is less repetitive.

jen

Empowering book for mothers, changing how we do mothering

Reviewed in Canada on May 1, 2020

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❤️I LOVE Beth Berry’s work. I sat in circle with her and other beautiful overwhelmed mothers 5 years ago for a period of 3 months. Beth had so much wisdom and resources to help me work through my own stuff and help me learn and understand my own needs. Before that I didn’t understand what was feeling “ off “for me. I have grown a lot since then, gained much self awareness, and still I love and appreciate Beth’s healing, loving and supportive words for mothers are. Beth Berry has written a book full of wisdom, contemplation and understanding. With great empathy for mothers her voice is supportive and eye opening. For anyone feeling the overwhelm of life in motherhood, I can not recommend her book enough. So if you’re looking for a good read, and empowering read, her book is worth your time❤️
I believe so deeply in her work and in us, mothers🙏❤️

Runda Ebied

A beautifully-written book on the realities mothers face

Reviewed in Canada on June 23, 2020

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I had the pleasure of reading this book during a time where I needed it the most. A book in which the author not only brings to light the challenging realities of motherhood that us mothers know too well, but she also helps us question, think critically about why things are the way they are, and offers words of comfort and wisdom. I could relate to many of the concepts she discussed in her book and I’d recommend every mother read this!

Justin P

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2022

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Im So thankful that I found Beth on my journey, reading her book is like having soul food! Definitely recommend to all mothers

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