Over 90% of Moms Feel Guilty - Here’s What the Research Actually Says | Katy Huie - Harrison

"It's okay to be afraid, but you deserve to have as much joy as you have fear." — Dr. Katie Huey-Harrison Dr. Katie Huie Harrison is the founder of Undefining Motherhood, a research-informed brand helping moms reduce the mental load of pregnancy, postpartum, and early motherhood. Known for giving moms emotionally validating and practical support, Katy has been featured on Good Morning America, The Tamron Hall Show, CNN Headline News, and NBC. As a parenting researcher, speaker, and mother of two, she brings both clinical depth and raw personal honesty to every conversation because she has lived the very experiences she helps other women navigate. In this deeply personal episode, Katy opens up about the four pregnancy losses before the birth of her son and the debilitating postpartum anxiety that stole her memory of his first year. She shares how the sudden loss of her father and her biggest support system, compounded the already crushing weight of caregiving, and how she is actively working to retrain her brain to find joy again. She also unpacks the research behind mom guilt, why over 90% of mothers report feeling guilty about parenting decisions, and what that number actually tells us about the culture we're living in. This episode will make you feel less alone, more human, and more willing to give yourself the grace you wouldn’t hesitate to give others. What We Explore in This Episode 00:00 Intro 02:31 Katy’s childhood full of smiles and the anxiety hiding underneath 04:39 Navigating grief at the same time as motherhood 05:43 What sandwich generationing actually looks like when the kids are little 11:56 The research experiment: How the way we talk to ourselves shapes how we parent 22:04 The sign you're a good parent that most people misread entirely 29:47 What anxiety actually looks like in the body and how it evolves 32:58 The "if" Katy couldn't stop saying in the hospital delivery room 35:27 What Katy would tell her pregnant self if she could go back Connect with Katy   / undefiningmotherhood   https://undefiningmotherhood.com/ https://shop.undefiningmotherhood.com... Connect with Nathalie https://alloveragainpodcast.com   / alloveragainpodcast     / nathaliecarpenter