Balanced Beginnings LLC

03/07/2026

03/07/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/balancedbeginningsllc/p/when-a-circle-surrounds-a-circle?r=5vfsa2&utm_medium=ios

Somethings We Complete for Ourselves and Others.

03/05/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/balancedbeginningsllc/p/play-equals-exposure-for-many-children?r=5vfsa2&utm_medium=ios

A Responsible Child is an Exposed Child. An Abused Child is an Exposed Child.

03/05/2026

There are spaces still for new moms to join! If you know of a mom in need of support from other moms like her, please share this info with her. Being in like company can bring a lot of comfort. 💕

02/27/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/balancedbeginningsllc/p/the-pressure-to-uphold-the-perfect?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=5vfsa2&utm_medium=ios

The Strange Sense of Relief in Finally Allowing Yourself to be Human.

02/24/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/balancedbeginningsllc/p/the-duality-of-the-shame-of-existence?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=5vfsa2&utm_medium=ios

How Can We Avoid Shame Taking Root?

02/15/2026

This will be such an endearing group. Created from the perfect place of expert and experience. Please share with any new mom you know. 💕

02/07/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D75p4rGUW/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Please read this. My kids may be grown and having a step daughter comes with giving pure love but peripheral responsibility, but I still see this happening today. Mom shaming is real and so very unnecessary. Shame helps nobody.

After becoming a mom, I realized one very bitter truth.
In the eyes of the world, moms are allowed almost nothing.

You can’t complain — because “you wanted this.”
You can’t cry — because “you knew what you were signing up for.”
You can’t be exhausted — because “you stay at home anyway.”
You’re not really allowed to rest.
You’re not allowed to admit that sleepless nights are breaking you sometimes.

No matter what you do, someone will always say you’re doing it wrong.

If you work — people ask who’s raising your child.
If you stay home — you’re called dependent on someone else’s money.
If you send your child to daycare — people say strangers are raising them.
If you quit your job — they say you’re not thinking about the future.
If you’re a single mom — they say “no one wants a woman with kids.”
If you go out to recharge for a bit — you’re called selfish.

And the most painful part?
Those words often don’t come from men.

They come from… other women.

But every one of us carries her own weight.
Every one of us loves her children deeply.
Every one of us sometimes gets tired, overwhelmed, or emotionally drained.

That doesn’t make us bad mothers.
That makes us human.

Instead of comparing, judging, and competing with each other —
maybe it’s time we learn how to support each other.

Because none of us truly knows
how much another mother is silently carrying.

Moms don’t need more judgment.
They need understanding.
And a little more support and solidarity from other women.