Feeling torn between growing your business and being fully present with your kids? You’re not alone.
Mum guilt for entrepreneurs is real, and it can leave you feeling like you’re failing at both. Whether you’re working from home during school holidays, juggling client calls around nap time, or trying to keep momentum while the kids are sick, that constant tug-of-war can drain your energy and your focus.
In this episode, I’m sharing two powerful approaches to handling mum guilt so you can grow your business and feel good about how you’re showing up for your family. You’ll learn how to spot when guilt is a helpful signal that something’s out of alignment, and when it’s just an unhelpful thought you can reframe.
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Here’s what I cover:
- How to uncover the real reason you’re feeling guilty
- The difference between values-based guilt and “should” guilt
- Practical ways to keep business momentum with kids at home
- Mindset shifts that help you feel confident in your choices
- Why letting kids be “bored” can benefit their creativity and independence
You don’t have to sacrifice your business dreams or your family values. With the right strategies, you can quiet the guilt, work with intention, and model what it looks like to pursue your passions while being a present parent.
If you’ve been battling the push-pull between business and family, this episode will give you the clarity and tools to move forward without the guilt dragging you down.
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More about The Time & Productivity Podcast for Entrepreneurs
The podcast to help you, as an ambitious high-achieving Type-A woman, master work-life balance as a business owner.
Join Kirsty Knight each week, so she can help you create the level of success you truly desire, in a business that you love, without needing to sacrifice time for yourself, your health, your family, and your enjoyment of life outside of your business. Without hustling, without working yourself into the ground, and without burning out.
Kirsty will be sharing lessons from her own business journey, business strategies, time management and productivity hacks, and the psychology you need to understand – to help you go from overworking and overwhelmed, to mastering your time and productivity, so you can be working less, and earning more.
If you are trying to build or scale your business, but find yourself struggling with overwhelm, self-sabotage, procrastination, distractions, perfectionism, people-pleasing, hustling, overworking and always thinking “there just aren’t enough hours in the day”, this podcast is for you.
You CAN have it all. And she’s going to show you how.
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