The Good Mom Trap
The Good Mom Trap
Unpacking the Expectations of Motherhood & Redefining What It Means to Be a Good Mom
What does it actually mean to be a good mom?
Be patient. Be present. Be nurturing. Be grateful. Put your children first. Make the memories. Hold it all together.
And somewhere in there, don’t forget to take care of yourself, too.
Sounds simple enough, right? 😉
Except somewhere along the way, so many of us learned that being a good mother means putting our own needs, desires, and identities somewhere near the bottom of the list.
We learned to anticipate everyone else’s needs before acknowledging our own. To feel guilty when we need a break. To carry the invisible responsibilities of motherhood without questioning why they’re ours to carry.
And when the exhaustion, resentment, or guilt starts creeping in?
We wonder what we’re doing wrong.
But what if the problem isn’t that we’re failing at motherhood? What if it’s the expectations we’ve been trying so hard to live up to?
Join us for The Good Mom Trap, the third workshop in our Burnout Series at Studio She Collective.
Together, we’ll explore the spoken and unspoken rules of motherhood, how these expectations shape our relationships with ourselves and others, and what it might look like to begin questioning the definition of a “good mom” we’ve inherited.
Three Perspectives. One Whole-Person Conversation.
Led by Krystina Weiss, a licensed mental health therapist; Dr. Hillary O’Connor, a pelvic floor physical therapist; and Jen Weber, a somatic practitioner and massage therapist, this workshop brings together perspectives from mental health, physiology, the nervous system, and embodied experience.
Because recognizing these patterns intellectually is only part of the process.
Knowing you’re allowed to have needs and actually feeling comfortable honoring them are two very different things.
Through education, reflection, and accessible somatic embodiment practices, we’ll explore not only the expectations we’ve learned to live by, but also how to begin experiencing something different.
You’ll leave with tangible tools and practices to help you notice your needs, explore making choices that honor them, and gradually build familiarity with taking up space in your own life—even when doing so feels uncomfortable, unfamiliar, or brings up guilt.
Not because we need to become better at meeting everyone else’s needs.
But because our own needs deserve to matter, too.
This isn’t about becoming a more patient, productive, or selfless mother.
It’s about recognizing that your worth was never supposed to be measured by how much of yourself you give away.
And beginning to imagine what motherhood might look like when that is no longer the measure.
Workshop Details
📅 Sunday, November 22, 2026
🕠 5:30–7:00 PM
📍 Studio She Collective | Alexandria, MN
💲 $30 per person
Space is limited. Advance registration required.
You don’t have to be at your breaking point to begin questioning the expectations you’ve been living by.
Unpacking the Expectations of Motherhood & Redefining What It Means to Be a Good Mom
What does it actually mean to be a good mom?
Be patient. Be present. Be nurturing. Be grateful. Put your children first. Make the memories. Hold it all together.
And somewhere in there, don’t forget to take care of yourself, too.
Sounds simple enough, right? 😉
Except somewhere along the way, so many of us learned that being a good mother means putting our own needs, desires, and identities somewhere near the bottom of the list.
We learned to anticipate everyone else’s needs before acknowledging our own. To feel guilty when we need a break. To carry the invisible responsibilities of motherhood without questioning why they’re ours to carry.
And when the exhaustion, resentment, or guilt starts creeping in?
We wonder what we’re doing wrong.
But what if the problem isn’t that we’re failing at motherhood? What if it’s the expectations we’ve been trying so hard to live up to?
Join us for The Good Mom Trap, the third workshop in our Burnout Series at Studio She Collective.
Together, we’ll explore the spoken and unspoken rules of motherhood, how these expectations shape our relationships with ourselves and others, and what it might look like to begin questioning the definition of a “good mom” we’ve inherited.
Three Perspectives. One Whole-Person Conversation.
Led by Krystina Weiss, a licensed mental health therapist; Dr. Hillary O’Connor, a pelvic floor physical therapist; and Jen Weber, a somatic practitioner and massage therapist, this workshop brings together perspectives from mental health, physiology, the nervous system, and embodied experience.
Because recognizing these patterns intellectually is only part of the process.
Knowing you’re allowed to have needs and actually feeling comfortable honoring them are two very different things.
Through education, reflection, and accessible somatic embodiment practices, we’ll explore not only the expectations we’ve learned to live by, but also how to begin experiencing something different.
You’ll leave with tangible tools and practices to help you notice your needs, explore making choices that honor them, and gradually build familiarity with taking up space in your own life—even when doing so feels uncomfortable, unfamiliar, or brings up guilt.
Not because we need to become better at meeting everyone else’s needs.
But because our own needs deserve to matter, too.
This isn’t about becoming a more patient, productive, or selfless mother.
It’s about recognizing that your worth was never supposed to be measured by how much of yourself you give away.
And beginning to imagine what motherhood might look like when that is no longer the measure.
Workshop Details
📅 Sunday, November 22, 2026
🕠 5:30–7:00 PM
📍 Studio She Collective | Alexandria, MN
💲 $30 per person
Space is limited. Advance registration required.
You don’t have to be at your breaking point to begin questioning the expectations you’ve been living by.
Where is it happening?
510 22nd Ave Unit #202 A, Alexandria, MN, United States
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