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A Mom's Search For Meaning

A Mom's Search For Meaning

Written by: Erica York
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I take on the taboo topic of mental health in motherhood. If you've ever wondered or even felt sure that your children would be better off with anyone else, you're not alone. Depression, anxiety, and other mental illness effects mothers of all kinds. Come feel supported, laugh your ass off, and learn ways other moms are coping.© 2026 A Mom's Search For Meaning Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
Episodes
  • S3E6: How To Create EQ Privilege
    Jan 28 2026

    EQ Privilege isn’t about who works harder—it’s about who starts with a foundation already built.

    In this episode, we unpack emotional intelligence through the lens of time, trauma, money, image, and family systems. Using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and real-life examples, we explore why some people seem to “have it all together” while others are just trying to survive.

    This conversation challenges the myth that everyone has the same 24 hours, calls out performative success, and invites you to intentionally divide your time, energy, and priorities to build the life you actually want.

    Because sometimes the most successful life doesn’t look successful at all.

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    40 mins
  • The Quiet Wealth of Emotional Intelligence
    Jan 14 2026

    Some people grow up wealthy in ways they never realize — not in money, but in emotional safety.

    In this episode, we unpack the quiet, invisible privilege of being raised in an emotionally healthy family — and what it actually gives a person: regulation instead of reactivity, boundaries instead of fear, confidence instead of constant self-doubt.

    We explore how emotional intelligence is formed in childhood, why it becomes one of the most valuable assets a human can carry into adulthood, and how far behind someone can feel when they were raised in chaos, ridicule, addiction, or chronic emotional abuse.

    This is a conversation about:

    • The hidden head start of emotionally mature parents
    • Why emotional intelligence shapes relationships, careers, and mental health more than raw talent
    • The grief of realizing what you didn’t get — and the strength it takes to build it anyway
    • Why surviving dysfunction is not the same as being supported

    If you were raised in emotional safety, this episode may change how you see your childhood.
    If you weren’t, it may finally give language to something you’ve carried for a long time.

    Because emotional intelligence isn’t loud.
    It doesn’t announce itself.
    But it may be the greatest form of generational wealth there is.

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    44 mins
  • S3E4 Holding Two Truths pt 2
    Dec 24 2025

    **“We grew up in a world where everything felt black and white—honor or dishonor, grateful or ungrateful, loyal or rebellious. But real emotional growth happens in the gray areas. In this episode, we unpack the powerful idea that two things can be true at the same time.

    You can love your parents… and still be hurt by their actions.
    You can forgive… and still want an apology.
    You can honor them… and still need accountability.
    You can share your story… and they can share theirs.

    This episode is about finding the freedom and maturity to hold both truths with compassion. If you’re navigating complicated family dynamics, healing childhood wounds, or trying to build healthier patterns for your own kids, this conversation will meet you right where you are.”**



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    38 mins
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