Letting People Into Our Mess (with guest Kristina Kuzmic)
b'Every mom has struggles. Every mom has dark times. Too often, those are the times when we stop showing up in our lives, thinking that our problems make us less worthy. As psychologist Dr. Susan Silver explains, \\u201cWomen often don\'t feel that they deserve help\\u2014 or they think something is wrong with them, and that they\'ve failed in some way, if they have to go to somebody else for help.\\u201d\\nBut our personal unsolvable crisis might be perceived by a friend as a challenge. And allowing ourselves to say "I stink at this a lot of the time" opens us up to a better, richer life experience than when we only share our carefully curated selves. There are risks to being authentic. The payoffs are worth it.\\nOur guest is Kristina Kuzmic, author of the new book HOLD ON, BUT DON\\u2019T HOLD STILL:\\xa0Hope and Humor from My Seriously Flawed Life. Kristina offers hard-won wisdom to\\xa0all\\xa0of us who have ever struggled to feel good enough, and her book is full both of hilarity and of serious wisdom about staying in community, even when our lives are messy. Here\'s how Kristina puts it:\\n\\u201cWe are not meant to walk through this life alone. Name any situation you want to improve, and I guarantee you you\'ll get there faster and more effectively if you reach out to others.\\u201d\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'