At our In goop Health summit a couple of weeks ago, I got more questions about motherhood than usual during my AMA session. Our collective consciousness seems to have become hyperfocused on everything we’re doing wrong as parents—we feel guilty for any misstep, any missed moment. We also seem to be driven by a desire to cocoon our children away from all pain, to protect them from any friction that we felt growing up.
In a podcast conversation from long ago, I talked about this with my own mom. She had been running through the mistakes she felt she’d made as a mother, and I just thought, What if all those “mistakes” are the reason I am who I am? We’re here to learn lessons, and sometimes we lose sight of the fact that challenges are part of how we all grow. As parents, I hope we can become more forgiving of ourselves—and bring a softness to knowing that we’re supposed to make some mistakes along the way. It’s part of what it means to be a human being.
Love,
Gwyneth
P.S. If you started reading this note about motherhood expecting gift ideas for May 12, we still have you covered: Beauty editors’ picks are in today’s newsletter, and our full gift guide is here. |
At our In goop Health summit a couple of weeks ago, I got more questions about motherhood than usual during my AMA session. Our collective consciousness seems to have become hyperfocused on everything we’re doing wrong as parents—we feel guilty for any misstep, any missed moment. We also seem to be driven by a desire to cocoon our children away from all pain, to protect them from any friction that we felt growing up.
In a podcast conversation from long ago, I talked about this with my own mom. She had been running through the mistakes she felt she’d made as a mother, and I just thought, What if all those “mistakes” are the reason I am who I am? We’re here to learn lessons, and sometimes we lose sight of the fact that challenges are part of how we all grow. As parents, I hope we can become more forgiving of ourselves—and bring a softness to knowing that we’re supposed to make some mistakes along the way. It’s part of what it means to be a human being.
Love,
Gwyneth
P.S. If you started reading this note about motherhood expecting gift ideas for May 12, we still have you covered: Beauty editors’ picks are in today’s newsletter, and our full gift guide is here. |
