Erin Schlozman on Debunking the Aspiration to Be Perfect

Erin Schlozman joins Zibby Owens to discuss her book The Myth of the Perfect Mom, a guide to new motherhood and postpartum that rejects the idea of the perfect mother in place of authenticity, self-compassion, and joy. Erin talks about debunking the aspiration to be perfect, how her experience as a licensed therapist working on an addiction medicine team led her to opening her own private practice, her daughter being born eight weeks early, and launching 4th Trimester Wellness on Instagram. She also shares working through imposter syndrome while writing this book, the importance of transparency, embracing ambition as mothers, what surprised her about the publishing industry, mom guilt, and her hope that readers feel less alone through this book. Learn more about Erin here https://www.erinschlozman.com and follow her on Instagram @erin.schlozman. *********A story for the messy middle. Zibby's essay collection Between Chapters is out now! Love to listen? She narrated the audiobook.Listen on Spotify here.Listen on Apple here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.