When Good Moms Feel Bad: An Empowering Guide for Transforming Guilt, Anxiety, and Anger into Compassion, Confidence, and Connectedness

“This is a brilliant adaptation of the IFS model of therapy; addressing ‘Mom Parts’ is a groundbreaking way to help mothers improve their mental health. When Good Moms Feel Bad is a must-read.”
—Richard Schwartz, PhD, creator of Internal Family Systems and author of No Bad Parts
 
In a first-of-its-kind practical guide rooted in the groundbreaking IFS therapeutic model, two maternal mental health experts help moms untangle complicated feelings like anger, guilt, shame, and failure, offering empathy and support.
 
Moms have it hard; whether due to ingrained beliefs, the pressures of everything from social expectations to social media, or our own childhood wounds, even the best moms can feel like they are failing. With empathy, compassion, and deep wisdom, maternal health experts Jessica Tomich Sorci and Rebecca Geshuri address difficult and often suppressed feelings such as anxiety, anger, shame and guilt, as well as disappointment, ambivalence about being a mom, and yearning for your “old” life.

Tomich Sorci and Geshuri help any mom anywhere to identify these pain points, make sense of her distress, and begin to find relief. Their revelatory approach validates the unique suffering moms experience and offers reinterpretations that bring hope and empowerment. Filled with exercises, strategies, and step-by-step guidance, When Good Moms Feel Bad shows you empowering ways to access your abundant inner resources begin building self-trust. You’re already a good mom. Start discovering how your harshest internal voices are trying to help you—and befriend the parts of yourself that you’ve been fighting.

Jessica Tomich Sorci, LMFT, is a pioneer in the field of maternal mental health, bringing her expertise in Internal Family Systems into the developmental realm of motherhood, creating a paradigm shift in how we understand mom-psychology. As a Level 3 Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist, an IFSI Approved Clinical Consultant and a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional with advanced training in Intimacy From the Inside Out (working with couples using IFS), Jessica brings a wealth of compassion and knowledge about reproductive mental health to the clinical training and supervision of therapists as well as to the healing journeys of mothers.
 
Rebecca Geshuri, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She holds certifications in Internal Family Systems, Perinatal Mental Health, and Brainspotting. In addition to seeing moms and their partners in her private practice in Campbell, California, Rebecca teaches workshops to therapists, physicians, doulas, and yoga practitioners. She has presented at the IFS Institute and Postpartum Support International conferences and has been featured on the Mom & Mind, The Child Psych, and Securely Attached podcasts. Rebecca is the Founder of Second Street Collective, which provides psychotherapy and support to moms and their families. Rebecca’s work is grounded in the profound and extraordinary experience of being a mom to three daughters.