WELCOME
WELCOME BACK. THERE IS+@ NO QUESTION WOMEN +@E CARRYING A HEAVY BURDEN IN THIS
PANDEMIC AND IT'S TAKING A TOLL
DEPRESSION IS ON THE RISE BUT
MORE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR
PROFESSIONAL HELP AS JUGGLING
CAREER REMOTE LEARNING AND
FAMILY LIFE CAN GET TO BE TOO
MUCH.
THAT'S A SUBJECT OF TONIGHT'S
WHERE'S THE MONEY REPORT.
MICHELLE BOWDON TALKING TO
WOMEN ABOUT THE STRUGGLES AS
THEY FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE
IT.
THE MOM GUILT IS IS SO BAD.
I SAT AT MY DESK AND I JUST
BROKE DOWN.
I CRIED WHEN THE KIDS NEED
SOMETHING THEY COULD FIND
ME EVEN IF HE IS RIGHT THERE.
IT'S REALLY TOUGH.
I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING PULLED IN
SO MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS IS
VERY TRICKY AND HARD AND
OVERWHELMING.
THAT'S WHEN IT HIT ME .
I'M LIKE THIS IS NOT OK.
I'M NOT OK.
THIS ENTIRE SITUATION IS NOT
OK.
YOU I WAS HURTING GIRLS.
THE CHARLEMAGNE HAS FIVE GIRLS
JUST SEVEN TO FIFTEEN AND AT
THE START OF THE PANDEMIC SHE
WAS ALSO WORKING AS A+@ NURSE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THINGS
WERE CHANGING AT HOME UNTIL
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING JUST+@ KIND
OF EXPLODED.
FIRST SHE REALIZED HER GIRLS
ARE STRUGGLING,+@ THEIR GRADES
DROPPING AND THEY WERE
DEPRESSED.
THEN SHE REALIZED SHE WAS
STRUGGLING.
IT WAS DENIAL IN THE BEGINNING
IT WAS ALL ABOUT MY KIDS, MY
KIDS, MY KIDS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
WERE OK.
NEVER REALLY TOOK A SECOND TO
THINK ABOUT MYSEL+@F.
SHE GOT A FAMILY THERA+@PIST FOR
THE GIRLS AND HER OWN THERAPIST
AT MONACA CHARLOTTE MENTAL
HEALTH CENTER.
THAT'S WHAT I REALIZED LIKE
THIS IS REALLY IMPACTED ME .
THIS IS REALLY HARD.
YOU KNOW, I PUT MYSELF ON THE
BACK BURNER FOR SO LONG THAT IT
JUST IT JUST ALL CAME TUMBLING
OUT AND I'M LIKE WHAT A+@BOUT
ME ?
WOMEN HAD BEEN WEARING SO MANY
HATS PRE PANDEMIC INTO THE
PANDEMIC.
WE ARE MOTHERS.
+@
PANDEMIC. WE ARE MOTHERS. WE ARE DAUGHTERS.
WE ARE PARTNERS.
IT'S BECOMING OVERWHELMING IN A
LOT OF WAYS.
WHAT IS IT BEEN LIKE THIS LAST
YEAR?
IT'S A CIRCUS.
IT'S A TOTAL CIRCUS.
TAYLOR BOLER IS A MAGAZINE
EDITOR WHOSE TWO KIDS HAVE BEEN
PART OF A LEARNING POD SHE
HOSTS EVERY OTHER WEEK. +@
AND IT'S NOT THAT I'M SO MUCH
PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED AT THE END
OF THE DAY I'M JUST MENTALLY
EXHAUSTED BY ALL OF THE MOVING
PARTS IN THE DETAILS BOLER
REALIZE SHE NEEDED T+@O CARVE OT
SOME ME TIME WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
THE PELOTON HAS BEEN HER ANSWER
IT'S LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW BUT
AMANDA MATHEWS, THE DIRECTOR OF
PSYCHOLOGY AT MONARCH SAYS THAT
MAY NOT BE ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE.
WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT TO BE PERFECT
AN+@D TO HELP EVERYONE ELSE SO A
LOT OF TIMES WOMEN LET THESE
SYMPTOMS GO O+@N+@ AND ON WITHOT
SEEKING HELP AND THEY TEND TO
NOT SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP
UNTIL THEY REA+@LLY HAVE NO OTHR
CHOICE.
FRISO SAYS THERAPY HAS BEEN A
LIFESAVER FOR HER AND HER
FAMILY HELPED ME REALIZE THAT
IT'S OK THAT IT'S OK TO BE
IMMORAL AND BE A WIFE BUT STILL
NEED HOW IT FORCED ME TO PUT
MYSELF FIRST AND TO GET THE
NECESSARY HELP AND THE TOOLS+@
THAT I NEEDED. +@
AND WE'VE GOT LOTS MORE ON OUR
WEBSITE FROM THE THERAPIST.
SHE HAD A LOT OF GOOD ADVICE,
IMPORT+@ANT TAKEAWAYS.
SO WE POSTED MOST OF THE
INTERVIEW THERE ON DOTCOM.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY S+@E
SAYS SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US WE
ALL NEED TO GIVE OURSELVES A
LITTLE BIT M+@ORE GRACE AGAIN
YOU CAN FIND THAT INTERVIEW AND
SOME REALLY GOOD ADVICE ON WCNC
DOTCOM MICHELLE BUDDEN, C.A.C.
CHARLOTTE.
SO IMPORTANT IF YOU ARE
EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL TROUBLE
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC WCNC
CHARLOTTE IS HER+@E TO HELP+@ SD
US AN EMAIL THAT