Sarah Jakes Roberts

That I'm not always in a space where I can take on everything concerning you that I need time to.

And so I'm trying to introduce them to who I am as a woman, not just who I am as their mother.

So I am.

Yeah, because when I read your book, I was like, Emma, you were like, the family chapter starts with you.

I was like, I don't know if you edit it properly, but we start family.

I learned a lot.

No, your book, it really helped me tremendously with business and with family.

Well, I'm so happy that you say that.

That's my first sign that I need to make a pivot that my life has gotten imbalanced is when my children start asking me to do things that is perfectly reasonable for them to ask me to do, but that irritates me.

So like if they start asking me what's for dinner, I know that like, okay, I've moved into this space where I'm allowing like everyone to rely on me so much so that when they ask me a simple question like what's for dinner, I'm annoyed and irritated.

Yeah.

Get me a drink.

Can I get a drink?

Can I get a snack?

I'm like, yeah, wait a minute.

You know what I mean?

And so allowing them to like, you know, I'm like, I need help.

I need support or we're going to have to, yes, I have to reorient them.

Yes.

But you know, I think the other thing is a lot of times, now this is going to be deeper.