Top Speakers Tackling the Difficulties of Parenting

Parenting is a joy. Well, at least up until your kid is screaming and you have a crisis on your hands. Parenting is a nuanced game, and what you do today will have a huge impact on the way your child grows up tomorrow. 

Parenting is often pictured in warm, filtered tones - smiling family photos, milestone moments, and heartwarming captions. But ask any parent, and they will tell you that the real story is far more complex. 

There are sleepless nights, guilt, unrelenting worry, exhaustion, and moments of deep self-doubt. The truth is that parenting is one of the most rewarding yet most demanding roles that a person can take on. 

In recent years, a growing number of thought leaders have taken to LinkedIn and public platforms to speak candidly about such realities. They are therapists, coaches, psychologists, and advocates who are breaking down the myths, offering practical strategies, and most importantly, reminding parents that they are not alone. 

Here are ten standout voices reading the conversation about the difficulties of parenting. 

Dr. Sheryl Zeigler

The author of Mommy Burnout (2018), Dr. Sheryl Ziegler throws the spotlight on parental exhaustion. Tired of the constant caregiving, the self-care, and the loneliness that come with modern parenthood? 

Dr Zeigler has practical advice that helps parents set boundaries and reclaim their well-being, all without feeling guilty about doing so. Raw, personal, and real, her advice will help you navigate modern parenting just the way it should be. 

Tessa Stuckey

Getting stuck with parenting and don’t know where to turn? “The Mom Therapist” is here and is a leading voice on raising children in a hyper-digital age.

Tessa Stuckey looks into issues like technology addiction, social media pressures and anxiety in kids and teens, all while giving tools for parents to build resilience and connection in the home. If you are at wits' end with your not, her advice is the one that will help you deal with things the way they should be. 

Dr Sarah Bren

Her message is simple yet powerful - you can be a devoted parent without losing yourself in the process. But don’t let your mental health go to waste. If you are a mother or a family, you need to build emotional safety while maintaining personal identity. 

Sarah Bren, PhD is a clinical psychologist advocating for parents not to lose themselves in motherhood, balancing self-care with nurturing children resiliently. If you have just become a parent, this is who you should be following.  

Kavita Srinivasan

She is not just a certified parent coach - she is someone who dares to walk with parents into the pathos of parenting no one else really treads. The sleepless nights, postpartum stress, and the weight of generational wounds that we don’t ask for but still carry.

Kavita Srinivasan helps parents see how unresolved trauma and unconscious patterns can quietly pass from one generation to the next and how to break that cycle. Her talks don’t sugarcoat - they’re raw, emotional, and deeply human.

Megan Barella

She knows what it’s like to feel overwhelmed as a parent - to have the love for your child sitting right alongside the frustration, worry, and exhaustion. That’s why Megan Barella is devoted to helping parents transform conflict into connection.

With her, daily struggles become moments to slow down, listen, and choose empathy over anger, respect over reaction. She believes parenting can be both hard and full of love, and the difference herein lies in the way we respond.

Neferteri Plessy

Neferteri Plessy knows that the parenting journey cannot always be easy, especially if you are doing it alone or on a tight budget. Hence, she founded SINGLE MOMS PLANET INC to give single and low-income mothers the tools, support, and community that she wished she had herself.

Through media, coaching, community building, and more, she helps moms navigate the daily challenges of parenting while creating stability, hope, and confidence. Her guidance is practical because it is lived. She often draws from her own story to remind every mother that they are stronger than they think.

Dr Becky Kennedy

She understands the pressure and self-doubt that can creep in when you’re raising kids in today’s fast-paced world. Because she has seen it in countless parents and often feels it in herself. As a psychologist, Dr. Becky Kennedy is known for her anxiety-reducing parenting advice that feels refreshingly real, especially when taken for modern and millennial parents.

With her warm, relatable style, she champions the idea of Good Inside parenting, helping moms and dads recognise their own triggers, respond with empathy, and support their children’s emotional needs

Neha Agarwal Sud

She calls herself a mother, a nurturer, and a heart - the one behind Raise with Grace. Neha Agarwal Sud knows firsthand how heavy the struggles of modern parenting can feel - especially for mothers who are trying to hold it all together.

Through gentle guidance, her own lived experiences, and compassionate emotional coaching, she helps parents not only raise their own children but raise themselves in the process. With her, parenting is less about perfection and more about growing together with grace at the center of it all. 

Divya Agrawal

Divya Agrawal isn’t just passionate about parenting; she’s endlessly curious about it, too. Always researching, always discovering something new, she’s poured her insights and experiences into her blog Wonder Parenting. For her, “Parenting is Patience’ isn’t just a phrase, it’s a truth she’s lived.

She openly shares her own journey, with the know-how that each parent’s path is unique and that the’s no one-size-fits-all approach. Her mission is close to her heart - to help 100000 mothers feel happy, healthy, and honoured because when a mother thrives, her whole family does as well. 

Sulata Mitra

Sulata Mitra wears a lot of hats - top influencer, digital creator, blogger, and brand ambassador - but at her core, she’s someone who loves connecting with people through stories and ideas. Whether she’s writing about millennial parenting or sharing the latest trends, her content is always fresh, relevant, and deeply relatable.

She is constantly learning, staying on top of what’s new in her field and bringing that knowledge to her audience in a way that feels personal and engaging. For her, it’s about sparking conversations that matter and not just about creating content.

Conclusion 

Parenting is one of life’s greatest journeys, but also its toughest. For too long, many parents have suffered in silence, believing that their struggles were unique or a sign of personal failure. 

The speakers above are changing that narrative through their talks, books, and online presence, especially on platforms like LinkedIn; they are opening the door for honest, practical, and empathetic conversations. 

By listening to and learning from such voices, parents can gain not just strategies but reassurances that they’re doing the hardest job in the world and that they don’t have to do it alone.