19/09/2023
When I first became a mother I felt anything but empowered. My daughter didn’t sleep and I thought I was doing something wrong. I couldn’t even recognise my body, I was angry and tired allll the time, I resented my partner for what felt like absolutely nothing changing in his life or very little, I couldn’t get dinner on the table and keep the house clean and be a good partner and be a good mother all at the same time. I had trapped myself in this place of failure because I was living my life up to an image of who I thought I was suppose to be now.
I felt alone and my inner dialogue was so mean and critical. I couldn’t even let the joyful moments really land in my body. I was happy I had this beautiful, perfect little baby who was healthy and thriving but I honestly thought I was just going to F it all up. I had no friends with children and I felt so isolated. It wasn’t until I started to reach out and get some help through a psychologist and coach that things started to slowly change. (This is just a small part of my story I’ll share more soon).
I had forgotten who I was and didn’t know how that part of me merged with who I thought I had to be once I was a mum.
It wasn’t until I sifted through all the adopted stories and belief systems I was holding that were creating these ridiculous expectations in my life that I started to create change.
I had to get to know me again and build a relationship with myself. I did the work day in and day out to shift my perspective, take my power back and really feel joy and happiness land in my body again.
I wished I had a mama who could have showed me the way home to myself but I really believe it was my mission to go on that journey and work it out for myself so I could support other mothers to come home to themselves, change their lives, their perspectives and the dynamic of their family.
We get to be a pillar of unwavering belief in ourselves and what we are creating for our own lives and our family but first we have to come home to ourselves, learn to shut out all the noise from the world and redefine Motherhood on our own terms.
Finding Me in Motherhood starts October 5th. Join me, FOR YOU!