My life is so beautiful. My life is a total blessing. My life is busy, hectic, and often focused on meeting the needs of others. I am a mom. Like many of you, we work full-time to boot. I wake up every morning 40-minutes before everyone else so that I can shower, dress, get breakfast ready and have a conversation with my husband before Hudson wakes and I turn on “mommy” mode. When at work, I focus on the needs of my clients. I educate and fill their minds with knowledge on how to lead healthier, happier lives. When work is done, its time to circle back with family, clean up the house and prepare dinner. Before you know it we are off to sleep to wake up tomorrow and do it all over again. My life is so beautiful. My life is a total blessing. My life feels like it is often not about me. I am your typical woman in so many ways, feeling stretched thin, but no matter how crazy life may get, I do not let my own needs and wants disappear from my daily agenda. I consider self-care, no matter how small, to be as necessary to my health as the nourishing foods I eat and daily exercise. Finding time to take care of yourself is an absolute must, mama. Self-care is really a non-negotiable. As moms (working outside the home or not) our lives revolve around meeting the needs of others day in and day out. New to motherhood and I already understand the endless demands, rewards, sacrifices, sleepless nights and countless unscheduled interruptions and mostimportantly, what a beautiful gift it is to be a mom. Seriously, I don’t think there is anything better in this world than waking up every morning to my little boys smile and kisses, it is the best. Being a mom is my most important full-time job, and my favorite, but it can be draining. And we I am drained, I cannot be the best wife, mom, friend and coach I can be. Finding time to recharge and celebrate who I am as an individual SELF-CARE WILL MAKE YOU A HAPPIER INDIVIDUAL, WIFE, & MOTHER. Time spent caring for yourself should be considered as an investment in your long-term health. Before Hudson was born, I had an idea of what motherhood would be like, but I didn’t understand what motherhood would actually be like. Now I understand and cant stress enough to my fellow mamas, moms-to-be and moms-who-will-be how important it is to take care of yourself, and that means something different for everyone. What I can tell you though is that it needs to be a daily practice. Keeping it real, you may need to fight for this time to invest in yourself and make others understand why it is important to you. Your boss, kids, partner or other family members may not understand why it is so vital that you take 30 minutes to yourself to read your favorite book, or why you take the time every few weeks to get your hair done. They may not understand that these needs go far beyond wanting to look pretty. That is where it is crucial for you to stand up for your needs and believe that you are worth that sacred time of recharging. You deserve the same level of care that you spend most of your day ensuring everyone else has. Love yourself! When you make your self-care routine a priority in your crazy, hectic life, something amazing happens. You become the very best version of you. Yea, its true. You will be able to laugh with your kiddos rather than snap, and kiss your significant other rather than bark at them. You will smile more. You will enjoy the days more. Finding time for self-care in your busy life isn’t exactly simple or clear cut. Therefor, it is something that you have to plan for. Take time to plan and book yourself a mani/pedi or spa day. Self-care can also be as simple as getting up 20 minutes earlier and adding some sort of movement/exercise into your morning routine. Maybe you use that time to take a longer shower, dress and apply some make-up. Maybe self-care is doing a facemask and sipping a glass of wine. Maybe its 15 minutes where you can hide out in your room and do as you please, maybe read a book, scroll through Instagram, go for a walk, whatever you want. Just 15 minutes of uninterrupted time to yourself. New to self-care practices? Start small by just scheduling 15 minutes to yourself in your day. Being a mother is such a beautiful gift, but it is easy to lose yourself in the juggling act and forget that you are important! So take the time you need for you… and be that happy mama, for everyones sake. Share with me your go-to favorite self-care routines! New to self-care? Share with me what changes you are going to start tomorrow in order to take care of yourself. Xoxo
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