Children grow and they leave. Where do you see yourself after?

How much weight does the term "I love you" carry?  

Ever find yourself caught in the crosshairs of feeling like appreciation is viewed as love? Can you appreciate an act, but dislike an item? Does your partner measure your love for them based on their expectations of how you much you show appreciation?

Take a few deep breaths, Momma.  Take a few minutes to breathe, slow down and regroup.  Here's to a wonderful week.

On this motherhood journey, we have so many thoughts, choices and decisions swirling in our minds.  How do you push through, Momma?  How do you drive on?  As long as it's not harmful to self or others, you seem to make it. Give yourself credit for finding your way through the noise and the clutter. 

Communication! Words are our language that becomes our behavior. How are we communicating?

No papered credentials? Not an expert? What does it truly take?

Looking at some old pictures and thought about how the lenses through which we see ourselves are curved. Is beauty transitional or constant?

How often do you feel guilty for doing something for yourself, Momma? The lipstick or the box of Yu-Gi-Oh cards? Setting healthy boundaries is not a bad thing.

Our experiences help define some of the decisions we make. Our past experiences impact our future steps and inevitably our choices to embrace change. How do our experiences impact our parenting or our own decisions for ourselves?

On this episode, let’s think about how we talk to ourselves. Are we positive or are we negative? How does self talk impact us. The answers are threaded through how we talk to and encourage our children. We got this, Momma.

Motherhood and our identity can often fuse into one. Sometimes we lose a sense of the layers, the shades, of what makes us complete.  Mothers, we are not monolithic. We are an array of experiences, hopes and ideas that are uniquely ours. Sometimes we struggle with a sense of loss of self and we feel alone in our journey.  You are not alone, Momma.