As a mom, you want the best for your children. You work hard to provide for them, nurture them, and make sure they are happy and healthy. But in the midst of all this, you may find yourself struggling with a sense of guilt - guilty for taking time for yourself, guilty for saying no to your kids, guilty for not being the perfect mom.
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The effects of negative self-talk can be serious and far-reaching. It can lead to low self-esteem and self-doubt. It can also lead to feelings of depression, anxiety, and even physical ailments such as headaches and stomachaches.
Fortunately, there are things we can do to turn around those negative thoughts!
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That little feeling has come back into my life lately.
That feeling where your heart feels a little squeezed. Your head feels a little foggy. When your mind starts racing…
When I get like this, I know that I have entered an anxious state- I am stressed and I am worried about something- my family, finances, health, work…
I really dislike this phrase, “FAKE IT TIL YOU MAKE IT”.
To me, it means that we should go through life pretending to be happy and fulfilled, hiding how we are really feeling.
We all want to be better, to do better.
We all want to be the best versions of ourselves.
Problem is that getting to this point can be difficult when you have so little time and energy left in a typical day.
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Do you ever have that inner battle with yourself?
Every single week you tell yourself you're going to start again on Monday.
It's this never-ending battle of restarting- trying to be healthy, trying to eat healthily, trying not to eat sugar, trying to get in your exercise. Then you say to yourself- I will restart on Monday. So, that weekend before you start (again), you eat treats and snacks, because you are starting again on Monday.
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Autoimmune disease can look like this, like me in this picture.
Healthy and happy on the outside, but silently hurting, in pain, not feeling well on the inside.
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