"There is no greater threat to the critics, cynics and fear-mongers, than a woman willing to fall, because she has learned how to rise."
Brene Brown
"As mothers, we must learn to nourish and love ourselves with the same grace and grit we give to others."
Motherhood
The Comparison Trap
“Stop comparing yourself to someone else. The ONLY person you should compare yourself to, is the person you were yesterday. SHE is your competition.” – MAH WHY are you making this harder? Your thoughts around who someone else is, what someone else has, or what you don’t have – are what is ruling your life. […]
More“Hashtag” Goals
Does the thought of setting a goal bring up feelings of anxiety, overwhelm and failure? You’re not alone. I didn’t write my goals down for the longest time because I felt like writing them down only gave me a solid opportunity to fail when I didn’t achieve them. The expectations we put on ourselves are […]
MoreReleasing Your Expectations
From the day we are born into this world, we are expected to do something. While mostly out of love, expectations are still thrown at us. As we grow up our own expectations start to grow within us, based on what we see and hear from those around us. From that very first day, we […]
MorePeople Pleasing
I just want to remind you that you are doing enough. You are enough. Pleasing everyone is impossible. Did you read that? It’s impossible. Don’t spend your whole life trying to achieve an impossible goal. This will only leave you, the source of it all, completely depleted of joy. People pleasing is my biggest struggle […]
MoreBoundaries are Meant for You, Not Others
“Boundaries are guidelines, rules or limits that a person creates to identify reasonable, safe and permissible ways for other people to behave towards them and how they will respond when someone passes those limits.” – Wikipedia We create boundaries around our children to keep them safe. We put boundaries on our relationships to protect them. […]
MoreStop ‘Should-ing’ on Yourself
Guilt & The Weight of ‘Should’ As I sit here in my bedroom, I’m consistently and routinely going over the things in my head I should be doing. All day long, the thoughts roll through, sometimes noticed and sometimes just routine. “I should have gotten up earlier.” “I should have worked out today.” “What’s wrong […]
MoreBut What About Your Dreams?
Do you feel tired, overwhelmed or burnt out? Are you craving more connection to your spouse, your children or yourself? Are you in need of something that you wouldn’t dream of asking for? Maybe you don’t know how to ask. Maybe you don’t even know what you need. So many of us feel depleted. We […]
More
The Well Mom Collective 