Do you feel like you have lost yourself?

Forgot what you used to be like?

Forgot what you used to do all day before you were changing diapers, shuttling kids, making snacks, and overseeing homework?

Motherhood is undoubtedly a gift. While you can enjoy being a mom to your precious children, it’s easy to get so caught up in being a mom that you forget to take care of your needs.

Here are my 7 signs you may have lost yourself in motherhood

Start over next month.

Start over Monday.

Start over in the morning.

I want you to know that you’re never truly starting over.  You’re continuing tomorrow.

Whether it’s a weight loss goal, parenting a child with a difficult struggle, or pursuing your business dreams.

We get to change our mindset.

Starting over would mean we didn’t learn from what we did the first time.

We’re not starting over, we’re keeping going.  But we’re continuing with the knowledge from where we’ve been.

October is Mental health awareness month!

We are kicking it off with Kim Harter back on the podcast.  Kim is Mental Health Counselor and helps women that are feeling

overwhelmed

exhausted

anxious

depressed

Are you feeling any of those difficult emotions? Maybe you feel like you’re drowning in them. We want you to know you’re not alone.

Have you been putting off cleaning out the ________ (fill in the blank)?

The pantry.

The closet.

The linen closet. 

The garage.

Your messy unorganized house might be the biggest thing keeping you stuck and feeling like the 'hot mess express'!  

How to be a mom in 2023…

“Make sure your children's academic, emotional, psychological, mental, spiritual, physical, nutritional, and social needs are met while being careful not to overstimulate, underestimate, improperly medicate, helicopter, or neglect them in a screen-free, processed food-free, plastic-free, body positive, socially conscious, egalitaritan but also authoritative, nurturing but fostering of independence, gently but not overly permissive, pesticide-free, two-story, multilingual home, preferably in a cul-de-sad with a backyard.  Also, don't forget the coconut oil.”

Motherhood is heavy.  Even if you’re not normally a “worrier”, motherhood can keep you up at night because there’s just so much weighing on our shoulders.

Maybe we should make our own list for how to be a mom in 2023.

Do you struggle to lose weight?  

Maybe you’ve been working out and watching what you eat, trying to sleep more and stress less, and still the scale doesn’t budge?

Sandra, contributor at The Well, understands your pain and has felt the struggle for years until she discovered it was actually insulin resistance that was her issue.