‘Mum guilt’ effects every mother, whether you’re pregnant or your child is 40, you never stop worrying about if you made the right choices or if they’re making the right choices. But just because it’s normally a part of motherhood, doesn’t mean you should allow it to consume you or take over your thoughts. Letting that guilt rule your life is not healthy so let’s look at some ways you can combat it.
Ask Yourself Why You Do Something
There are reasons for the decisions and choices you make. For example, if your guilt stems from going to work, remind...
Guilt – what is it? Why do we feel it? Guilt, by definition, is a feeling of unhappiness when you do something wrong, that may upset or hurt another person. It is a feeling we have all had right from being young but as we grow our guilt changes, we feel less guilty about pinching a biscuit from the plate and more guilty about our actions around others.
As a mother it spirals into a guilt only a mother can comprehend – you second guess every decision you make and every action you take, and the feelings of guilt are never far away. It is perfectly normal to feel guilty. You are...
In our last blog post we looked at how you could increase your awareness and focus so that you can maintain the success you’ve achieved. But what then? What do you do once you’ve got to where you wanted to go and have it under control? What tends to happen is itchy feet and that question, “What’s next?” Today’s blog post will give you some ideas for how you can explore the answer to that question.
The first place to start is with which area of your life you would like to work on – what would you like to be better or easier? You might decide that you...
If you receive our newsletter, you may have noticed the empowering quote from Winston Churchill: “Success is not final. Failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” I know that many of you may have a goal that you’ve been working towards for a while. But when you reach that goal you can end up feeling lost. The danger of that, is that you’ll freeze and lose focus, feeling unsure what to do next. If you’re to maintain that success, you need the courage to continue and that means building your awareness and maintaining focus. This blog will...
Success can seem like one of those things that’s always alluding you. In our last blog post we looked at how you could create a mindset for success, but it does take more than that. Many people make the mistake that it either requires action or the right mindset. The truth is both are as vital as each other. In this blog post we’ll be looking at some of the practical steps you can take that will enhance the amount of success you have. They might seem obvious but, in my experience, there’s normally at least one of these missing.
Play To Your Strengths
While having a growth...
If there’s one thing I want you to know, it is that you can choose the life you lead. You are in charge and you can craft it to bring you happiness. You just have to make the choice. Once you make that choice, you are suddenly more open and prepared to what you need to do to make that happen. One of the most crucial steps is adjusting your mindset. In this month’s newsletter we covered three important areas of mindset. This blog post will take each of these areas and share how you can begin shaping your mindset for success.
Developing A Growth Mindset
A growth mindset opens a...
How do you start creating your ideal life balance? In our last blog post we discussed the signs that you haven’t got that balance right for you. But, what’s next? Making changes is always tricky - our brains are designed to react negatively to change as it’s the unknown. But having a starting point can help you to begin moving in the right direction.
Be Optimistic And Realistic
I’m all for creating the best version of your life, in fact, that’s exactly what I help mums and mumpreneurs to do. However, it does also involve being realistic. There’s no point...
There’s no denying that life can be busy. You can find yourself dashing from one thing to the next and by the time you get to the evening, you wonder what has happened to your day. One month can slip into another as you march on with your responsibilities.
For some mums and mumpreneurs this is exactly how they want it. They’ve balanced the various aspects of their life in the way they want them to be and are feeling quite blissful. But how do you know when you’ve not got the balance right? Particularly when we know that we often try to kid ourselves that things are great....
You finally have some clarity. But what happens when our busy day to day lives start butting in and taking over? There’s always someone demanding attention and something urgent that needs doing. Before you know it, that clarity on what you wanted to achieve has been forgotten, buried under the everyday tasks that threaten to sink you.
To start achieving those goals you have to maintain your clarity, reminding yourself of them constantly. Read on to discover our top ways for keeping clear on what you really want.
What It Is You Want
Just thinking about what you want is not enough. It...
It’s all very well being told that you need to get clarity around your passion and purpose, but what do you do if you’re feeling confused? In this month’s newsletter, we discussed the benefits of getting clarity and how it could make your life flow with more ease. But what if you don’t know what you want? What do you do then? This blog post gives you three top tips on how you can clear away the confusion and find more clarity.
The trouble is that when you spend so much time looking after the needs of others, you often forget what it is that you really want. It can...
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