Simple Wellness For Busy Mama's
none of us mothers can do all these things to the “perfect” standards people show on social media. it is time to truly slow down, listen to our intuition and get back to the basics
Stop putting pressure on yourself to do all of the [healthy] things - and find joy and gratitude for the everyday. None of us mothers can do these things to the “perfect” standards people show on social media.
It is time to get back to the basics.
LET'S EMBRACE THE SLOWER, SIMPLER WAYS AND SEE OUR HEALTH IMPROVE **with ease**
Letting go of the pressure
I love everything that has to do with improving our health - especially how it pertains to a mother’s wellness and mental health. But I also feel there is so much pressure to be healthy!
After my twins were born I felt this INTENSE pressure to get back into shape and into a healthy living routine. I saw other moms bounce right back after pregnancy and I would have so much shame and (self) judgment. Why was it SO hard for me to bounce back? Why could they do and not me??
What was worse was that the last 10+ years of my life were spent studying all of the mental health and nutrition things. It was my passion and mission to make these topics more simplistic so women could achieve better health without feeling like they had to keep up with this impossible standard of wellness.
But I felt I was failing at trying to accomplish all of this, now that I was a mother.
As time went on I felt more depleted by everything I was seeing. As my own health was suffering, motherhood was feeling extremely tough, and the stress of everything in our society was building — **for perspective, this was probably around early 2020** — I felt there had to be a better way to manage things, without pressure and setting these high expectations that seemed always to fail.
This eventually led to a deep dive into vintage living- getting back to our roots, and a more simplistic way of life - think of our great-grandparents and grandparents.
It ignited the spark I’ve always held inside about making health easy, accessible, and affordable to mothers …
Mothers who are completely overwhelmed by the day-to-day.
Mothers who desire to be healthier not only for themselves but for their families.
BUT, without that INSANE pressure or the unrealistic goals, we can come across in our scrolling.
God as our motivator …
Intuition as our guide.
Mama’s - Let’s all just accept it is never going to be perfect, we are never going to be able to eat completely clean and live in a non-toxic environment. Our homes will never be perfectly neat and tidy, with laundry washed, folded and put away every day. We will not always get that extra time to sit in prayer (or meditation) as we desired.
What we can do, however, is take little steps here and there. In time those little things will add up.
To relieve ourselves of the expectation of everything needing to be all or nothing - is
𝙁 R E E I N G
On a personal level — it has made me realize I do not have to be perfect *because I never will be* in my own wellness to help other mothers achieve better health.
Our health consists of so many different things —
our mental health
our spiritual health
our physical health
the health of our relationships
If we are 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 out about not doing all of the healthy living things, we are doing more harm than good.
If we are ignoring our spiritual health and have lost our connection to God, we are going to feel depressed and lost and not have something to ground us when the chaos hits.
The foundation for our health is about finding gratitude and joy in our lives. As we build a strong and *rooted* foundation, the other things we wish to accomplish (like our nutrition, fitness, etc. goals) will fall into place, with a lot less effort needed.
journal or share in the comments :
What is one thing you can start with today, to help get you more firmly rooted in your wellness goals?
Concluding this very long post with some Mother’s Day humor —
I found this somewhere on Instagram (no clue as to where it came from originally!) but it resonated. No matter how much we love our family and want to spend time making memories with them, we also require time to ourselves, so we can replenish and TRULY enjoy the time with them!
*note*I have been spending way too much time in that space again, mindlessly scrolling, so I feel a social media detox will be needed this summer* just mentioning this in case you feel that same urge to disconnect from the online world and connect back to nature, soul, and self.
Wishing you a very Happy and hopefully relaxing Mother’s Day!!
The Gentle Liver Cleanse
(part of the Spring guidebook)