Do you oftentimes feel like you’re responsible for managing your family’s lives from dentist appointments to vacations? And on top of that ensure that everyone has a good experience and walks away feeling happy? Me too, momma.
I can tell you that I’ve experienced this on repeat and I’ve seen it in so many of my clients. We think feeling this way is normal and a given. We think this is just what it means to be a mom. Just because it might seem normal doesn’t mean it’s how it’s supposed to be. This “normal” stems from so many things and a huge contributor is the expectations that society has placed on women.
We are sold that we need to be everything to everyone and perfect. If we aren’t perfect and doing all the things we have fallen short and need to be fixed. You can guess what might be coming next? Surely there is a solution for you and every other mom out there that may come in a lotion, energy supplement, pharmaceutical drug, or new diet. We constantly have a carrot dangling in front of us that promises that once we fix these broken parts of us, we will feel amazing.
Do you want to know the truth, mommas? These are all lies in the name of consumerism. The businesses profit from them and the families in our society pay a huge price. When we believe these lies we come from a place of defeat, discouragement, shame, and guilt. We end up spending our time trying to numb these feelings because they are too painful to run on repeat. So we overeat, over drink, over social media, over shop, over porn…fill in the blank. And this just validates the lie that we need to be fixed.
I have news for you, momma. You were created by the most amazing God and in his image. He designed us to operate from the belief that we were wonderfully made and to live from this belief compelling us into our unlimited potential.
What if you operated from a place of knowing that there is nothing to fix but a calling of greatness to step into? If you have faith in Jesus there is nothing to be fixed, just an incredible being with unlimited potential to step into.
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