When you are at home with a baby, or a toddler and a baby your whole world can feel boring and relentless. There are countless demands on your time, energy and body and it can be so overwhelming to show up every day in motherhood when you just want a hot minute alone!

You aren't alone. I have been there (hello three kids under four!). And I get how exhausting and draining motherhood can be.  Like how are people even making dinner!?! And what is life like without Paw Patrol??

As my kids have gotten older I have been seeing things from a new point of view. I can see my new mom self with more objectivity. I can see that there were some mindset shifts that really helped me between 1-3 kids and mindsets that have really helped me over the years of parenting. 

Your mindset can have a big impact on your motherhood experience and this isn't something to brush off. 

I say that as someone who did brush 'mindsets' off as woo woo and weak. But now that I am aware that my thoughts dictate my emotions, and I ACT from how I feel has changed my mind. 

I can see the connections with mindsets to my experience, my reality, everywhere. Especially in motherhood because momlife is an emotional struggle. 

There is overwhelm, resentment, frustration and exhaustion! And when I tell myself the worst-case scenario about me as a mom, and my kids, and my support system them I am showing up from all those feelings. 

I have some mindsets that I learned the long way in motherhood, and some I am still learning. I hope they empower you to mother on purpose, with more peace and presence!

PART 2 of2

EMPOWERING MINDSETS WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

It's ok to be tired

It's ok to lose myself in motherhood

It's ok to NOT be awesome today

It takes a village

What matters most is how I show up

 

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FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE EPISODE

He friends it's Shawna, your Nerdy Girlfriend and Life Coach from simpleonpurpose.ca. I am the author of the Life on Purpose Workbook. You can find that on Amazon,

The coach behind the Life on PurposeAcademy, the monthly group coaching program for moms and a mom of three cool kids.

So this is part two of two podcasts on the mindsets that will really help you in new motherhood this month in the life on purpose Academy, our monthly topic is mom on purpose. So this has been on my brain.

There's so many things I want to say about being a mom on purpose. And that's not because I'm an expert in it, but because it's something that I'm constantly trying to do and what I really want you to pay attention here in being a mom on purpose.

It isn't about getting your kids to listen and controlling their behaviors. It's about the mom you are, what's in your control, - you - you're in your control.

So I really want to focus on mindsets our mindsets matter because when we feel better, we can do better. We're motivated by how we feel. We take action from how we feel. So if we want to be taking positive action, empowered action, loving action that has to come from emotions that are positive, empowered, and loving.

If we are going about our day, feeling frustrated and helpless and resentful, the actions we take are fueled by that. That sounds exhausting, right? That sounds like our actions are probably just going to be a little bit weak, maybe a little bit desperate, maybe a little bit impulsive and shortsighted. So I'm offering you mindsets that I know would have helped me in early motherhood. And some of them, I learned through the course of my three babies, some of them I'm still learning. So in part one, we talked about honoring the feelings that you have and pa...