Do you secretly wonder if you've been taking better care of others than you do yourself?
Yesterday was Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! How can you continue to get in the self care and pampering after mothers day?
How much time do you take for self-care each week? Do you put yourself first or last?
I know many of my clients have children with challenges, stressful jobs, ageing parents to tend to, a home to run and it may seem like there just aren't enough hours in the day!
They are sleep deprived, trying to get it all done and they tend to put themselves last.
Especially the Gonad or Pear Body Type. You are the caregiver, motherly, you love taking care of your children and everyone around you, even your pets or your work, but this can be to the detriment of self.
A Gonad Type client has shared custody of her kids. She told me that she feels guilty if she takes any time for herself when she has her kids.
Here are a few suggestions from other moms:
"Speaking from experience having had the same way of thinking as your client, in retrospect, it was a big mistake not to take time out for myself. An exhausted mother is no fun. When I finally did take some time, everyone was happy including my kids."
"Teach your kids self respect and demonstrate by taking care of your own needs. Pampering self will show children that they too deserve to care for themselves with pleasure instead of guilt."
"Tell her the airline oxygen mask metaphor. If you don't put your own mask on before helping your child, you might pass out before getting a chance to do so. Then you'll both be out of oxygen."
"Hindsight is 20/20. If I could go back to when my daughter was little, things would be very different. Had I made a ritual of self care, my daughter’s perception would be different too. In this mom's case, she has an incredible opportunity to teach her children something that she was not modelled when she was young. She can even get herself and her children involved, a bike ride together, a need to walk, or play
in a park.There is a great way to integrate self-care with family time."
I help my clients breakthrough their fixed mindsets and start increasing self love and self care, so weight loss and healing their ailments follows naturally. Especially the Gonad or Pear shaped types.
Book a free discovery call here! to start your journey to self love and transformation.
