Being a mother means that you need to provide yourself with the emotional, physical and time management skills that meets you family needs. ScottCounseling gets numerous counseling questions each week that centers on this statement:
Making this statement does not mean that you need therapy. It most likely means that your parenting efforts need rethinking. This thinking involves asking yourself these questions:
“Is my life balanced?”
“Do I take time for me to be me?”
Author and life coach, Tara Paterson adds her perspective on this topic entitled:
“Empowering Mom through Balance”
“We have enough people who tell it like it is- now we could use a few who can tell
it like it can be.” –Robert Orben
As a woman and a mom, I have traveled a long road of self-discovery. I have
listened to theories ranging from- you are a mom that is the only thing you should
be concerned about; to the most important thing for you to do is take care of your
husband and his needs so he can continue to ?……. In theory, this may have
worked for some women a century ago, but today things have advanced to a
place where at the click of a button, we have access to the whole world and the
possibilities that exist for anyone who’s interested.
“Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it.
Dwell in possibility.”- Oprah Winfrey
What I have found to be true, whether of myself or the many women I have
spoken to over the years, is the concept that a role that is unknown territory when
we begin may not be our only lot in life. I love and adore my children every bit as
much as any mother does, but I knew early on that for me there was more to life
than just being someone’s- mom, daughter, wife, sister and friend. I realized I
want to be me.
