Support for Mothers
#momlife
Another sleepless night… up with the baby…
Your alarm goes off, but you could swear you just closed your eyes.
Your 6-year-old is sick. More worrying that just won’t stop…
Nutritious breakfast for everyone… but all you want is coffee. Packing lunches, checking backpacks… oh, and your teenager won’t get out of bed.
Shuttling the kids to school, you wonder if anyone brushed their teeth. But the baby is crying in the backseat, so it’s hard to think.
You glance around the house, wondering if it’ll ever be clean.
The itchy dog needs a flea treatment, and the cat left a hairball on the rug. Nice.
Meal planning for picky eaters, grocery shopping, having to leave a full cart at the check-out because your wallet must have fallen out of your purse… and the baby is STILL crying.
How did the school day go by so fast??
Emotionally supporting the kids at pick-ups… chauffeuring them to soccer practice, dance class, or doctor appointments…
So. Many. Appointments.
Is it bedtime yet? If someone asks for another drink of water ONE MORE TIME, you’re gonna lose it!!!
I get it… you’re in survival mode.
It’s been three days since you showered, and you can’t remember the last time you washed your hair. Whoever invented dry shampoo is a genius.
There are dark circles under your eyes, and you hadn’t even noticed the coffee stain down the front of your shirt. Ugh.
Looking in the mirror, you don’t even recognize yourself anymore.
Are you wondering where YOU went?
Tell me if any of this rings a bell…
“I’m a hot mess.”
How do the other moms make it look so easy? They’ve figured out the work-life-family balance thing, and they always look amazing.
“I’m scared.”
How do I protect my kids from the dangers of today’s world? Creeps on the Internet, the superficiality of social media, violent video games, the bad-influence kids… how do I even know whose house is safe for a sleepover?
“I’m lost.”
I don’t know who I am anymore. When someone asks me what I like to do for fun, I honestly can’t remember. When I think about the career that once felt so important, it seems like a distant memory. There’s no time for me.
“I’m so alone.”
We share the same roof, but my partner feels miles away. Why am I the one doing it all?
“I’m failing.”
What if I’m not all that my kids need? Every time I read something more about parenting, I realize all the mistakes I’ve already made and just feel more inadequate. I’m screwing up my kids.
Modern motherhood is a heavy mental load.
There are days when you wonder if you’ll ever be or do enough:
If that birthday party you threw was enough…
If you’re enough for your friends now that you’re rarely available to get together…
If your kids are fed well enough (Does it have to be organic? Grass-fed? Non-GMO? Sugar-free?)…
As the default parent and main architect of your kid’s well-being, you’re under tremendous stress. When your partner checks out, you feel responsible for making up the difference – for making sure the kids’ emotional needs are met.
If you are working or in school, you feel constantly torn between two places. You’re always running late, and it’s so hard to get any work done with the brain fog. When you get home, you can’t relax because there’s homework, dinner, baths, storytime… it never ends. Even when you’re “relaxing,” your mind is spinning, planning, and worrying.
You might even be starting to resent your partner or your kids…
Everyone seems to want something from you, but you feel like you have nothing left to give.
I’m a mom, too, so I’ve been there.
Of course, I love my children, and there’s nothing I’ve done in my life that feels as important as being a mother. But…
It’s also been the most difficult thing I’ve ever done, and there have been many days when I have NOT loved motherhood.
Feeling responsible for a tiny human is scary, and I know the pressure you’re putting on yourself to get it right. I also know how that pressure can make you feel: the mood swings, the anxiety attacks, the irritability…
The pressure, the hormones, the sleeplessness, the loneliness, and the loss of identity…
This is all so disorienting and isolating.
That’s why I offer therapy for moms.
Because there is another way.
If you tend to your own needs, you’ll be able to take care of your family better, too. Plus, you’ll model for your kids how to do the same.
Therapy is a judgment-free zone where you can be raw and receive the support you need in this tough season. Processing your experience as a mom can help you work through these intense and sometimes conflicting feelings.
It’s not about being the perfect mom; it’s about staying in touch with yourself so that you can get out of that rut and enjoy your life and your kids.
Motherhood is hard, but it doesn’t have to break you. You CAN be a good mom without running yourself into the ground and losing yourself.
Together, we’ll create a plan to prioritize YOU – to ditch the guilt and restore your soul.
You don’t have to do this alone!
You deserve a fulfilling, balanced life that brings you joy.
Let’s get together and talk this through.
Give me a call at (916) 705-2896 or send me an email at hello@fullcupwellness.com for a free 20-minute consultation to determine if I’m the right fit for you.
I’m ready when you are.