We may not feel strong when we’re knee deep in the constant demands and questioning the continuing responsibilities
Motherhood is a constant transformation as we challenge our identity, question what motherhood means to us, and wonder if we have to keep up with the expectations anticipated of us. It is hard as we attempt to grow an extra pair of hands, build walls to protect our boundaries, and find space for ourselves.
Yes, we may become used to the new burdens placed on our exhausted shoulders but in the beginning, we are kicked into this entirely unknown territory and silently, almost valiantly, expected to keep how we experience motherhood a secret. Managing our wellness and mental wellbeing during the early months and years of motherhood is important not only for us as individuals but for our family as a whole. We have to recognise that it is OK to ask for help, to let go a little, to recognise we are not alone.
Being our own mother centres around that love, encouragement, soothing, and healing of the vulnerable child within us. It is about allowing ourselves to feel rejection, humiliation, and hurt, while permitting ourselves to cry, get angry, and express ourselves in the utterly human ways we need to. It is responding to those core emotional needs of our bare, naked and exposed selves. And not apologising for it.
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