The Process

I coach mom’s through all kinds of struggles. Postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, breastfeeding, pumping, diet, supply, life, etc. And one thing that I always am most drawn to is how it in turn heals me as well. Life has hit me hard recently, well over and over for almost a year really and one of the most healing things is helping others through their struggles. Coaching isn’t about me being perfect, it’s about me being just as human, having just as hard of times, working through life together. We may not be in the same season but we are just a couple of moms trying to wake up and do our best everyday. We fail, we succeed, we break, we are unstoppable, we are human. I have been through the ringer this past week, losing close family members, turning 35 and feeling like I was supposed to be “further” in my life (whatever that truly means 🙄), navigating heartbreak, emotions, processing loss, all of it. Then, a mom I am coaching randomly asked “how are you?” And honestly, I hadn’t quite processed ALL of it until it was in paragraph text messages and then it hit me like, “damn, that’s a lot”. For my birthday I posted on Instagram and I didn’t feel accomplished until I typed it out. My point is, I haven’t been journaling as much, I have been going through the motions of life and just being like “got hit with another shitty thing” instead of fully addressing all of the things. We are definitely superheroes but we are still human. One of my greatest new strengths I’m admiring about myself is that I am learning to process hard times and hard things while still being vulnerable but strong for my kids. Staying their safe space and comfort zone even though I want to crumble and fall. So go sit and journal for a bit. Slow down and sit in your thoughts. Admire how far you’ve come. Make a game plan for where you’re going and how to get there. Don’t get so busy or caught up that you don’t process your life as it is right now. And then, take a long, hot bath to release all the stuff you are carrying day in and day out. Sending all the healing and strength ❤️‍🩹