When we asked what you wanted to hear on Power of Moms Radio, several suggestions centered around this question of motherhood success.
How do we know if we’ve done a good job when there isn’t a trophy waiting for us at the end of a long, hard season? And how do we keep ourselves from feeling like failures when we’ve put in hours of devoted work each and every day?
We’ve definitely had those thoughts.
So this week, we (Saren and April) recorded a radio show full of our very best ideas. Listen to the conversation and then add your thoughts below. (We want to hear from you!)
Here’s a brief outline of what we discussed:
- We need to define for ourselves what success is. What helps us to feel happy?
- It’s helpful to set some very specific goals for ourselves each day. What can we realistically accomplish?
- While it might seem like our task list never gets finished, we need to realize that the process is just as important as the outcome.
- We feel like happier mothers when we’re working on something we’re personally excited about.
- We’re going to mess up sometimes. That’s okay. We just need to be willing to start over.
- It’s easier said than done, but we need to recognize all the wonderful things we are doing. And we need to know that a deliberate mother who is doing her very best is enough.
Show Notes:
Have you read Deliberate Motherhood?
Have you checked out Motherhood Realized?
A Three-Minute Daily Balance Solution (Details about the idea Saren suggested regarding making a short list and accomplishing small things that really matter to you each day)
Learning Circles (for Moms!)
You Deserve a Cheer! (Put in your successes here and receive an automated round of applause. We think you’ll smile.)
Brene Brown’s Interview with Oprah – The two most dangerous words in your vocabulary
April’s blog post about “messing up” as a mom
And another post called “Have You Ever Put the House Before the Children?”
Click here to view the PDF summary of the podcast.
Music from Creations by Michael R. Hicks.
Audio Editing by Christy Elder
Image of the trophy by Suat Eman of www.freedigitalphotos.net (we added our logo…)
