Happy New Year!
As we begin another year together,
I want you to know...
You get it right more often than you realize.
I know it doesn’t feel like that when the fog of exhaustion and overwhelm
that is your life so much of the time leaves you on autopilot.
When it takes all your energy just to get through the day--
how it can rob you of joy and imagination.
The loss is real.
The loss of how you thought it would be with your child, with your partner,
with yourself. Really - You can barely even find yourself sometimes.
Even so, you get it right more often than you know.
You really do.
I see you.
I see how hard you work to be a good parent.
I see how hard you are on yourself--how your negative self-talk is loud. And how often the whisper of self-compassion can barely be heard.
And regret - OMG - how much space it takes up.
How it deprives you of the moments right here, right now.
How it hurts. And yet, I promise you, you get it right more often than you realize.
Let yourself imagine that possibility.
Feel your heart beating in your chest. Listen to what you know is right for your child, without even knowing why.
Trust your instinct, no matter what the other voices inside and outside your head are saying.
I’m telling you--
You get it right more often than you realize.
