Being a mother is tough.
When you first start out, you’re thrown in at the deep end and left to deal with crying newborns, tantrum-ing toddlers and projectile vomit.
And that’s before breakfast.
Bless their dear little hearts.
The early years give us a plentiful supply of challenges. (Someone tell me it gets easier. Please.)
This week on High Five Friday, Libby Lennon shares with us her biggest challenge of the early years.
You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/046
Go Conquer Motherhood!
Want to know how to be happy, happy, happy?
Welcome to Mum-to-Mum Monday where you’re about to rediscover your happiness. Remember that? The smiling face you used to have that’s long-since been buried under piles of laundry and the demands of family life.
But today you’ll discover how to reconnect with your inner joy, even during the most challenging of times, while the little people in your world continue to keep you rushed off your feet.
My guest today is SuperMum, Olivia Horne.
Olivia is a Happiness Coach and lives in West London with her husband and two daughters who are 4 and almost 2. Her degree in Experimental Psychology from The University of Oxford, UK and vast experience in the Well-Being Industry was bought together after her less-than-magical first experience of motherhood.
It compelled her to help change the lives of other mothers so they don’t encounter the same negative experience of motherhood that she suffered.
Juggling young children, work, relationships and the demands of running a household is all in a days work for Olivia. But she has learned, and is able to teach you, that being in touch with your happiness is critical in moulding your day to day decisions. You’ll be better able to tap into your instincts, give yourself the freedom of choice and become more self-assured in your life as a parent.
As Olivia says, the expectations of motherhood can be very different from the reality, and this can very quickly erode your sense of identity, confidence and your capacity to care for yourself. But she will help you peel away your feelings of frustration, self-doubt, worry and guilt to reveal the happiness that’s been lurking beneath all along.
When you’re able to connect with your own internal happiness you can finally learn to slow down and smell the roses, live in the moment a little more, and be truthful with yourself. Your life then becomes more joyful and carefree as you muddle through motherhood.
I can’t wait to introduce Olivia to you today as she will help you to find your buried happiness and gently encourage it back to the surface.
You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/045
Go Conquer Motherhood!
We all know that too much screen time isn’t good for our children. I’m talking video games, watching TV, using the computer or tapping away on a tablet.
Give them a device your children turn into tech-zombies. But boy, suddenly the house becomes an oasis of calm and quiet.
And you let out a huge sigh of relief.
Swiftly followed by an extra-large helping of mum-guilt that their tech usage has spiralled completely out of control.
But is all that screen gazing ever a good thing?
This week on High Five Friday, I talk about whether screen time is your friend or foe.
You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/044
Go Conquer Motherhood!