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As most ambitious moms you might struggle between work and home. And you might feel mom guilt.
Working mothers are often victims of a condition called “mom guilt”. This feeling is a result of the internal struggle between career and family life. Whether it’s feeling culpable for not being home enough or for working too much, it can be a huge stressor in your life.
According to experts, we should strive for a healthy work-life balance. Now let me reveal to you. This is nonsense.
The nonsense of work-life balance
Because a balance implicates a standstill. A balance is not moving. But if you look at your life, many unexpected things can happen. Sudden work deadlines, a sick child, a broken car… All these kinds of events can cause an unbalance. And striving for balance can therefore cause even more frustration and guilt.
Further, a work-life balance is something external. It has to do with managing your time, chores, and responsibilities. It won’t speak about your internal world. How you deal with stress, overwhelm, pressure, the rat race. And it won’t take into account what you deep down believe about yourself.
Do you believe you have to really work hard in order to feel deserving and worthy of your success? Do you believe you have to prove yourself, and secretly feel small, inadequate, a failure?
Do you believe you are not good enough? That your accomplishments are mere luck? Do you suffer from the imposter syndrome?
This E-mail will detail how to relieve this pressure by understanding what’s causing you so much guilt and then taking steps to change it.
The causes of mom guilt can vary.
Maybe the pressure of “successfully managing it all” becomes too much and you are starting to lose control. This often leads to depression or anxiety which can then lead to behaviours that are sabotaging you, such as over-eating, procrastinating or spending hours on social media. With feeling guilty as an effect.
Or you might feel guilty for not giving enough time to your children and loved ones because you’re having deadlines, and work meetings and you are feeling you have to choose between work and home.
What causes your mom guilt?
What’s important though is understanding why you feel this way. Because only when you know what’s causing your guilty feeling you can do something about it and take steps to change it.
For example, if you’re not home enough, consider asking for more help with household chores or finding a babysitter so that you can spend more time with your children. If you feel overwhelmed, try setting boundaries and learn to say no.
But of course, you know this. As the Internet is flooded with tips like this. So how come you’re still dealing with this feeling? Even after reading so many blogs and self-help books, doing workshops or visiting coaches?
It’s because of your inner glass ceilings. Your negative emotions and limiting beliefs. If you feel not good enough, insecure, afraid to fail, over-responsible, overwhelmed, and stressed, it’s fuel to mom guilt.
So having a healthy, supporting mindset about work, family life and yourself will help you to lead a happier life without feeling so guilty.
So are you ready to deeply understand where your guilty feeling is coming from? And are you ready to take steps to alleviate it, so you can start getting back on track and feeling confident about the choices you make?
Then just schedule your free Game Plan call with me. We will map the gap between where you are right now and where you want to be, and create a Game Plan with assured results. Schedule your complimentary meeting by clicking this link:
