Episode 68: Where Goals and Motherhood Meet-Dealing with Daily Discouragement

This week we want to honor the struggle.

Because motherhood is HARD.

There are spirits of defeat, discouragement, fear, inadequacy, and sadness that we are fighting Every. Single. Day.

And frankly...Discouragement is everywhere you look.

You can feel it and see it...like at the beginning of the pandemic

but ESPECIALLY after 2022.

And while that's not something to celebrate, the truth is, when everything looks good (Social media Highlights) it's easy to feel lonely.

Or like the problem is with YOU.

That your goals and dreams don't work because you don't work hard enough.

Or because you aren't enough to do it all.

BUT

You aren't alone.

We're all feeling it, but there are mommas fighting against these same demons and winning. You heard some mommas' wins in our last podcast and you're going to hear some more!

PSST...Keep the wins coming! We'll let you know how you can send them in at the end...

Motherhood IS hard BUT you can struggle on the daily and still accomplish big things.

The beauty here in the struggle is...we are becoming.

These challenges are what shape us into the best version of ourselves...

And it means we're…

Going after these goals means we're in the game! We're doing the things!

We're in the arena (maybe even with real lions)

We aren't living in our defeat, discouragement, fear, inadequacy, or sadness.

They might still come to visit, but we're hugging them and sending them on their merry stinking way.

Your goals will change the world (we're not even kidding here)...but the reality is life is going to happen

Accident when you're walking out the door

A cold is going to run through the house the last 5 weeks of the year

Your cat is going to eat 4' of yarn (financial freedom year)

Someone is going to break something

Your travel plans are going to have a hitch...like a flat tire, or a snowed in cabin

You'll throw your hip out while you're putting on your pants and have to rest instead of exercise.

You'll have nights where no one sleeps and you're so sleep deprived only survival is possible the next day.

And when it does...you're going to need tools to deal with it.

So how do we recommit to moving forward, to getting back on track, when it does?

In podcast 65 we talked about taking your goals and breaking them down into mini goals and actions steps.

This week we're speaking directly to how these goals, mini goals, and actions steps meet resistance in the days, weeks, and months of our motherhoods and giving you tools to greet them where they are.

Today is all about daily resistance