Just Living My Life
I lived my life as if it just happened to me. I was single and lonely longer than I wanted to be. No wait I found the man of my dreams, but he doesn’t want to get serious right now. ☹ Finally, he comes back around and I am happily married. We have two beautiful girls and everything is fantastic. They are well behaved. We spend time together as a family. It is manageable and we decide to add another little girl to the picture. She is a dream baby and pregnancy. We are in love with life.
Oh, wait our house floods, I am pregnant again and so sick! All I can do is survive day to day. I have real contractions every three minutes for the last 60 days of my pregnancy. All I want is to be able to sleep, but they are worse at night. Couple trips in thinking he is coming early, but I’m not making any progress.
Unmet Expectations
Delivery day finally comes, the girls are at home sick. I get some sleep while I have an epidural and then this little man enters the world. All can go back to normal now. Right? No! He never stops screaming, he doesn’t sleep, husband needs a shoulder surgery, and the list goes on. He is constantly eating like I don’t have enough milk to support him. I feel awful about supplementing with formula. I just want a solid night’s sleep. Now we are relocating for my husband’s job and he has anxiety about that. I’m trying to hold everyone and everything together. My life is totally miserable!
I find myself resentful of my husband for being able to leave the house and crying baby. We don’t know a babysitter and live 60 miles from the nearest town. As the stress increases, so does my voice and the frequency of it. All I want is sleep and peace.
The Fix: Life Coaching
By pure luck or fate, I end up with influenza and a new baby. I am locked in my room pumping bored out of my mind. I’ve already slept and watched tv for a couple days. When a friend recommends trying out podcasts. I just happen upon a life coaching podcast. That is the day my life started to change!
I started to learn that I didn’t need everyone’s approval. That I could say no, not care that my house wasn’t pristine clean, or that my kid cried in grocery store. I learn how to get my own back and be proud of myself for it. I’m not talking being obnoxious about your ways, but liking your reasons for what you do. I started being intentional with what I wanted my life to look like, instead of reactional. My volume started coming back down along with the frequency. Life coaching changed everything about my life without having to change a single physical thing.
You can have that same change in your life too. You can go from feeling tired, overwhelmed, and a victim to life to feeling peace and joy in your heart. Need a life coach to help you walk thru that journey? Or just curious what that journey might look like? Schedule a free 30-minute call with me where we can get started on your life changing journey. I see you mama working so hard to get it all just right. Let me help you make it easier and more enjoyable.
Until Next Time
-Keira
