Good Morning Glow note

Good morning my loves!

I'm currently sat drinking my morning coffee, its 7:49 AM, the children are watching Desbicable Me, and i'm fianlly having some (well a little bit of peace). But hey, i'll take what i can get! After being up multiple times in the night. To be woken up and screamed at this morning and demands of "i want milk mummy" with a waaaaa, i proceded to meet my childrens needs. They do make me laugh, and as gorgeous as they are.... well all us mothers know how our gorgeous minions can be. Pun intended LOL!

Which leads me to today's topic BALANCE.

It seems i spoke to soon, in my 5 minutes of peace, while the minions are now climbing all over myself and the dining table.

Okay... With a quick 5 minute distraction, i am not back on the laptop with today's topic on hand which i feel is all the more relevant to the realities of motherhood.

I hope you are well! i'm sure you've all heard the saying "You can't pour from an empty cup".

I remember first reading that line from the book by 'Oprah Winfrey What i know for sure.'

And it stuck with me. they Oprah articulates her stories, failures, redirections and life in general under the concept of 'self help/spirituality' is really enlightening. So it's absolutely a book i recommend!

Though it's a phrase ive known since reading that book, there have been times when i haven't been able to fill my cup. Especially after having my 2nd baby when my eldest who is autistic was just 2 herself.

Now im very blessed to have a beautiful supportive family around me. But i wasn't always honest with how much help i really needed.

Me reaching out would be a text saying "Hey, are you okay? fancy popping round for a brew? No worries if you're busy. Don't worry." What i really wanted to put was "Hi, i really nee some help, i'm absolutely exhausted, over stimulated, i don't know where to start. i feel extremely burn't out and i could do with some a shower, some food and some sleep"

The immense amount of guilt i felt though, had me too proud to ask. And I've had to learn my capacity, and what i can manage. The hard way. However this has only lit up the fire in me even more to make Grow & Glow a mental bell being confidence boosting business that serves women and mothers.

So to sit here now I feel so blessed, to be sitting here writing a blog, on my own website, with my upcoming workshops ready to go.

I always want grow and glow to be compassioante and understanding that as much as really try to "just think positive" and life is feckin' hard sometimes. Realistically we do get stuck in a rut. So that's where me, my selfcare sessions and my workshops come in.

Our own personal 'cup filling' things will be individual to all of us i'm sure.

For me personally...

• Monitor my time on socials

• Be specific about the content i'm consuming

• Strict about our routine.

• Time to read

• Time for personal development.

• Boundaries

And most importantly working on things like this where im creating, flowing, on aligntment, at my own pace with no pressure or expectations i feel my most content self. Which then gives me more confidence (a topic ill go into in another blog) but most importantly for me...

Be present with my children my greatest achievement!

Back to my glow note for you this morning...

Please do this one thing for yourself, carve time out of your day or a couple of times in the week for some guilt free you time!

When the guilt comes up... think of me in your head saying "you can't pour from an empty cup".

Trust me, everyone around you will benefit more when you come back a little more charged up than before with more energy to engage.

If you enjoyed my blog this morning, plese susbribe i would really like to connect with my readers an get to know you all too!

Lots of love, Mollie xxx