Everybody lied when they told you that success was a destination, when in fact, it is a journey.
The truth is, that success comes with stress. And not just the ‘mo money mo problems’ stress, stress seems to come with every level and form of success. I often find myself having to recenter my thoughts so that the blessings that I once prayed for do not start to feel like a burden. And that means searching the web for ‘stress relief tips’ and for an even deeper dive, I’ll search ‘stress relief tips for moms’ because moms are notorious for having tons to manage and not much time to do so.
If that’s you, keep reading.
Hopefully, this stress relief blog will be a resource for a mommy who needs some relief.
In my journey as a podcast host, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting so many amazing moms who are making an impact on the world. But, I’m always curious to know how they manage their personal life alongside their professional success. After all – nobody wants to be a public success and a private failure #nightmare
Next month for Mother’s Day, I’m going to be doing a series highlighting mommies making major moves on Girl Stop Playin, so be sure to subscribe if you need some motivation. But for now, since it’s Stress Awareness Month, I want this blog to focus on how we can ensure we are managing ourselves, our health and our mental while we’re so busy being everything to everyone else.
With social media pushing the hustle culture, and encouraging us to build wealth – I want to remind you that true wealth is good health. Women often feel that they are ‘good’ as long as they’ve scheduled their annual doctor’s appointments. But, good isn’t good enough when it comes to your health, wellness, and wellbeing. The mindset shift you should make as a mommy is that wellness is a daily or weekly practice, whichever best aligns with your life. Western culture doesn’t allow much space for self-care naturally, so we must be intentional about making time.
Another mindset shift is around defining self-care. I’m not talking about getting your nails done or going for a facial. There are so many other interesting wellness modalities you can tap into. From sound healing and yoni steaming to sun gazing, and even color therapy. Self-care offers us so many options for stress relief.
On these episodes of Girl Stop Playin, we touched on tons of transformational practices that you could start incorporating into your self-care routine.
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Whether it’s mama, wife, daughter, sister, friend, bestie, or bae – you’re called to do something more than just what ‘they’ call you.
It’s super easy as women to get lost in the titles we wear, our roles, and our responsibilities as wives and mothers. That’s why it takes us to be intentional about tapping into the new version of ourselves. Notice I didn’t say getting back into our old selves. I truly believe that with every life, the old version of ourselves dies. We don’t just experience that newness when we become mothers for the first time, it happens again and again with every birth. If you’re not careful, you’ll look up and feel lost in your new life because you haven’t taken time to tap into the new you.
So, when it comes to stress relief tips for moms, sometimes you just need a pep talk. Someone to encourage you to get back up one more time. Someone to remind you of who you are and whose you are and cheer you on as you step into your new season.
On my podcast, I do a bunch of solo shows where I provide you with exactly what I need – encouragement, accountability, resources, and a reminder that you are still God’s girl.
These are a few solo sermons to get your head back in the game after a hard day of momming:
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They gave me a whole lot of stuff when I had my boys, but I don’t remember leaving the hospital with a parenting handbook. I do remember getting a bunch of unsolicited opinions while I was pregnant, but that’s about it. As far as stress relief tips for mom goes – trying to live up to the standards and opinions of other people will stress you the hell out.
So, we have to write our own rules.
Even with social media pushing the gentle parent movement, that may not be your style or work with your kids. Everything ain’t for everybody! I can’t lie though, my kids aren’t the gentle type. So I choose to focus on being an intentional parent. For me, that means things like, only speaking positively of my children in their presence, taking my time disciplining them instead of getting in my feelings and going off, being intentional with my temperament and tone, and apologizing when I’m wrong.
I’m always in learning mode when I’m in mommy mode, too. I am a student to my boys just as much as I am a teacher. And I’m often going down the rabbit hole of resources on how I can be a better mom. In one of my rabbit holes, I came across Destini Ann who talks heavily about gentle parenting, from a black mom’s POV. I find her advice to be realistic and relatable and so I invited her on Girl Stop Playin so she could be a resource for my moms. She offered tons of insight from a research-based perspective on how to be impactful, emotionally intelligent parents.
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What did I miss? What self-care routines or stress relief tips can you share for other moms?
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