MOTHERING OURSELVES

Happy Sunday and beautiful Mother's Day love to all the mamas out there. Sending a moment of gratitude to every woman who has made the brave decision to keep this journey moving along through her courage to birth new life. That might be your mother, your grandmother, a mother figure who took over the commitment or YOU. 

I hope today has/had whatever energy you needed and wanted being celebrated or celebrating someone special in your life. And sending you warm love if it was not (mine was pretty non-special but I am loving myself and accepting through it). 

One of my sisters sent me a message today wishing me a Happy Mother's Day and said that she loves how I mother my daughter and how I mother myself. It got me thinking about this idea of us mothering ourselves and how ultimately it is self-love. It's transporting the same type of unconditional love to ourselves that we aim to give to our children. It's the love that we all needed when we were children and that we still need for those inner versions of ourselves who need to continue to heal. 

Think about your child or someone that you love that is child-like (aka not fully being able to fend for or provide fully for themselves) like a niece, nephew or sibling. 

+ We aim to love them unconditionally, not expecting them to give us anything in return. 

+ We would protect them from others by any means necessary. 

+ We go above and beyond to celebrate them even for the smallest achievements. 

+ We encourage them, we believe in them, we push them to keep going for their dreams. We feel so passionately when they don't feel that can achieve something. 

+ We provide for their nourishment - through food, resources, education and even hobbies. 

+ We forgive them through their mistakes. 

Can we take a look over our own lives and how we show up and mother ourselves? If not us, then who? 

I invite you to remember this phrase "mothering myself" starting now and into this new week as you move throughout your life. 

How you're eating and providing for yourself. How you're setting boundaries to prevent disrespect or harmful energy from others. How you're celebrating EVERY win, whether that's just making it out of the bed. How you're forgiving yourself for being human. How you're encouraging yourself to go after everything that belongs to you. 

Have a beautiful and sweet week. 

SHANI