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I'm Tired.

7/27/2020

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I’m tired. 
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I know we are all tired. 

Have you ever had one hour of childcare for a “break” and felt like a deer in headlights; completely inert but mind buzzing. “Should I catch up on work emails? shower? fold that laundry? read a book for the first time in ages? grocery shop/clean/pay bills/exercise/call a friend?” Fifteen minutes have now passed. 
“Who am I and what do I even like doing anymore?” We’ve all been there and we’ve tried each one of these things, I bet. At the end of our hour, we can feel disappointed, guilty, confused. Still tired. 

“Why couldn’t I get more done? Why aren’t I more rested now? I just need more.” We need more. We need more downtime. When we have an hour when we really need 4 or 5 in a day, it is something but it also simply isn’t enough.

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So. Much. Mud.

7/20/2020

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I know some of you are on the Siena Wellness email list so you may have seen my thoughts on suffering last week. I'm hoping we can go deeper into this topic together this week! Stay tuned for some questions and discussions... and thank you for being a part of this community. 

Let's talk about suffering (please don't stop reading!).

Last Monday, I took my kids to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. I was hoping a nice change of scenery and fresh air would do us all some good - but what I got was an unexpected reminder
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There were lotus flowers as far as we could see. It was amazing. And I immediately thought:

"no mud, no lotus."

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Making Mistakes

7/13/2020

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This week I overheard a new mom say that she “guessed other moms are just better at mothering” than she is. After a particularly challenging few days she was resigned to the idea that she had somehow failed at motherhood. This broke my heart. And I completely understood where she was coming from. I’ve been there many times myself.
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Here’s the thing. No one is good at anything at first. ​
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We don’t expect babies to crawl or walk or talk perfectly the first time they try these things. We understand that it takes time and patience to learn new skills. This is true for the rest of our lives. Life takes practice. Mothering takes practice. None of us, not one single one of us, ever gets anything right straight out of the gate every time. Mothering is no exception. ​

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Advocating for ourselves

7/6/2020

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While pregnancy and motherhood often feel completely all-consuming, there's nothing like a pandemic and full-on 24/7 parenting to remind us that it's SO HARD. The uncertainty, guilt, and need for a real break have punctuated all of my recent conversations. So here's our timely reminder that we need to advocate for ourselves, ask for help, and prioritize our own well-being. 
During pregnancy, not only are we building a human being with our bodies, we are also morphing from an autonomous individual mostly free to spend our time, energy and resources any way we like into a person with responsibilities for others lives and well-being. We begin to feel the limitations of our time, energy and resources as we experience sickness, exhaustion, physical pain and discomfort, or simply getting too big at some point to tie our own shoes or go for a run.

In becoming a mother, we lose some of our autonomy, but we gain many other things, including a deeper sense of self and purpose in life for things in and outside of our home. We become oriented to a deeper richer fuller life if we allow ourselves the transformation.


But we can’t transform alone. We need help. We need to advocate for ourselves and our needs. While motherhood is a time of giving to the next generation, it is also a time of asking for and receiving help. The task is too big to do alone as an autonomous individual. ​

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