Here are 5 ways to increase mindfulness in your busy mom life.

Meditate

Meditation is an ancient practice that helps us connect with our inner self.

It doesn’t have to be complicated. You don’t need to spend hours on end doing it either. Start with just five minutes.

Close your eyes and focus on your breathing. Let go of everything else. When your mind wanders, let it go. Don’t get upset if it happens. Just come back to focusing on your breath.

Over time, you’ll notice that you’re getting better at meditation.

If you’d like to try a guided meditation, this free guided meditation on money mindset is a great place to start.

Use Affirmations

Affirmations are powerful statements that help us feel centered and grounded.

Affirmations can be used alone or in combination with other self care, mindfulness practices.

Creating custom affirmations are incredibly powerful as they address specific issues that you may be struggling with.

To learn more, check out The Write Your Own Affirmations Workshop to learn how increase your mindfulness. It will show you how you can improve your self-confidence and most of all it will show you the magic that you are capable of making in your life.

Be Present

Day-to-day mom-life can be incredibly overwhelming.

Finding presence during the day can help you stay calm and centered.

Put your phone down and be present.

Look around you. Gaze at something and marvel at it’s beauty.

Young kids are incredible at being present. if you have young kids, take a note from them and just immerse yourself in whatever they are jiving on.

Declutter

Having a bunch of “stuff” in your space can be overwhelming.

Clearing out a room is ideal, but if you are short on time, start with a shelf.

Take everything off the shelf and start from a clean slate.

Only put things on the shelf that you love to look at.

We are WAY to attached to “things”. If you really aren’t ready to part with something, put it in the closet. But try only having beautiful, lovely items on a shelf and see how it feels.

Time for Self

Taking time for yourself is incredibly important.

Hire a babysitter. Tell your partner.

Do whatever you need to do to make sure you are getting some time for yourself on a regular basis.

Moms are constantly providing support for other people. In order to show up as our best selves, we MUST take care of ourselves, especially in order to practice mindfulness. And one way to do that is to take a break.

Stop telling yourself that being selfish is wrong.

Being selfless is wrong.

You are not meant to be a bottomless well of support for others. You deserve time for yourself as well.

Get into Nature

Nature is incredibly supporting.

Go for a walk.

Listen to the birds.

Smell the smells.

Gaze at the trees/horizon/waterfall.

Getting into nature is a GREAT way to practice mindfulness.

Affirmations are powerful statements that help us feel centered and grounded.

Creating custom affirmations are incredibly powerful as they address specific issues that you may be struggling with.

I’ve always had an affinity for affirmations.

I love the idea of writing down something that helps me feel more deeply connected with myself and others. I’ve been playing around with affirmations for a while. I like how they can help me feel more confident, calm, and balanced.

Affirmations are great for helping me deal with stress, anxiety, and depression. They help me get through tough times. They help me feel less stressed out. They help me focus. They help me stay grounded. They help me connect with myself. They me create a better life. They help me be more present. They help me have better boundaries. They can help me find peace. They help me heal. They help me grow. They can help me become a better person. They help me feel a deeper connection with myself and with my loved ones.

They can do all of that for you too.

You can use affirmations for love, money, happiness… literally ANYTHING!

Maybe you know exactly what you want, but maybe you don’t even know where to start. You might know that you want to make some changes in your life, but you aren’t quite sure what they are.

The thing is, affirmations can help you either way.

Let me explain…

How do they work?

Affirmations can help you create specific changes that you are ready to make.

For example, if you are wanting to change jobs you might have an affirmation like:

I love working at <my dream job>.

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Or, if you know that you’re ready to make a change, but aren’t sure what you want it to be, you can create affirmations that just offer you general support, like:

I am supported

Affirmations can be used in SO MANY WAYS!!

(we can even use them with our kids)

The Benefits of Using Affirmations

You can reprogram your brain using affirmations

You do not have to continue living the status quo.

It’s time to take back the power of your mind. You can reprogram your brain to support you.

The Write Your Own Affirmations Workshop is here to help the woman who wants to improve her love for herself. It will show her how she can improve her self-confidence and most of all it will show her the magic that she is capable of making in her life.

Mind you, there were no other children in this vision, and I had brilliantly already made the dinner that was simmering on the stove in the spotless kitchen.

I was freshly showered with clean, shiny hair (not in a messy bun) and my clothes were NOT covered in boogers and spit up so, apparently, I was on top of my laundry game as well.

I had girlfriends who had had kids before me and (get this) THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT IT!!! Psshhh, girl! What is there to complain about?! You get to snuggle babies and giggle with toddlers and play games with kids all day! I seriously did not understand.

In fact, when I was pregnant with my oldest and people would tell me about how the days filled up with changing diapers and taking care of babies, I didn’t believe them so I decided after she was born I would document my life to see where my time actually went. That lasted for about 1 ½ days and it went something like this: Day One – Baby woke up, she nursed, I changed her diaper, snuggled baby, nursed baby, baby napped… repeat forever.

When I became a mama I was SOOO excited. Finally! I could be the best of the best! But little did I know, it wasn’t a competition and there was no prize at the end. I have wanted to be a mom for a long as I can remember. I was the oldest of three and I LOVED taking care of and playing mommy to my younger brother and sister. So I’m not sure if I got burnt out or if it was just my youthful naiveté of what motherhood actually entails (has to be the latter, right?) but after becoming a mama I realized this was NOT what I had expected.

Things totally started out alright (I think, sleep deprivation seems to have blurred a lot of memories, for sure). I happily took care of everyone else around me because that was what I had always planned on doing. I always put myself last, which ultimately meant my needs were the first cut from the priority list. But the neediness and constant nurturing all added up and before I knew it, I was counting down the minutes until naptime and then bedtime… and then naptime… and then bedtime… you get the idea. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Don’t misunderstand. I thought this was how it was supposed to be. I WANTED to be Suzy-homemaker, fresh as a daisy, baking pies, making EVERYTHING from scratch, doing all the chores – just without the resentment. ⠀⠀⠀

Kids are super dependent and needy. And if you aren’t careful, they will take up every second of the day, if you let them. Before I knew it I was counting down the minutes until nap time and then bedtime.

I was staying up late watching crap TV just so I could feel like I had some time to myself. And sure, technically I had time to myself, but I wasn’t growing, I wasn’t ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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It took a few years, but eventually I realized I was taking care of everyone else around me and I was pretty freaking bitter about it! My life didn’t have to be that way! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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So, I stopped. No, I didn’t abandon ship (though I can understand a lot more of WHY that happens!). I stopped thinking I had to do everything for everyone else. I stopped putting my needs last. I stopped shoving my emotions deep down inside. I stopped worrying about what everyone else was thinking of me. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I started enlisting the help of my family. I started saying “no” to things. I started having hard conversations. I started respecting myself. I started listening to what my inner voice was telling me. I started prioritizing my needs. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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And I found my confidence.

If you are like I was and are ready to STOP putting everyone else’s needs before yours (at least some of the time!) then I have the perfect FREE GIFT for you!

The Balanced Family Schedule has allowed me to show my family that we all need to work together to keep things running so that mom doesn’t get burnt out. It not only shows them who is doing what task, but it allows us to see if we are balancing work and play, self-care and family time. Communicating your needs to your family is the first step in taking back some time for yourself and The Balanced Family Schedule will show you EXACTLY how to do that!