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The Momwhelmed Mom's Building Resilience Roadmap

Weather the Storms, Find Your Calm: Your Resilience Journey Starts Here

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What is Resilience?

Resilience is the ability to adapt and bounce back in the face of adversity. It's the mental and emotional strength that allows you to navigate life's challenges, big or small. For moms, this means having the flexibility to handle the unpredictable realities of motherhood – the meltdowns, the financial pressures, the constant juggling of work, family, and self-care.

Building resilience isn't about becoming invincible. It's about developing the inner strength to:

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  • Manage stress and find moments of calm amongt the chaos.

  • Bounce back from setbacks and disappointments, big or small.

  • Maintain perspective in difficult times, knowing they won't last forever.

  • Take care of yourself physically and mentally, so you can be the best mom you can be.

  • Learn and grow from experiences, transforming challenges into opportunities for self-discovery.

Here are ongoing challenges that momwhelmed moms often face in varying degrees.  Building the skills to address these can help increase your resilience, which helps improve your ability to manage and mitigate those challenges.

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  • Constant Mental Load: The feeling of having a never-ending to-do list swirling around in your head, with no clear starting point or end point.

  • Decision Fatigue: Feeling drained from making countless decisions throughout the day, from how to juggle everyone's schedules to what to make for dinner. Every decision feels like a burden.

  • Exhaustion and Lack of Energy: Simply feeling physically and mentally depleted, with no reserves left to tackle the next task.

  • Isolation and Lack of Support: Feeling alone in the struggle and the feeling of having to do it all.

  • Sense of Failure and Guilt: Feeling like you're constantly failing to meet expectations, both your own and those of others. The guilt of not being able to "do it all" weighs heavily.

  • Loss of Self: Feeling disconnected from your own needs and desires, with your entire identity consumed by motherhood.

  • Fear of Breaking Down: A constant underlying fear of reaching a breaking point, feeling like one more thing will send you spiraling.

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​​Celebrate Every Step: Recognizing Your Wins

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Building resilience is a journey, and progress takes time. This roadmap can help guide you in noting progress and remind you to celebrate your 'wins'. Here's how:

  • Track Your Progress: Grab a notebook or journal or use your mobile device to write down what you've done to help cultivate or contribute to your resilience, e.g. a new stress-reduction technique.

  • Reward Yourself: Acknowledge your progress by celebrating you! Do something special for yourself.

  • Focus on the Positive: Shift your mindset to acknowledge your progress. Instead of dwelling on what didn't go perfectly or what you still need to do to build more resilience, focus on how far you've come.

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By celebrating your wins, you'll stay motivated and energized on your resilience journey.

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