Being a mom and an entrepreneur is the experience that you create for yourself, and I view it as an ever-changing adventure. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is to master adapting to change.
Schedules change all the time between juggling the kids, your husband or partner, house maintenance and running a business. While most days work at maximum flow, with everything on task, on time and on schedule, there are days that seem as though you are hitting every rock on your path down the peaceful river.
How can you easily adjust to the moments in the day that don’t go as planned? Consider surrendering to what is. The only change you can make is in how you respond to your experiences. Your emotional response is what creates feelings of joy or anxiety.
Here’s an example: both kids are home sick today. Both my 5- and 3-year-old woke up with temperatures and stomach aches, and suddenly a day of chaos flashed before me, which was nothing like the productive day of deadline driven work that I had planned on. A wave of anxiety passed over me as I wondered, How am I going to pull everything off?
In the past, I would have continued to focus on my problem for the rest of the day, getting more and more stressed, knowing that I had a class to teach that night on top of everything. Instead, I realized that I wasn’t going to get anything done feeling anxious. I stepped back, took a few breaths and did an exercise that helped me shift from feeling anxious to accepting that this was a challenge I could overcome.
Instead of running around being the mom-taxi, I would be at home all day, working at a leisurely pace and taking hug breaks throughout the day! As a result of shifting how I felt about the changes, what was needed to get done, got done! I lowered my expectations of what I wanted to complete for the day down to one important task. It ended up being an easy day.
Over the past few years, I’ve become an expert at living my life while my business grows. I have created a program called Beyond the Overwhelm for Mom Entrepreneurs to support other women who are tired of living an overwhelmed life. This six week group coaching program will address moving Beyond the Overwhelm as a woman and as a businesswoman in order to achieve abundance and balance.
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