Listening to Your Body

We all get caught up in our daily lives. And more often than not, we are also ignoring what is happening to us internally because we are too busy taking care of everyone else to worry about ourselves. Especially as moms, we see past how we are feeling and keep trucking along because everyone else needs us to keep this ship running smoothly. But maybe we need to reconsider that approach.

Easier said than done, I know that is for sure. I am not one to talk half the time. Doesn’t matter if I haven’t slept, feeling sick, have a cold or a headache, the show must go on. But we cannot preform at our best if we are feeling our worst. The quality of our mothering or work is compromised when we are not functioning at our full potential.

The scary part is you wouldn’t want to ignore something that could become dire and have extreme consequences in the end. If you want to remain the go-to person in your family, you have to take care of yourself too. Maybe even first in some cases. Our instincts tell us to take care of everyone else first, even when we may be suffering. Our health and mental health matter too.

When you eat something like junk food or fast food and feel like garbage after, or get awful hangovers or blacking out from drinking too much. That awful cough or smell that comes along with smoking. Why would you want to feel like that again? For a short term satisfaction? Is that really worth it? With continued behaviors like this, it can become a bigger problem. Like addiction, diabetes, stress, extreme weight gain or loss, pain or injury or many other diseases and ailments. Because we set aside so much already, these small signs that something isn’t quite right can become massive alarms if not addressed in time.

We need to listen to our bodies and hear what it is telling us. What makes us feel good, or doesn’t. Is caffeine helping us or just causing more problems? Are we chasing that next high from whatever substance or that rush of going out on a date with yet another loser? Our instincts are often correct and we need to tap into trusting that more. What is working in your life versus what is not, because the answer can make all the difference.

Melanie xoxox