Empowering motherhood quotes.

by Jessie Parker | Jan 21, 2020 | Health and Wellness, Parenthood, the 'hood

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Motherhood.

One word containing perhaps every emotion known to us as humans.

There really isn’t only one way to sum up being a mother, so I thought I would put together some of my favourite inspiring quotes about becoming a mother.

For times when you need to be uplifted, inspired, challenged or soothed, I hope these words help in your own journey as they do in mine.

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Never underestimate the power of the 'mum grapevin

Never underestimate the power of the 'mum grapevine'
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How often do we turn to our inner circle for their help with recommendations for, well, everything!
👉🏻 The best drink bottles for your kids?
👉🏻 Where to go for a nice dinner?
👉🏻 Who does your tax returns?
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If you didn't already know, word spreads like wildfire between mums and a good recommendation from a friend speaks volumes when you’re looking for help with something.
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For this reason - don't be afraid to tell other people what you do in your biz! Women are often super keen to help a sister out, but they can’t recommend you if they don’t know what you do 🤷🏼‍♀️
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To sweeten the deal even more, you can create a word-of-mouth offer especially for those people kind enough to share the love 💕
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For more ideas about how to get the word out about your business (without needing to feel like a slave to social media) make sure you download my free guide: 5 Lead Generation Ideas for your business via the link in bio 👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾
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My one piece of advice for mums in business? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
KEEP GOING.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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If nothing else, mums are resilient AF. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
If you’re reading this, it means you’ve survived 100% of your hardest days so far. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Things will feel challenging, uncomfortable and some days will be a total write off but none of these things mean you should give up.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Learn to take pause when you need to. Acquaint yourself with the things that you know will fill your cup – and do more of these when called.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We are in a world full of instant gratification, comparisonitis has us starting to feel like we need to change tack or do things differently, all the damn time!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Don’t lose sight of your long term vision in favour of a short-term dopamine hit.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I recently finished the book Atomic Habits by James Clear (another pearler served up by Amy from @myaidconsulting in her Book It In Book Club - come join!) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
There are so many valuable takeaways from this book but I loved this quote.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
A slow burn will become a raging inferno if you give it a little bit of fuel, the right conditions and time.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You are on the right track, keep going 💪🏾⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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If you want help to set up your own sustainable, slow burning business growth strategies then slide into my DMs and let's chat! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Over the years of being in business, I've spent ho

Over the years of being in business, I've spent hours/days/weeks learning about how to get my website ranking higher on Google. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Even with an imperfect strategy I managed to get seen on the first page of Google for 15+ keywords related to my illustration biz 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
This lead to a constant stream of enquiries through my website alone (in addition to word of mouth, email and social media)... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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But the best part is that SEO doesn't mean I have to show up everyday on instagram, shake my booty on reels or learn every new social media platform for it to just disappear on us (clubhouse, anyone?)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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SEO is a slow burn but it's worth it for the results you'll see, I promise.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I share with you the steps I took to see my biz show up on that elusive first page, all in this nifty ebook and it's yours to download FREE if you're one of the first 50 people to sign up!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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And if you were one of the clever peeps to snap up a copy after watching my reel yesterday, you're in luck because we're down to only 25 freebies left!!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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For so long I blamed my misery on our FIFO lifesty

For so long I blamed my misery on our FIFO lifestyle... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
My happiness hinged on Kane coming back to work locally.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Every day felt long, monotonous and well, just HARD 😓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I resented just about every early morning, nappy change, snack making, dog walk, bedtime routine.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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It all felt like a grind and I had a story on repeat in my head that if only Kane was working in Perth, I’d be happy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
When in reality, even if he worked in Perth, I would still be doing all of that stuff alone during the day because he would be working long hours.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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In my experience, mindset is the hardest work to do when it comes to this FIFO life (and life in general, really).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The joy started to creep in for me, when I started to reframe those stories and thoughts I was having every day. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
To start shifting things, I simply wrote down 3 things I was grateful for each day. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
They didn’t have to be big things, I included things like:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨ An extra 10 minutes sleep in the morning.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨ The way the light would come in through the window in the afternoon.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨ When my neighbour would bring my bins in for me.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Over time I started to notice things I was finding joy in those every day moments I previously hated. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I began to celebrate the micro miracles in each day - and finding happiness in the MICRO lead to a lot more happiness in the MACRO.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Doing ‘the work’ and becoming aware of the stories I was telling myself about, well, EVERYTHING, has been pivotal in finding joy, positivity and happiness every day, not just when my husband is home. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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3 Tips for when you’re starting out in biz. So y

PSA - The 'mum-guilt' you're feeling could actuall

PSA - The 'mum-guilt' you're feeling could actually be shame...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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😓 Guilt can be a positive emotion because it means if we do something that we feel bad about we want to make amends and rectify our wrongdoing.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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This can look like: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Snapping at your kids because they loudly complain about what you've cooked for dinner for the 7th night in a row.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
You regret the way you handled your emotions, you give yourself time to deescalate and you then apologise for what you said etc.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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That's it. guilt has helped you remedy something you did that you felt bad about.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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😓 Shame is different because it means when we do something we feel bad about, we also then feel bad about who we are as a person for our wrongdoing.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Shame can look like:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Snapping at your kids because they loudly complain about what you've cooked for dinner for the 7th night in a row.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
You regret the way you handled the situation and berate yourself for not being able to keep it together.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Thoughts start to swirl like ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
"I'm such a mean mum"⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
"I'm a terrible person"⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
"They deserve better than this"⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
"I can never seem to keep my cool"⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Even if you manage to apologise and acknowledge that you made a mistake, you continue to believe these things about yourself.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Moving through feelings of guilt and shame can be incredibly challenging.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Some resources to help you on your journey:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
👉🏻 BOOKS: I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't) By @brenebrown , Self Compassion by Kristin Neff⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
👉🏻 INSTA: @the.holistic.psychologist⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
👉🏻 Getting a referral to a good psychologist through your GP.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#perthmums #perthmamas #lifeinpostpartum #matrescence #mumguilt #perthmumsinbusiness #fifomum #fifolife

A couple of weeks ago I asked in my stories what b

A couple of weeks ago I asked in my stories what blue-blocking glasses you’d recommend…
I had a lot of votes for @baxterblue_ and went with these babies (style is Carter in colour champagne) and I bloody love them 😍
I find them especially great for using at nighttime when I’m working on my laptop before bed.

If you want to try your own @baxterblue_ you can get 15% off with the code JESSIE15 at checkout 😉

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For the other FIFO mums, partners and long distanc

For the other FIFO mums, partners and long distance lovers that can't be together right now.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You got this 💪🏾 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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