Seven Cherubs: improving self esteem as a mother - look for your ...

I really appreciate your comments and support for Day 1 of my 'Self Esteem Week' here at Seven Cherubs. My Day 1 tip was Do not take words/comments personally?in relation to your cherubs, your family or even strangers.

For me,?I had a real turning point with my personal self esteem when it hit me one day that I needed to be responsible for how I feel about myself each day. You would think that I would know this already but as a young mother surrounded by many cherubs I reached a stage where I was tired, exhausted and had myself in such a state that I was relying upon everyone else around me to help me feel better about myself.

As you can imagine that plan did not work very well and it was not long before I felt like my self esteem was at an all time low. One day when I felt I hit rock bottom I was finally able to see that I needed to take control and that I could not rely on my children to uplift me.

Sure they are cute and loving and made me smile every day but I really couldn't expect them to give me the praise that I needed to help me feel better about myself as a mother. They simply were too young and could not read the signs of when I needed extra love. Heck! They could not even read the alphabet!

So continuing on with my 'Self Esteem Week' here at Seven Cherubs.

Here is number 2.

Look for your strengths during your day.

As you go about your daily routine as a woman or mother look for the good that you do. So often we spend our time focusing on the mistakes we make that we forget to praise ourselves or look for the good that we have done to help ourselves or our family that day.

Sure we may have burnt dinner a little, missed an appointment or even lost our temper, but we also may have done all of the washing, fed our children, played with them, helped a friend, stopped them from hurting themselves and even cleaned the bathroom.

Appreciating our strengths will help us feel better about ourselves and change our internal self talk.?I believe we can and should celebrate our strengths and positive {motherhood} moments we have in life.

Some of these moments are tough to get through and the only praise we receive from getting through them comes from ourselves. There is nothing wrong with saying, 'You know what, I did an awesome job of getting everyone ready for school this morning' or 'Wow! I actually handled that situation really well. I cannot believe I did not lose my temper!'.

If you go throughout your day and you simply cannot see any good at all, your self esteem is really at an all time low. You are being way too hard on yourself and need to lighten up a little. I would encourage you to get out and to have some fun and to remember that each day is a fresh start.

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