So often I hear from women that they aren’t happy. They aren’t fulfilled. They feel like something is missing in life. And they literally wonder if there is more to life than this bump and grind of every day.
Have you ever felt that way? Exhausted. Depleted. Maybe even bored – not that you’re not busy – but you’re just not really living and having fun. Have you spent years trying to feel better by reading self-help books, or taking classes … or even going to counseling? If so, you’re not alone. So many of us moms find ourselves here at some point. The problem is that we are focusing on solving the problem the wrong way. We are searching outside of ourselves to try to fill the void. We will never fill this gap from the outside. It has to be filled from the inside. And I’d like to show you how to start doing that in this episode of the podcast. If you need more inspiration for self-care in motherhood, you can download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! It’s a Guide to help you take care of yourself in mind, body and spirit so you can feel like your best self every day. And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!
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Welcome to A Life Designed. My name is Tina Haisman. I teach busy moms how to get everything done and still have time and energy for themselves. My passion is for helping women create more heart-to-heart connection with their husband and children so they can feel deeply fulfilled in those most important relationships. The topic of today’s podcast is There Must Be More to Life Than This But before we get started I want to let you know I have created a free download call the Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care. I’m really proud of this guide. It’s a Guide to help you take care of yourself in mind, body and spirit so you can feel like your best self every day. And that topic goes just perfectly with our theme today! Visit my website tinahaisman.com to download it. Also, I have a FREE private group on Facebook where you can come to get inspiration for your life. It’s called A Life Designed. It’s actually a happy place on Facebook. I hope you’ll join us! Now let’s Dive IN and talk about There Must Be More to Life Than This When I was a younger mom, and my children were little – like 5 and 2 – I found myself one morning at 5:00 sitting on the side of my bathtub in the dark in my Florida home. I had just gotten up for the day. It was only 5 a.m. But already, I felt Sad. Depressed. Lonely. Depleted. Physically and emotionally exhausted. How could that be? I was married to my prince charming. We lived in a beautiful home in Florida. We were healthy. I was able to stay home and do some freelance writing to help support our budget and keep my career going. It appeared I had everything I ever wanted. So, why then, was I feeling this way? As I spoke to other women about this, they said things like, “You have to take care of yourself. Schedule some time alone. Go get a massage or something.” So I told my husband about how I was feeling and that I was going to get a massage that weekend. We both thought that would make me feel better. During the massage I was very emotional. It really struck me how exhausted I was. I cried during the massage. Weird right? As the therapist massaged the different parts of my body, I imagined that she was literally breaking up the stress and negative emotions and pushing them out of my body. After the massage, I felt great! But the results wore off quickly. Like really quickly. Like walk in the door and one whiny child sent me right back to reality. Ugh. I felt hopeless. I didn’t know what to do. I mean, if the massage didn’t make me feel better, what would? What was going to fill me up? Have you ever felt this way? Exhausted. Depleted. Like there must be more to life than this. Maybe even bored – not that you’re not busy – but you’re just not having fun. Have you spent years trying to feel better by reading self-help books, or taking classes … you may have even tried counseling to figure it out. If so, you’re not alone. So many of us moms find ourselves here at some point. The problem is that we are focusing on solving the problem the wrong way. We are searching outside of ourselves to try to fill the hole. The problem is we will never fill this gap from the outside. It has to be filled from the inside. And I’d like to show you how to start doing that today. It starts with self-care, my friend. I call this Godly Self Care. When we take care of ourselves in mind, body, heart and soul, we will feel SO MUCH BETTER. And we will be able to have the full feeling of love and joy and purpose on the inside. I’m going to share 6 steps that are going to get you on track to feeling full of life and abundance! Let’s get started! You’re gonna laugh at the simplicity of this. But Step 1 is a Brain Dump
Now, let’s move on. Step 2. Pay Attention to What Your Body is Telling You
Step 4. Cultivate Your Creativity
Step 5: Get in God’s Word
Step 6. Notice God’s Activity in Your Life
Conclusion So, the six steps to start feeling like there is more to life than this are: · Dumping out the Contents of Your Brain · Paying Attention to What Your Body is Telling You · Gathering Your Gratitude · Cultivating Your Creativity · Getting in God’s Word · Noticing God’s Activity in Your Life If you will work on these six things, you will start to feel more energized. Happier. More focused and that you are living more intentionally. If you could use a little help with this, reach out to me. I can help you. In the meantime. Remember! I have created a free Ultimate Guide to Guilt Free Self Care for you. Don’t forget to join the Life Designed Community on Facebook! Thank you! See you next week!
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