As promised on Monday, I’m sharing the second thing I’ve been using to stay centered, aligned, and somewhat keep my shit together.
But before I dive in I need to take a moment and thank YOU. Thank you for being here, for reading this, for supporting me, for sharing my work, for taking this time to consider yourself and how you’re showing up in your life. There is so much to do in this world and it’s too much to do alone. We need to come together, to create sustainable practices and movement in order to have impact, and you’re doing it. Because it starts inside of us and radiates out from there. You cannot pour from an empty cup. Your cup may be empty, or half full, or missing at the moment, but here’s the thing about your cup. It is refillable.
I have a hard time remembering to stop and refill. To not pour until I”m empty, but instead be so full that I overflow and that is what I give to the world.
So in addition to being crystal effing clear on where my vagina is pointing (which changes and shifts and I honor that) I also check in myself and work to be as honest as I can be as I consider…
What I am available for and what I am NOT available for.
It is MY work to protect my energy and my resources (time, energy, money, wisdom). As women, as mothers, the world will take us for all we’ve got if we don’t hold our boundaries. If we aren’t crystal clear on what we are available for and what we are NOT available for.
And I’ll be honest, because duh, this first trimester bullshit has made this question more clear and impactful than ever.
Since announcing my pregnancy people have been so supportive. In a way that feels so genuine, considerate, and supportive. It’s been really moving and really affirming that we can create the change we want to see in the world. I know that sounds cheesy, but I really mean it. People have asked how I’m feeling given my past experience. How I made the decision to move toward another pregnancy and birth. And what my plan is. (HINT: It involved me confronting my own internalized beliefs about vaginal birth vs cesarean).
So here we go…clarifying what I am and am NOT available for when it comes to having this second baby and handing complicated, disappointing, and ever changing family dynamics.
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