Do you ever find yourself trying to rest or relax and get this nagging voice telling you that you are being lazy? As moms, this can be a nightly experience, when we finally get the kids down and would like to unwind. Instead, our R&R gets hijacked by this notion that if we aren't doing chores, hobbies, exercise, etc then we are being lazy.  But, odds are you are NOT a lazy mom, rather you are overwhelmed. 

In this episode we cover some of these topics (and related links you might like):

The original blog post When I realized I wasn’t a lazy mom, I was just overwhelmedNaming our experience

The power of naming our emotions (how affect labelling can improve your emotional intelligence)

Societal expectations on moms

188. Motherhood & Instagram Culture (how online communities impact your motherhood experience)

Self-definition (limiting identities)

76. Why it matters what you think (limiting mindsets in motherhood)

Three ways we are exhausted during the day

Physical exhaustionEmotional exhaustion, mirror neurons, our kids' emotions

117. Emotional Intelligence 101 (and by Enneagram Type)119. Tolerating tough emotions in our kids (and ourselves)113. Why you aren’t thriving in motherhood (stress and surviving)

Mental exhaustion, mental load, decision fatigue

144. How to lighten the mental load of DECISION FATIGUE

The counter-argument of 'just be more organized'

11 Things That Make My MomLife Simpler133. 4 simple habits that make my momlife better

How do we handle this voice telling us that we are lazy

Window of tolerance

understanding how the window of tolerance impacts your stress in motherhood

153. How to move from ambivalent to ambitious (making change takes more than just willpower)

Knowing when you are overwhelmed and when you are feeling lazy

180. Self-care, self-comfort, self-love & what we have learned from our mothers129. Does your ‘to-do list’ overwhelm you? Expectation overwhelm and how to handle it.

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FULL TRANSCRIPT

0:00Hey it's Shawna, you're near to go find a counselor from simple on purpose.ca. Welcome to the Simplon purpose podcast.

0:17So it's December guys we made it is December. And today when I'm recording this, it's snowing in BC, which I know what's going to make it beautiful here, except I have to drive out of town for a hockey tournament. So That's never fun to be driving through these kinds of conditions. But hey, that's the life of a Canadian parent with a kid in winter sports, traveling through all the conditions, bringing all the snacks and the vitamins and the gear is just like a whole thing, isn't it?

0:42So we're in December, many of us are thinking about Christmas planning for it, whatever you're celebrating, we're thinking about it. And I do like to share content that is seasonally relevant. And often I would share a lot of posts about Christmas. But I've shared so much in the past that I'm not going to rehash all of it. Again, I'm just going to lead you to the archives of all of the posts all of the episodes about all of the things when it comes to simplifying Christmas, and having your Christmas be intentional and purposeful in something that you just show up for and enjoy. So stop by the link in the show notes for a little landing page for all of that.

1:19I'm going to talk about a well loved post that I shared a few years back called I stopped calling myself a lazy mom. And when I wrote it, I was writing it from that experience of feeling like I was momming hard all day long, three small kids.

1:34Just reminder, my kids now are 12,11, and nine. So when they were all at home, they were all like close in age and it was like hot, hot and heavy situation.