Empathic Mastery With Jennifer Moore

by | Nov 29, 2018 | Affirmations, Grounding, Parenting, Teenagers, Tips and Techniques, Truth-Telling

Jenn Moore of Modern Medicine Lady joins us today for a special video to help a dear friend overcome the pain and emotions around getting braces.

While not technically a mom herself, Jen has been a fairy godmother to many, including many members of the Mommy Rebellion.

As an Intuitive Mentor, EFT Trainer, and author of upcoming book Empathic Mastery, Jennifer Moore works with highly sensitive and empathic moms (and their kids) who get flooded with the thoughts, feelings, and energy of the world around them. Jen teaches them to manage their sensitivities and filter the emotional noise they absorb. Often told they’re overreacting or to “suck it up”, Jen supports women to recognize what’s actually theirs and what they can return to sender.
Instead of feeling overwhelmed and stuck, Jen helps women to feel safe, calm and confident so they can use their abilities to make a difference about what matters to them.

FMI visit http://modernmedicinelady.com

In the Blink of an Eye

by | Nov 13, 2018 | Parenting

Now this person that we have known their whole lives is someone else entirely and they didn’t ask us we didn’t give our permission it just happened in what felt like a blink of an eye.

Years go by

In the blink of an eye

We don’t always notice

the little things that change

because we are too busy cleaning up the muck

and gross bodily fluids of being a grown up

caring for these small little people

so they too can become a grown up

and clean up the muck of the

messes we make in our lives

Starting with birth

and then just going from there

We all have to wipe our own butts

at least once a day

Life is messy

and tiring

But we all know that being

exhausted at the end of the day

is often a recipe for sleep

And sleep is a good thing

that surrendering

to the unknown

the letting go

of everything

and just being in a state of not being

Often as parents

the only time we can fully relax

and breathe a sigh

is when our kids have abandoned

themselves to sleep

From sleeping babies

To snoring teenagers

we can often begin to rest easy

to unwind

to congratulate ourselves

On keeping everyone alive

Truly alive

for another day

another day to grow and play

Another day to just be

But in those minute days

where we play and pick up and clean up

we sometimes miss the changes

the length of the limbs as they grow out

How the brain upgrades

usually, while we are asleep

and now this person that we have

known their whole lives

Is someone else entirely

And they didn’t ask us

we didn’t give our permission

it just happened in what felt like

a blink of an eye

and soon we will be holding

the next generation in our arms

in our hearts

and facing our own

mortality and the

legacies we hope

we are leaving behind

and it all happens in the

blink of an eye

and the small moments

of mess cleaning up.

Chase Young is the founder of The Mommy Rebellion a place for judgment-free parenting.  She’s created a place to get tips, tools and support for what it is truly like to be a mother, stories from the trenches that show you you’re not alone.  Tips that real mothers use.  Tools to give to yourself and to your parenting friends to feel more focused, have more patience and energy, and feel less tired and snappy .  
You can follow Chase here on this blog, sign up for her newsletter here and follow her on Facebook and Instagram.

Low Grade Fevers

by | Nov 6, 2018 | Parenting

As adults when we get a low grade fever and we are no longer surrounded by doting parents what do we do??

Kids get them all the time. From the time they are babies and teething until I don’t know early teens? My eldest is only 12 and she still gets them every now and then.

As adults by the time, we get a low grade fever and we are no longer surrounded by doting parents, we often have to muscle through whatever we have on our schedule anyway. We still have obligations we have to meet, homes we have to take care of, pets, children and partners to feed.

Sometimes we can call it all in and call it a day. Sometimes we can tell our invisible assistant to cancel all of our appointments and reschedule. Sometimes we can feel the fever coming and clear our schedule ahead of time. Those are the good times.

Often though we can’t see a way around what we have planned to do. Or if we do decide to call out for pizza for dinner we feel like a failure afterward (because let’s face it pizza is not going to help us heal from this stupid fever). Or that we are being judged.

Because the moment we don’t feel well we start to feel like everyone is looking at us (even though with the exception of our children probably no one is looking at us). It is frustrating. But it is real and it happens and we get under the weather.

And then what. How often do we keep going, keep pushing, trying to find ways to still get everything done with time that is slipping away too fast because everything is taking longer because we just can’t think straight. We just can’t wrap our heads around what is going on and would everyone please just shut up and turn all that noise off?

Maybe we ignored the first signs. Maybe we barreled through
them and now it’s near the end of the day and we still have to drive home and we are oh, so very tired.

Maybe people are counting on us. Maybe we were actually feeling good a few minutes ago. Maybe that last crying session of our kids was what threw us over the edge. Maybe that comment on social media that was meant to be nice just stings so much.

So what can you do? Now you are here and you don’t feel well but you usually can’t drop all of your balls yet. What do you do?

I try to stop and take a deep breath and look at what absolutely has to happen. I need to be in a safe mind space to drive everyone home. Does that mean I need to get a drink/pee/buy a coffee/get some food? Do I need to listen to uplifting music or an audiobook or silence on this drive home?

Can I ask hubby to make dinner, can I pull something out of the freezer? Is it really a good time to bring home something easy for dinner (minus the pizza as that usually just makes me feel sicker, your mileage may vary). Does dinner just need to be cold cereal and milk for the kids and maybe a hot cocoa for me? Can I go to bed early or take a nap for a few minutes between obligations today?

How can my partner support me? Let’s double up on some vitamins, that can’t make this situation any worse right? Can I take a bath after the kids go to bed, or while they watch tv? Is there a friend who can take my kids for a while?

There are almost always ways to clear your plate at least a little. Can you sleep in for a few extra minutes tomorrow morning? Going to bed early is almost always an option. Can you get someone else to go to that meeting? Can you lean on another parent and carpool to that after school activity? Can you get some other kids to come over and play with your kids? I swear that usually takes less energy than my having to entertain my own kids.

And most importantly what can you put in place for the next time this happens? Because there will be a next time. You will get under the weather again. What can you put in place (including actually getting that assistant who can clear your schedule), so that next time it will be easier and you can just let it go and
take care of yourself.

I guarantee you will feel better faster.

If you just surrender. And maybe eat some bone broth.

Chase Young is the founder of The Mommy Rebellion a place for judgment-free parenting.  She’s created a place to get tips, tools and support for what it is truly like to be a mother, stories from the trenches that show you you’re not alone.  Tips that real mothers use.  Tools to give to yourself and to your parenting friends to feel more focused, have more patience and energy, and feel less tired and snappy .  
You can follow Chase here on this blog, sign up for her newsletter here and follow her on Facebook and Instagram.