Mumpreneur Movement Magazine_Issue 9:Motherhood

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Why

Relaxation

is the Key to Intuitive Mothering By Sarah Yip RELAXATION IS THE KEY TO INTUITION – CONNECTING WITH YOUR INNER-TUITION AND TEACHER. AS A MOTHER, THE MORE CONNECTED YOU ARE TO YOUR INTERNAL VOICE, THE LESS YOU WILL DOUBT YOUR OUTER ACHIEVEMENTS. SELF-TRUST IS A GIFT THAT IS PASSED TO YOUR CHILDREN, BOTH ENERGETICALLY AND MENTALLY, SPEAKING.

as practicing yoga and meditation, lifting weights with a PT, taking supplements like magnesium and zinc and changing my beliefs around what a ‘good child’ looks and sounds like, I have become someone who can handle the chattiness of toddlers without losing my cool (at least most days). After educating myself on pregnancy, mediumship, and babies, I also learned that children come here not to sleep, but to wake us up, on every level. I discovered that my lifelong pattern of light sleeping was a great advantage for parenting as I was used to napping and keeping

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hen your family see you pausing before a big decision and checking with yourself, they learn to not rush in life. They develop self-compassion instead of self-doubt. When you take time to restore your energy and rest, instead of running on empty, you also give others permission to say ‘no, I’m at capacity’, instead of pretending to be okay. There is no question that to be a mother is to be a leader – an anagram of the word ‘dealer’. To me, a dealer is someone who not only distributes good/s, but who ‘deals’ with life’s problems on behalf of themselves and others. Until my mid-30’s, I doubted my ability to become a parent, to the point that I developed an eating disorder and stayed in toxic relationships – two strategies which prevented me from falling pregnant. I had the idea that I could never cope with children because I am noisesensitive and used to need 10hrs of sleep a night. After completing a lot of personal growth courses and moving into my psychic career, I realised that my uncertainty was inherited and did not have to be my truth any longer. Through simple steps such MUMPRENEUR MOVEMENT |

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