Summer is for the kids, right?
As the summer holidays approach, all mothers anticipate the opportunity to spend quality time with their children…Fun time with their precious family, making memories.
….yet many of us actually feel stressed just thinking about it?
Summer holidays should be about you too!
Social Media bombards us with pictures of friends and family members on the beach, having fun. and many of us just feel a huge pressure to create wonderful times for our children and are left exhausted and overhwelmed.
If you don’t feel well and happy, you can’t keep on caring for everyone….you know how they say put your oxygen mask on first?
So one word for you: SIMPLIFY!
Your kids are way more likely to remember a picnic at the park where you were all laughing than a zoo trip on a hot day where you were stressed.
Embrace the Power of Slowing Down:
In our busy lives, we often find ourselves caught up in schedules, commitments, and the constant need to keep up with the fast pace of modern life: juggling work and the millions things we HAVE to do.
Summer holidays offer the perfect chance to slow down and enjoy the simple pleasures of life.
Take advantage of the longer days and warmer weather by encouraging your children to explore nature, enjoy picnics in the park, or try Geocahing.
And if you have a teenager, enjoy a movie marathon or a trip to explore on of their hobby.
By slowing down, you are more likely to create a relaxed atmosphere that will give you deeper connections and joyful times as a family.
What’s for dinner…it is not all on you. Ask friends or family and again SIMPLIFY..easy meals, picnics…
where do i start to survive the summer holidays with my kids?
I have put together an amazing guide to help you BOTH get ideas to make fun memories AND look after yourself and a great video below.
If you want to dig deeper into making sustainable changes to feel calmer and happier in your life, book a FREE call and I can guide you with some ideas you can start implementing RIGHT NOW.
Now is time for you to be the centre of your life!
because a happy mum = happy family!
Indeed, don’t forget yourself, says a dad of three grownups.
For any moment to hard to handle I wrote the ‘Survival Tune for a Crazy World’. Find it, inhale the rythm and the melody, watch the flowers and use the playing time of the Survival Tune to reset yourself. And have a new start, while the Survival Tune still echoes in your ears. Maybe you noticed the Survival Tune is not finished yet. There are no words, there are no dance moves and the instruments are limited. Askl your children to add their words and / or their moves. And let them add as many instruments as they like. Finally sing, dance, play the ‘Survival Tune for a crazy world’ together! And I really believe you will survive.
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