Modern moms’ top challenges - Nr 3
Being a mom in this modern world is not only amazing but also challenging. I want to normalize talking about these challenges so You feel less alone and isolated. I shared about the top challenge: the lack of support HERE and about the endless expectations HERE.
Today let’s talk about the 3. challenge which is very unique to MODERN motherhood. Yes our grandmas didn’t have all the comfort items and machines we have today but they didn’t have THIS either…
The INFORMATION TSUNAMI.
Like it’s not hard enough already trying to navigate all the expectations, now those with the new trends on the top are thrown on us every second.
When you open your phone immediately 9 different videos will tell you how to gentle parent, how to potty train, how to make sure age-appropiate solid introduction while makes you feel guilty left and right if you don’t follow certain trends.
There are
endless list of parenting books…
parenting courses
parenting workshops
parenting “experts” (sometimes not so experts)
mom groups sharing opinions
articles about babies, parenting, mothering
And you’re there overwhelmed trying to figure it out.
The problem is not the information or the technology. The problem is the noise, the endless information flow which needs to be stopped. By YOU.
What you need to do in order to successfully navigate this third challenge is actually 3 steps.
There are 3 steps for handling modern motherhood’s information tsunami, so you feel less overwhelmed in the endless decisions, options and expectations.
Connect with your own intuition
You need to connect with your own wisdom and intuition over listening to others and expectations. Information is just data. Be confident in yourself and in your own wisdom to make the right choice and that you’re the expert in your child.Handle information as data
All the trends, expectation, information coming your way is just data. Look for answers, educate yourself, get sufficient new information, but only so you can make an educated decision.Take online breaks
Don’t scroll your phone mindlessly, but set timing for it. Unfollow accounts which make you feel “less” or “not good enough”. Don’t use your phone/outside information WHILE you’re making a decision. In that moment connect with your body and own insticts.
The base of all these steps is your CONFIDENCE. That you know what you’re doing. That you’re FIGURING it out.
It’s Ok to not know, what you don’t know yet.
It’s Ok to focus on today.
It’s Ok to have doubt and questions.
Use modern technology and endless information FOR you and not against you.
The problem is not the information. It becomes a problem when the trends are pushed down on everyone’s throat without respecting the individual, without taking their personality and life situation into consideration.
Stop the info tsunami and filter for your ways based on your intuition.
If you want to become more confident in your own ways then don’t miss the opportunity to take part in my upcoming free trainig- 🦩GET YOUR PINK BACK🦩 - where confidence will be in center. Regsiter HERE or if you read this blogpost in the future, feel free to reach out to me for it.