Inside you, You do know ~ Celeste's story Pt 2

Remember Celeste?

 

Besides all the normal ongoing stuff on her plate, she is pulling her hair out over the fact that Gillian her oldest (8) and Andrew (her middle child, 5) are constantly at each other, constantly fighting.

Not a day goes by, sometimes not an hour goes by without them getting into some sort of a fight.

It's exhausting, its sucking the joy out of her day, its grating on her patience...

and deep inside is the fear that its all going to crap, that her kids hate each other and that she sucks at being a mother

She wants it all to change!

 

This morning she is pouring over gentle discipline forums, she's got her copy of 'siblings without rivalry' bookmarked and underlined beside her half finished cup of tea.

She's praying there's some magical answer, some response in her inbox this morning from at least one of the groups she's posted to.

She opens her email and Yes! there are several emails in her inbox - all replies to her forum postings.

As she reads them she starts mentally compiling a list of all the suggestions. Some seem promising, some seem a like a stretch, some she can't see how she will get Dave on board with and some, just things she could never imagine doing.

Surely amongst these other mother's ideas and the information they're sharing is the answer.

and yet, as she reads them all she feels more confused, more overwhelmed and at times, very inadequate. Perhaps if she were to combine all the ideas into one comprehensive plan?

If she can just remember all these ideas, all this advice in the moment next time her kids start at each other.

 

Should she even bother opening the last email?

Just one more piece of advice to add to the long list...

But it might hold that key, that magical solution

it might be the answer she needs

 

- so she clicks on it, and takes a sip of her half cold tea as she waits for it to load.

Dear Celeste,

Hearing how you are going, I feel called to share this loving reminder and gift with you,

There can be so many different challenges in parenting and a multitude of vastly different ways to navigate them. There can also be thousands of answers to the question you posted (which can be overwhelming) and the one that will really support your family is the one that COMES FROM WITHIN YOU.

It can be helpful to ask questions and seek other's advice but if you haven't connected with your unique truth first so you know whether the advice resonates with you then it will feel overwhelming and you won't sustain those strategies that aren't anchored to your Inner Truth.

I know that inside you right now is the mother you most long to be, the one you wish you were with the answers you are seeking. You have the answers you are asking other mothers.

She who represents the divine mother for you, the one with the answers, "the perfect mother"

~ She is within you in this moment~

Really! - she is already within you.

She expresses herself through your longings, through your core values, through what is true for YOU as a mother, and through your deep love for your children.

You may not hear her easily because you have ignored her for so long, perhaps with your attention turned outwards to the experts, and the ones who seem to have it all together...

but she is there - whispering to you.

She is a part of you, She Is You. She is not separate from you as something to attain. She always has been a part of you and your job is to reconnect with her, to reclaim her.

YOU know your children, your family and your unique situation.

YOU have your own personal core parenting values - that set of flavors and ideals that are unique to you (whether you follow parenting philosophies and whether you've adopted their labels or not).

All of this gives you a vast amount of knowing. You can feel the truth of what you know in your body.

This truth you feel in your body is one of your most powerful gifts to use as a mother.

Never let anyone belittle it or dismiss it.

Inside you, you do know.

Yes, seek out information, opinions and resources but remember to run it by your Inner Knowing. Use your inner wisdom as a filter to help you discern what information is for you and what to let pass by.

ask yourself~

What is true for you and your family?

What feels right (what feels like truth) in your body?

It may only be a soft whisper. But it will feel better, it will feel like something you can expand into with relief.

I've attached 2 gifts to this email.

Pages from a book, I hope they support you in finding the answers you seek.

Much love

X

 

Something inside Celeste sat up and took notice, something in these words struck a resonance with her.

Yes! This felt so good, so right, such a relief, and so affirming!

 

But how could she hear this inner voice?

How could she know that voice from all the other's swirling in her head?

 

What was that truth inside her?

She could feel it was there, she felt that spark, but it felt locked away from her.

She downloaded the attachments with eagerness (and a just smidgen of doubt and skepticism).

 

The first one she opened was a journal page, ornate in it's artwork, beautiful, and on it was a question.

She thought for a moment then pulled her keyboard towards her and started typing.

She followed the instructions on the rest of the page, feeling more and more inspiration, more and more hope, joy and the most amazing sense of rightness!

There was a way forward - and it came from her! - from within.

 

 

Her cold tea sat forgotten, she felt excited, exhilarated and she opened the other attachment and read its words.

She cried. Tear's of relief, of joy,

of feeling so held and loved.

 

Her whole day felt different now, her whole understanding of motherhood had just tilted.

Little did she know this was only the start.

 

Are you curious about those attachments?

Grab your own copy of those same pages and join Celeste in the unfolding of a new experience of motherhood.

 

Yes we are actually gifting you with these pages because we want you to experience all this right along with Celeste!

Love Lisa and Kaya
xx

P.S Next time you and Celeste are going to learn 2 questions that will radically alter the way she feels each and everyday with her children, that leave her feeling inspired, joyful and alive instead of tired, flat and depleted....... stay tuned :)

P.P.S

Send us an email ([email protected]) and let us know how you feel about your connection with your own Inner Truth, does it sway when other people have different opinions?