Let Go of Expectations and Find more Calm, Joy and Ease in Motherhood
This quick guide outlines the steps to take to make it easier for you to let go of your high standards so you can enjoy parenting without the struggle, stress and resentment.
Hey Mama,
Do you feel crushed by heavy expectations? Do you feel pressure to be ‘perfect’ and find yourself surrounded by more stress than calm as a result?
Don’t worry – what you’re experiencing is something every mother goes through. The good news though is that there is another way!
Learn how to rid yourself of the expectations that are holding you back, so that you can enjoy parenting for real! No more overwhelm or stress. Together we can help you embrace your own unique style of motherhood.
Grab your FREE workbook and join me on a step-by-step journey to becoming the calm, happy and confident mama you want to be.
Discover how to let go of your high standards so you can enjoy parenting without the struggle, stress and resentment. You will be a much calmer and happier mom for it!
Become a calmer and happier mom
Feel less disappointment in yourself
Feel less resentment toward your partner
Feel less frustration with your little ones
If you’re a mom, you already know how hard it all is.
Yet so many moms put sky high expectations on themselves and end up feeling like failures.
Often, we are also placing these expectations on our partners – most of the time without even telling them – and getting upset when our partners don’t do what we expect them to.
We put these expectations on ourselves with the belief that when we get what we want we will be happy.
Unfortunately, these expectations do the opposite. They make us disheartened, frustrated and feeling like failures.
But by letting go of these expectations, we are able to be calmer, happier and more confident in our parenting. And by doing so, we often get more of what we want – not less!
The stress, frustration, struggle…everything that comes with unmet expectations is not helpful for us to hold. Loosening our grip on how things should be is liberating, stress relieving and a true act of selfcare.
Don’t believe me? Be open to it and try it for yourself. I bet you will agree with me soon.
Letting go of expectations does not mean that our goals will never be accomplished, or our needs will never be met. Instead, it is about letting go of the unrelenting pressure of these standards.
Beating ourselves or others into getting things done or doing what we want is not effective. It does not get us to clean the house faster, produce better work or get our kids to share more easily but it does make us miserable and exhausted in the process.
When we put our efforts into lowering expectations, communicating clearly and being kind, we can still achieve many things and may even get our needs met more often.
We can reach our goals with a lot more ease and calm by dropping expectations. And when we do not get what we want? Well, at least we are not stuck wasting more time getting all hung up about it. We can move on more easily and everyone benefits from that.
In this workbook you will first walk through the expectations that you have of yourself and others and the consequences these have.
Next, we will go through an activity in letting go of expectations. Finally, this workbook will end with a playful way to deal with our expectations: swapping them for appreciation.
Let’s begin exploring some of the expectations you place on yourself and others!
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