You ARE A Good Enough Mom, Right Now!
by Kelly Jo Murphy

Are you the kind of mom who likes to get out and be on the go?
Or are you the kind of mom who likes quiet time at home? 

Are you the kind of mom who encourages creativity in your children?
Or are you the kind of mom who shows your children the practical, hands-on stuff of the world?

Are you the kind of mom who fosters your children's intellectual pursuits?
Or the kind of mom who is likely to initiate a heart-to-heart talk?

Are you the kind of mom who goes with the flow in the moment?
Or the kind of mom who likes to have some structure to your day?

You could have many of these attributes or some or any combination.  And each one is just right!

Your children are lucky to have you as a mom, because no one else could do it the same way as you.

You are special being you!  You are good enough being yourself.  Until you get that, all of your parenting will be hard and will suffer.

If you believe that you are not good enough, your children will pick up on that thought and believe they are not good enough either.  Is that what you want?  I didn't think so.  So, you have to believe in yourself right now. 

I am a good enough mom.
I am a great mom, being myself.
I am the perfect mom for my children right now.

So, you don't believe it yet?  Well, that's because you may not be expressing that perfection that you are, as of yet.  But the first step is in realizing and believing that deep inside, the real, authentic you IS good enough, perfect enough, enough, enough, enough, just the way you are.  You don't have to go changing a thing.

Write those affirmations above out, three times. And then read them outloud, three times, even if you don't believe them yet.  Because, the more you say them, the closer you will get to believing them.  And then, when you are being yourself in your mothering, it WILL be perfect, perfectly YOU!

And your children will see that you are good enough and perfect being yourself.  Which, in turn, helps them to believe that they are good enough being themselves.

If you want your mothering to be fun, easy and fulfilling, BE YOURSELF!  Without conditions, without judgments, just BE YOURSELF!  And then it won't matter what the Jones' or the Smiths' are doing or saying, because you are being yourself and that is the greatest thing in the world!

What others do and say is their responsibility and what you do and say is yours.

There are many parenting experts out there that feed on your fears of not being enough.  Time has come to claim your own power back.  To stop listening to the experts and listen to YOURSELF.  You have your own perfect and good enough answers within.  And it is time to discover them.

The idea of the perfect mom is gone.  It is time to replace it with the idea of the perfect you.  The best you can do is your best, until you decide to do better.  And then it is your choice, not the choice of a "should" or a "mother-in-law" or "your neighbor" or even your "spouse".

Comparing will get you no where!  How could you even compare an apple and an orange?  Each one is fundamentally different.  Yes, they are both fruit and yes, you and your neighbor are both moms, but each one is unique and special in their own way.  YOU are unique and special in your own way!

I am unique and special being me!
I am good enough!
I am great!
I love myself for being myself!
I deserve fun, easy and fulfilling parenting!
My children deserve a fun, easy and fullfilled mom!

Now it is time to awaken and discover that special and unique mom you are!  Are you ready?  Are you ready to have fun, ease and fulfillment in your mothering?

Ok, let's go! 
Enjoy!

copyright 2003 Kelly Jo Murphy
Kelly Jo Murphy is a Certified Parent Coach, Artist, Wife, Mom and an all around silly little girl. She helps parents add more fun, ease and fulfillment to their parenting and their own lives. To receive a Complimentary Focus Session, send an email to comp@museplayground.com  or email her at kellyjo@museplayground.com http://www.museplayground.com