Mums The Work

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Investing In Women

22/08/2018

This!!!!

Stay at home mom (SAHM) depression....
The elephant in the room nobody talks about ☹️

I mean, how DARE you complain after being gifted this opportunity to stay at home and raise YOUR own kids 🤦🏽‍♀️ but it's not that simple. Of course we SAHM's are being grateful to stay home and raise our young BUT that it's literally all we become.

No one talks about the isolation.
No one talks about the loss of identity.
No one talks about the loneliness.
No one talks about losing your sense of self.
No one talks about how you had to give up your career because it's cheaper for you to stay home.
No one talks about how you cry in the shower because your day was overwhelming.
No one understands why you're tired.
No one understands why you're irritable.
No one understands why you need a mental break.
No one understands why you're so aggravated with your kids.
No one understands why after you've been home all day, the house is a wreck still.
No one understands why you just need 5 minutes with no one speaking to or touching you.
No one understands why you've lost your s*x drive.
No one understands why you're completely & utterly exhausted, after all, you just sit at home all day 😒
No one understands the feeling you have when you are told you don't have a "real job".

Most of us were working women at one point. We got to go to a job and interact with other adults outside our home. We contributed financially to our household. (Shoot, most of us want some kind of side hustle or part time job because it would sure help with financial relief) We didn't feel like an endless maid. We got that break away (even though yes, work is a love/ hate relationship) that gives you space from the people you live with (children, spouse... Etc) because yes, EVERY relationship needs time away in it to not go crazy being around each other 24/7. That's not healthy. Contrary to popular belief...
YOU👏NEED👏A👏 BREAK 👏 DAILY 👏

I can't tell you how many women I meet or know that say "oh, you have to much time on your hands" "I sure wish I could stay home, I wouldn't complain" good for you! I can guarantee you will change your mind 6 months in, unless you're wealthy and have money to constantly go do things. I once was you. I wish upon a damn star I could start home with my kids because I wanted to spend all the time I could. I didn't realize what all came with being a SAHM.
Oh but YOU chose to have those kids. YOU should've thought about that before having them. If you didn't want to go through all this YOU should've never had kids. & YOU said you want more????
Seriously.... Yup, heard those all before.

Next time you hear or see a SAHM venting her frustrations, listen and make her feel like she's somebody. That her struggles are not invalid. You know just because she don't have a "real job.

⚠️Thank you Momma's Tired for writing this! You definitely hit the nail on the head with this!!!!!

03/08/2018

🤸🏽‍♀️ Supermum!

Ardern became only the second leader of a country to have a baby while in office when she gave birth to her daughter Neve on 21 June

25/07/2018

Love this. A mum’s gotta do, what she’s gotta do. Milk it baby! 🍼

Heading into town for a job, armed with my breast pump! 😂
www.notsuchamodelmum.com

17/07/2018

Enough said. 🙌🏼

"We just wanted her to survive—10 months later, she's in the final," Ohanian wrote on Instagram.

07/06/2018

http://www.scarymommy.com/disney-princesses-as-career-women/ We love this! Millions of little girls are inspired by Disney princesses. This artist has reimagined them to have other ambitions in life than marrying their Prince Charming.

If the Disney princesses had successful careers, these would definitely be their jobs.

31/05/2018

I like this philosophy, especially applicable to mumpreneurs. 🙌🏼

Stop trying to separate your work from your home life and learn to blend them together.

30/05/2018

This is where all our hardest work began, in our bodies! Now, the ideal is to be able to reach our full potential and work outside of our bodies again, as much as we desire. 🙌🏼

18/04/2018

We are beyond excited about raising funds for , a charity that truly helps women across the world to achieve their potential. See our website and join us!

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After suffering abuse and being evicted at the hands of her husband, Bekelu turned her whole life around. With support from our partner Siiqqee, she now runs her own market stall, with plans to build a new home and send her children to school. You inspire us, Bekelu!