BEING PERFECTLY IMPERFECT  

Having a baby has invited me to accept and love my perfectly imperfect self.

The juggling of family, career, and my personal needs has increased in pace and complexity over the last nine months. There are days where I feel overwhelmed, under appreciated, and pissed that mothers do not get paid for raising children and being the CEO of the household. There are days when I feel so fulfilled and empowered by the gifts my family brings me, the light in my children's eyes, and the sacred relationship I have with my husband, that I feel as if I am the most fortunate woman on the planet.

As I strive to be present with my relationships and myself and as I work towards making a significant, positive difference in the world with competing projects, to do lists, and tasks, a desire for perfectionism thankfully melts away. I am noticing a softer, less serious, gentler side of myself emerge as the demands of my day require a looser grip. I find that the days that unfold with grace, flow, and synchronicity are the ones where I tune into my Source and surrender with a mindset that all is well, all is perfect, and all is in divine order.

This shift in perspective that has matured with the birth of my daughter has taken hold of me from the inside out.  I laugh at myself when I notice that my nails are chipped on the way to Conscious Conversations, or when I don't have time to shower before a business meeting, or when I have baby food stains all over my shirt, or when I leave the house without a bra on. This laugh replaces the critical, shaming, judging voice that used to occupy parts of my inner space. And as I heal that part within me that resists the beautiful person that I am, in all of its form, in all of its imperfection, and all of its perfection, I create a kinder environment around me.

This week, I invite you to join me in loving and accepting the perfectly imperfect self. Or, you could say, the perfectly perfect self in all its faces and all of its expressions.

Exercise:

1. Pick one day and write down all of the different projects, conversations, subjects, and tasks that you were involved in.
2. Acknowledge yourself for all that you do on a daily basis.
3. Take 3 minutes to focus on your breath and ask your Source to help you transform your self-criticism to self-love and acceptance.
4. Release the need to be seen a certain way, to be thought of a certain way, and to BE a certain way. 
5. Seize the opportunity to laugh at yourself when you notice an action, a thought, or behavior that does not fit into the way you would like to be seen, heard, or received. 

 

BELIEVE in the possible. CREATE the possible. LIVE the possible.

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