52: 5 Easy Summer Encouragements for Moms | Permission to Have a Good Summer Without Doing it All
Messy MotherhoodShow Notes
I know there's a lot of pressure around summer right now and feeling like we have to show up and do it all in order to create magical memories for our kids.
In this episode, we are debunking this myth and, instead, leaning into a slower summer with our kids. This whole episode sparked by the realization that every time I opened social media, I saw some sort of "summer theme" being pushed at me. Whether it was a "hot mom summer," " 90s mom summer," "butter mom summer," and so on.
I've been thinking about this a lot and instead of finding a theme that resonates with what I want to do this summer, I decided to just have a "summer" summer with my kids. One where we release the pressure to show up and perform like a cruise director every minute of every day. Instead, I'm going to put my phone down, turn on the hose, open a popsicle, throw water balloons with my kids, and forget the rest.
Let this episode be your permission slip to slow down this summer and really spend some intentional time with your kids doing simple things with big meaning like serving ice cream for breakfast on a random Tuesday or sitting in a field looking at stars one summer night.
We talk about this all and more in this week's episode so grab your drink of choice and meet me on the couch, it's time to get messy!
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