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Hello, and welcome to Mother of Abundance.
The place where ambitious, caring mothers find information on how to live your best life. So whether you’re a motorist who’s growing a business, climbing the corporate ladder, studying for a qualification or an at home mother, while striving to be the best you can be, you’re in the right place. I’m your host, Xina Gooding Broderick.
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 7 of the Mother of Abundance Podcast. Welcome back, everybody. I don’t know what’s going on for you guys in the rest of the world, but here in the UK, we are entering into our second lockdown, national lockdown. And I thought it would be a good idea and timely to do an episode on how to love your life in lockdown. Yeah, might sound a little bit like Mission Impossible. But you know, when life gives you lemons, we can have resilience and we can make lemonade. So here are three ways to love your life in lockdown.
The very first one, top of the list is, if you have anxiety around lockdown, reduction of movement, or any of those things, get help. Now that, I know this is probably the topsy turvy way of doing things, you’ve booked a call to make it sound nice and sweet and all the rest of it and then talk about self-help. But no. For many ambitious mothers, we need to just cut to the chase and work out what works. We are busy people. And we need to know if there’s a solution, let’s get cracking. But what we’re not going to do is suppress difficulties, struggle through tough times as though we can’t have any help. So if you need to get a counsellor, a coach, a therapist, look at whatever help and resources are available to you, to help you through the difficulties that you’re facing.
There is no pressure for you to do this without help. Get the help you need. Do not suffer. If finances are an issue, you know, a lot of people have lost jobs and businesses and are facing real financial difficulty, then this might be the time for you to call a friend or a loved one, if professional help is not an option for you right now. You might want to look at things, at resources on YouTube where it comes to positive thinking. And I’m not talking about positive thinking where you ignore crisis. I’m talking about acknowledging crisis, not suppressing it, and finding a healthy way to work through it. So that is number one, top of the list. If you have anxiety, or you’re finding this really emotionally difficult, get help.
Number two, work on your loving connections. Think of lovely things you can do with the loved ones you live with and the loved ones you don’t live with. Do a personal connection challenge, where you send a personal message to someone each day. Forwarding messages, images and memes does not count. Increase the affection with your loved ones in your home as long as it’s well received.
I’ve, you guys probably know that I have four sons and two grandchildren and a loving husband. Some of them are more receptive to hugs and kisses than others and I kind of just go with the flow really, I don’t impose my huggy kissy self on my sons, who really aren’t into that. There’s one in particular, who could really probably do without too much hugging up and too much kissing up and I kinda, I am led by him and when he wants to have a hug, then we’ll go in and have a hug.
But what I’m saying to you is up the antique with your loving behaviour, particularly if you are an affectionate type, if touching and feeling, appropriate touching and feeling, I hasten to add, is not your thing and you just really not that way inclined, and you have all the ways of showing and sharing love, then increase it the way that you do it. And the way that is received well by members of your family. However, you do it, increase and amplify that loving connection between yourself and your loved ones.
Number three, do the things you’ve been putting off for your home and for yourself. If you’ve got that pile of laundry in the corner that needs folding, yeah, I’m raising my hand at this point, then now’s a good time to fold it. If you’ve got that drawer or cupboard to clear out that’s been bugging you for the longest time, now is the time to clear it. Sort out your living environment, so that it’s fit for the wonderful people who live there. And I’m including you in this of course. Why be in lockdown and stare at a pile of laundry? Clear your spaces, do a bit of nesting and make your environment peaceful and lovely. But there’s a flip side.
Once you’ve done all of that, or better still, whilst you’re doing all of that, be sure to do the things for yourself that you’ve not been making time to do. Get back into your exercise routine. Make your favourite meals. Have soaks in the bath. Listen to the music you used to listen to when you were getting ready for school. Am I the only person who does that? I love doing that. I’m really into my 80s music for feel good music. Listen to your favourite podcasts, including this one, please. And don’t forget to share it.
So yeah, those are three ways to love your life in lockdown. If you have anxiety around lockdown and the pandemic get help, whether that’s professional help, or bending the ear of a loved one. Number two, work on your loving connections. Increase and amplify the way you show love with your loved ones, in a way that is an appropriate way and which is well received. And number three, do the things you’ve been putting off doing for your home and for yourself. Don’t forget that bit, “AND for yourself”.
Today, for example, I’m going to wash my hair in the shower. And then I’m going to put some conditioner through my hair, put it up in a bun. And then have a really long soak in a salty, bubbly bath. And I might watch something on the laptop actually. But yeah, I want to have a lovely long soak in the bath today with my lush products in there. I love bubble bath. I love piling in salt. I’ve got dead sea salt there. And that’s my treat. And I’m going to have that. I’m telling you, ladies. I’m gonna do that whether it’s lockdown or not. But especially during this time, where you’ve got a little bit of control removed from your circumstances and situation, make sure you up the ante when it comes to taking care of yourself as well. Okay?
Well, I hope that’s been as good for you as it’s been for me. Remember, we’ve got a loving community on Facebook, where we support one another through our ambitions. This might be a time, a really good time for you to join the group. It’s the Mother of Abundance Facebook Group. It’s the sort of place that you would really thrive in. So we want to make it really good and a healthy place for you to be. And yeah, come and join us there. We support each other with our goals. We motivate each other throughout the week. And we celebrate our successes. And then we talk about how we’re going to wind down, because that’s part of the mandatory way of working for an abundant mother. I’d love to see you there. Until next time, have an abundant day and an abundant week.
Thank you for listening to the Mother of Abundance podcast. Your host, Xina Gooding Broderick. Sign up at motherofabundance.com, for your free copy of the “Planning Your Best Life and Living It Every Day” Workbook. See you on the next episode.
