Updated: Jan 4, 2023
I was thinking the other day about how I am not doing any self care lately, ever since the baby was born. It dawned on me- if I don’t practice my own self care, how ever will my child learn to? Isn’t that funny, that I should be inspired to massage oil into my skin only after thinking of the impact it will have on my daughter.
My first husband was dissatisfied with his mother and when later in our marriage, he fell on hard times, he made it clear that he expected me to fill that mommy void in his life. This happened soon a
I didn’t understand with my first child how much historic trauma had damaged my ability to be touched and express love with my kids. I remember my own mother pushing me away and saying don’t touch me