There was a time when mom-guilt almost swallowed me up. 

I constantly felt like I wasn’t doing enough and that I wasn’t doing it right. My kids’ lunches weren’t cut in cute shapes, their rooms didn’t look like a photo from Pottery Barn, and we didn’t have curated family photos from every single event we attended. Heck, we didn’t always attend all the fun events, and we watched screens and ate sugar at times to just make it through the day. The list could really go on and on but the bottom line is that I looked to the internet to tell me what my motherhood should look like and when mine didn’t match up, I felt like I could never possibly measure up! 

And I’m sure you’ve experienced much of the same. For some reason, mom-guilt comes for all of us, no matter what our parenting styles look like. I truly think it’s impossible to escape but it is possible to overcome! 

I want to encourage you to make what you have and how you’re parenting enough. To look at the life you’ve built and the children you’ve raised (or are raising) and say to yourself, “Boy, I’ve done a pretty good job.” 

Because here’s the truth. You have done a pretty good job. A really good job actually. 

Go ahead and ask yourself a few questions right now:

Are my children loved?

Are they safe?

Are they fed?

Are they clothed?

Are they happy?

Maybe don’t ask yourself that last question if you have toddlers or teenagers. That’s not your fault if they aren’t happy in those stages. Hahaha!

But I hope you get my point. The things that truly matter in our mothering have nothing to do with the things we see online. If we are loving our children and making sure they feel it, if we are keeping them safe and giving them opportunities to grow, if we are feeding them and clothing them and doing our best to put a smile on their faces, we are doing a good job. And there is no room for guilt when we feel good about that. 

Whether you work outside of the home, run a business from your kitchen table, or raise your children full-time, you are doing enough. You are doing a pretty remarkable job! I don’t even have to know your story to know that truth!  

If you are running a business while raising babies, I have the perfect resource for you in my MK Shop! Check out my motherhood and business PDF and learn how to balance both with grace and joy! 

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Raising babies and building empires and keeping up with life all at the same time is not for the faint of heart, but it’s also so very beautiful. And I hope that you can push those feelings of guilt and shame aside when they creep in and confidently raise your children, knowing you are the perfect person for the job. They were given to you for a reason and you are the only one who can parent them in the ways they need! And you are more than capable of doing it while building your business dreams!