by Sharon OBrien
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01 Jan, 2019
A new year and a good time for some self reflection as we look back over the previous year and look forward to a new year in that it may bring our hopes and dreams to fruition. We may decide to implement a few changes to support our growth and development and get rid of some bad habits. This isn't a once a year job, this is every moment of your life kinda job where you invest your time in yourself for your growth and evolution. In every moment what is showing up for us? what do we need to change as a result to become better versions of ourselves and what is needed to dream bigger, to create the life we are happy to live.
We can have it all, if only we keep telling ourselves in any given moment, we deserve it and we are worthy of it.
It is time to nurture our being, bring out our inner child to play and do more of that which gives us joy, have fun, be happy and creative.
Being a mother i didn't think twice about nurturing my children as i only wanted the best for them to love them. When i look back i was neglecting myself thinking i didn't have time for myself and certainly being a single mum took all my time and energy. If only i had more time to nurture my own self, my inner child, be a parent to my own inner child i would have grown and flourished, i would be more healthy, more mature, more balanced and a stronger person in a better position to handle the daily tasks of being a single mum but i waited until i had more free time to spend on myself
Nurturing should be done on all levels, emotional, mental, spiritual as well as physical. We often pay attention to our physical appearance and needs,as we love to get a nice new hair do or clothes which is great but are we paying enough attention to whats going on inside to our emotional needs, to our thought patterns, our belief systems which can hold us back and prevent us from moving forward and living a life we dream of instead we keep on a mundane life of eat sleep work repeat, stuck in loops not getting anywhere.
Self nurturing should go deeper than the physical, nurture our soul, have a deeper connection to our true essence, find out our souls purpose and align with our souls growth and evolution. This is when we flourish, find our inner peace and become happy