#007: HOW TO HANDLE THE SUPERMOM

HOW TO HANDLE THE SUPER-MOM 
There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
~ Jill Churchill

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LET’S GET INTO THE CONFIDENT CONTENT:

Comparison is the thief of joy. –Teddy Roosevelt

This episode isn’t just about the supermom – or what I like to refer to as supermom syndrome – we’re actually going to devote an entire episode to that topic alone. What we are talking about today is the disease of comparison.

 
WHY DO WE COMPARE OURSELVES SO MUCH? 
 
We engage in comparison because we are approaching life from a fundamentally flawed viewpoint: that we are in competition with others and that we must use them to measure and evaluate ourselves. Our connection to the cult of comparison is fed by our belief that our value is based on what we do, not who we are.
 
Comparison is the by-product of criticism and self-judgment. Desperate to know we are enough, we judge ourselves and assess our value based off of how we see others are doing. Sometimes this leaves us feeling less than, other times we feel elevated and more than. Either outcome is dangerous.

THREE WAYS TO OVERCOME COMPARISON: 
 
1. Change your belief system.
 
You must train your thoughts to know that your value as a human being does not lie in what you have accomplished,