Hide Upstairs And Listen To This

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1:32Hello, my loves. I feel like I'm whispering because I am imagining you playing this, hiding somewhere from the chaos that is probably going on. Welcome to this very special Christmas day message from me to you. Okay. I want you to take a slow, deep breath in and just slowly release it. And I just really wanted you to know something today. And that is you've done enough. You are enough. You are doing an extraordinary job. Christmas has a way, doesn't it of just magnifying everything I think the joy gets bigger the pressure gets bigger the noise gets louder the expectations and there are some of you listening to this right now who feel exhausted some of you might feel unseen maybe you're grieving the Christmas you wanted and you didn't get or maybe you're happy maybe you're happy and sad maybe you're happy and sad and stretched and grateful all at the same time and I've thought really hard about what I want to say to you today and it's just two really simple words and that is thank you thank you for being in the mother kind community and thank you for all the invisible work and the things that you do thank you for the love you keep giving even when you're running on empty thank you for the effort that no one notices and thank you for holding your family even when holding yourself might feel like too much and if today hasn't been perfect then if the kids have melted down and the food burn and if you're missing someone and if you just need five minutes alone I hope that you can hear me there is no perfect Christmas trust me it does not exist even those influencey ones that you see on Instagram they're not real the reality of Christmas and life is that it's messy and it's imperfect and you're doing beautifully within it and as we close this year together I want you to know something from the deepest part of my heart being a mother and becoming a mother is one of the most challenging and transformational things a woman can go through and you are navigating it with courage with compassion and strength even when you don't feel strong.

3:41You are growing, you are evolving, you are becoming and I am so proud of you. Thank you for being part of Motherkind this year. Thank you for listening, for learning, for being open and curious. It's been honestly an honour that you let me into your world week after week and to walk alongside you and I cannot wait to continue this journey with you next year with even more support, even more tools, more compassion, more community. So wherever you are today, if you're in the noise, if you're in the quiet, if you're in the chaos, or if you're in the calm, I'm sending you the biggest wave of love.

4:16Merry Christmas, mother kinders. You are doing far better than you think, and you are absolutely not alone. And I will see you next time.

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