Becoming Mum: Finding Yourself in Motherhood
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798591373870
- Series
- Becoming Mum
- Pages
- 139
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-01-13
- Author
- J. C. Barry
Description
We don't become mum overnight. We have to journey. We have to navigate. We have to find our path. This book shows you how.Including the Mama Resume: ''all that unrecognized knowledge, ..those skillsets, time to own it all''.You'll never look at the day to day work of mum in the same way again.This is a Practical Resume Mums can use to re-enter the market or merely reframing your day for yourself -as CEO of your family and home!Changing Mindsets. Changing self-beliefs.This book works on 3 levels.Becoming Whole: Individual tips on how to navigate the experience of becoming mum. So many women report feeling lost when they become a new mum or at certain stages of motherhood.This book deals with every obstacle along that journey,from pregnancy to empty nesting we encounter issues of self-image and identity, burn out or our own limiting beliefs about motherhood, to name but a few topics dealt with in this book. For instance, where do limiting beliefs come from and how can we turn them around?Becoming Aware: how social forces impact us on an individual level. What does is mean to be 'mum' in modern society?We suffer from 'fomo' looking at 'Instamamas' and 'mumpreneurs' online. Working mums feel judged and overstretched, while 'stay at homers' feel undervalued and downright demeaned. Where does all the guilt come from and what can we do with it?Whether you are a tiger mama,a helicopter or attachment parent,or following the Gina Ford model this book will help you navigate the steps involved in 'Becoming Mum'. The experience of becoming a mother is of course life altering. But why do so many women of this generation feel lost,at sea,or in shock? What does an identity crisis look and feel like on a personal level? Take the Identity Crisis Questionnaire. Or have a look at the final chapters, which show Tips:how to prevent, cope with or use this crisis to your advantage. Reflect on the social forces at play driving the crisis. Tracing the identity of the mama from the Renaissance Madonna to 'the cult of Angelina', this book looks at representations of motherhood in the media. And the third element:Becoming Advocate/ Activist How has mum's public image changed over time and impacted our social and personal belief systems?This book also asks how we can take back the Status of Mum in society. Most of us don't become 'mum overnight'. We have to work through the emotions,the culture shock,the labels and expectations out there. We have to re-align our relationships to our partners,loved ones and most importantly to ourselves. We have to find our own way. This book guides you on that journey.
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Other editions
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- 2014-06-30
- 208 pages
- Ebook
- Liberties Press