It’s Mother’s Day this weekend (better get that card in the mail if this is news to you) so I wanted to celebrate all the moms out there and honor the mother that is in each one of us.

Motherhood is about more than just having children. It’s about radiating the qualities of compassion, nurturing, acceptance, encouragement and most of all unconditional love.

We ALL have those qualities within us – yes, even you guys! But a hiccup most of us run into is that we forget to give them to ourselves. Instead of mothering ourselves, we criticize and say nasty things to ourselves. Instead of mothering others, we judge or put up walls. Or we spend a lot of energy mothering others and give ourselves scraps.

I just got back from leading my spiritual adventure retreat in Costa Rica and half of the women there were mothers. Some of their biggest take-aways were how absolutely imperative it is give themselves the same love that they so easily give their children.

Let’s face it, sometimes we all need a little mommy-ing no matter how old we get. Many of us have mothers and soul sisters we can go to for comfort and support who are blessings. And we all have an internal mother inside that we find in our connection with ourSELF and in our connection to the Divine Mother.

My encouragement to you this week is to step more into the qualities of compassion, nurturing, acceptance and unconditional love with yourself and others.

Finally I want to honor all the mothers out there who have brought children into the world. You truly have one of the most sacred (and often hardest) jobs in the world. I bow to you. Especially to my own mom, Jodi, who has given me such a gift of a lifetime of unconditional love – I love you mom!

And for those of you ladies who are not mothers in the sense of having children of your own, there are many ways that we mother by giving birth to creative projects, nurturing ideas and caring for children of all ages.

The mama in me is wrapping you all up in my Love and gently nudging you to mother yourself so that you can be a better mother to everyone else.

Love,

Christine