Taking Care of Yourself
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mommyroxScreamFree Parenting - Hal Edward Runkel
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Taking care of yourself is your number one responsibility to your family.
You cannot take care of family, unless you first tend to yourself.
I love me for your benefit. I love me, work on me and build myself up so I can come to you from the position of wholeness, the position of fullness. I take care of myself so you don't have to. From fullness I can then empty myself, my gifts, my love, my actions, for your ultimate benefit. I am the only one in charge of me and I am the one ultimately responsible for me and my wellbeing. ...I need to take steps to ensure my health, my calmness of mind, my sanity, and my own validation as a person in the world. Thus, I can free you from having to provide those things for me.
It's not their [the kids'] job, no anyone else's, to meet your emotional and physical needs.
It's hard to take my focus off others, particularly my kids, when it feels like I'm being a terrible parent in order to do so. Thus we end up apologizing for having to take time to exercise! Or feeling guilty for wanting to get away, or not cooking a big dinner, or buying healthier food at the store.
All you have to do is stay the course - focus on yourself, grow yourself up, and calm yourself down.
You are not responsible for your kids, their behavior, their feelings, or any of their choices. You are responsible to them, for your behavior, your feelings, and all of your choices.
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Taking care of yourself is your number one responsibility to your family.
You cannot take care of family, unless you first tend to yourself.
I love me for your benefit. I love me, work on me and build myself up so I can come to you from the position of wholeness, the position of fullness. I take care of myself so you don't have to. From fullness I can then empty myself, my gifts, my love, my actions, for your ultimate benefit. I am the only one in charge of me and I am the one ultimately responsible for me and my wellbeing. ...I need to take steps to ensure my health, my calmness of mind, my sanity, and my own validation as a person in the world. Thus, I can free you from having to provide those things for me.
It's not their [the kids'] job, no anyone else's, to meet your emotional and physical needs.
It's hard to take my focus off others, particularly my kids, when it feels like I'm being a terrible parent in order to do so. Thus we end up apologizing for having to take time to exercise! Or feeling guilty for wanting to get away, or not cooking a big dinner, or buying healthier food at the store.
All you have to do is stay the course - focus on yourself, grow yourself up, and calm yourself down.
You are not responsible for your kids, their behavior, their feelings, or any of their choices. You are responsible to them, for your behavior, your feelings, and all of your choices.
