Guilt

Guilt. This is something a lot of women feel for many different reasons; whether it be because they take time for self care or stepping away from their career to have children, spending money on themselves or even that you raised your voice to your kids because your tired and hungry. This is something I have faced myself many many times and in the past I would put myself last to take care of my family or my husband. Learning that when we do this we become takers from ourselves and how can we give others 100% if we don’t give 100% to ourselves first?

Another form of guilt I have been feeling is coming from my career; I have always been an entrepreneur and had many businesses that I run myself and in the past I knew I wanted to have children and start a family but my mind was on my business. Now my husband and I have come to the point that we want to have children and I feel guilt for my businesses and my customers that I will take time away to give birth and to recover and spend time with the baby.

This is a guilt I don’t want to feel but also my business is still in it’s infancy and to take 3-6 weeks off is very intimidating along with a time period of not earning money for the business and household. It wasn’t long ago that the husband was the provider and the wife stayed home to raise the kids and you could live comfortably that way. Yes we have made advancements with women in the workplace and as heads of businesses along with the fact that now it takes both people to earn money to pay for the mortgage, the car payment and the rest of the bills now. This can put a burden on women to make this decision of working or raising kids.

I am lucky that I do work from home for the most part where most women don’t have that option but still taking that time away from the business feels like a huge decision full of guilt and also feeling scared; scared about my business growth just stopping, the stopping of the income flow and also not taking care of my customers during that time. Yes there are solutions like hiring someone to do the work and also letting go and trusting but when you start a business this business becomes your baby and its hard to let that baby go into someone else’s hands.

This is a topic women need to be talking about and supporting each other in and need support with. Support to not feel guilty for something you have no reason to feel guilty about. Support to also learn that that guilt can block the universe from giving you the abundance and love and health you desire. We as women get to take care of ourselves and stop with all the negative self talk and unwarranted guilt.

Thank you for following my journey, please leave a comment and share with your friends and families. I would love to hear about your experiences and thoughts on this topic.