We cannot have it all. Not because we are not capable. Because there are only so many hours in a day, and every time you say YES to something you say NO to something else. When I became a mom I thought I could do it all. That is how I am wired. Give me a challenge and I am up for it. Turns out being a GOOD mom was never about doing more. It is about knowing what actually matters and having the courage to let the rest go. Your child comes first. That is not up for debate. But everything under that has to earn its place. The energy draining people, GONE The guilt for finally putting yourself first, GONE The idea that rest is something you get to once everything else is done, GONE What is left is what matters. Your kid(s). Your Health. The version of you that shows up with something left to give. Your kid(s) only gets one mom. Or one dad. Not the version who is stretched thin trying to be everything to everyone. The version who is present. Patient. Full, not empty. Tha...