05/06/2025
This week, one word kept surfacing everywhere:
Choices.
To stay or to leave.
To say yes or to say no.
To lean into parenting or career, for now.
These are the quiet wrestles so many of us carry.
As a therapist and mother, I want to say this:
It's okay that you love your children AND love your work more some days.
It's okay that you feel more like yourself in flow at work than during long stretches of caregiving.
It's okay that you're not wired like other parents.
You're allowed to have a different rhythm. You're in a different season.
Here's what I wish more working parents knew:
Sometimes choosing yourself IS choosing your child.
Because the version of you that's resourced, honest, and whole? That's who your child really needs to see.
Let them watch you choose with awareness, not obligation.
Let them see you honoring your own becoming, too.
Before your next big decision, ask yourself:
"If I wasn't afraid of disappointing anyone, what would I choose?"
"Will I regret not doing this now?"
This season won't last forever. But the clarity you gain from asking what matters most to you right now, stays with you.
💭 What have you been quietly circling? Sometimes naming it out loud is the first step toward clarity.
