Ever wonder if NOT building your boundaries is interfering with your homeschool mom life?
In the following video, I explain how not addressing your needs and not having firm boundaries are related. The key to bolstering your boundaries?
First step: addressing your needs. Yup, it’s that simple and that impactful. When we honor our needs, we build strong boundaries.
However, what does that mean exactly?
Let’s chat about homeschool mom boundary issues.
Homeschool mom boundaries issues can be unpacked when you clarify this…
Anne Catherine, in “Boundaries, Where You End and I Begin,” beautifully describes this: setting boundaries is a way of caring for myself.
It’s not selfish; it’s self-respect.
Think about it—we all have needs as human beings. Sleep, food, acknowledging emotions, healthy relationships, exercise, quiet time—these are essentials.
So, why do homeschool mom boundary issues matter? They help us meet our needs, nurture proactive relationships, and live authentically.
For that reason, let’s talk about you: how are you taking care of yourself? Not sure?
Every time I chat with a homeschool mom in coaching, my initial conversations begin with asking her if she’s addressing her needs.
And she’s seldom doing that.
Somehow some way, she’s missing the most important person in her homeschool: herself.
And that is so easy to do: I know it! That’s why I wrote my book, Homeschool Mama Self-Care: Nurturing the Nurturer.
I’ve learned that when a homeschool mama has boundary challenges, she most definitely isn’t addressing her needs.
Here are five questions to ponder:
1. Are you dedicating time for mental, emotional, and physical recharge?
2. Do you have the right support systems in place?
3. How are you handling stress? Are you using strategies to alleviate it?
4. Are you making time for yourself amidst homeschool activities?
5. Are your expectations realistic? Are you allowing yourself grace and flexibility?
Don’t want to be overcome by homeschool mom boundary issues any more? I’ve got a resource for you.
Useful resources for you to level up your relationships:
🛠️ Ready to take action? Start with self-reflection using our Build Your Boundaries Journaling Workbook.
🛠️ Dive into the inner work and schedule a coaching session with Teresa.
Empower yourself, meet your needs, and live authentically with strong boundaries.
Use the Build Your Boundaries Journaling Workbook to explore and clarify your needs, learn how to empower yourself, and strengthen your relationships.
Build your Boundaries Journaling Workbook
Journal questions can aid in your self-exploration, to get curious about what your reasons for boundaries issues may be. They can be a self-coaching tool to help you clarify your needs, your relationships, and your identity, so you can get your needs met & become more you. This 31-page self-coaching workbook will be your best tool to build boundaries.
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Teresa Wiedrick
I help overwhelmed homeschool mamas shed what’s not working in their homeschool & life, so they can show up authentically, purposefully, and confidently in their homeschool & life.
