40. Mother's Day - The Expectations of Special Occasions

Our Soul Presence Space, a community supported journey of Heart Centred Livingfor the compassionate and passionate mumpreneur who wants to reclaim her best life in the mess of life.The Soul Presence Journey:www.soulpresence.com.auEPISODE 40. Mother's Day - The expectations of Special OccasionsAh the Mother’s Day dilemma.I am aware that for some Mum’s, Mothers Day is a breeze.  You glide on in and you glide on out.  Which is awesome!For some mothers though, Mother’s Day, like most big days (Birthday’s included) can bring some interesting energy to the table, even if we are the most casual, chill person in the world!In this week's episode Mel and I get very curious about Mother’s Day and days like this in the calendar.The funny expectations, the awkward moments and the roles we play on the day.Firstly there is the remembering of the date, then there is the organising (usually done last minute) or by the Mum herself.  Then there are the kids having to figure out what Mum actually loves and then set a day in motion that covers these beautiful experiences even though some of the memes I read on my feed said that most Mum’s just want the day off.And now instead of a restful Sunday they have to be smiley and bright and incredibly grateful for all that is.Some other expectations that arrive on Mother’s Day is that the day will be smooth sailing, no things to sort out between the kids because they will have their emotions under control on this day, of course.I think I actually heard myself say to the kids, so can we just not have any frustration between you two today.  What the?So unrealistic to ask that.  So here we all are trying to be on our best behaviour for each other, which is often a recipe for disaster.I actually took Mother’s Day into my own hands this time and even changed the day.  So Saturday we headed out for some lunch and the movies and just enjoyed each other's company.We are a busy family and we don’t get to spend time all together very often.It was all I needed.Do you experience similar thoughts around these big days?  How are you feeling leading up to them?Do you bring any weird expectations?We would love to hear from you.Until next timeNat and Mel xx ooHead over to our Grab Your Keys and Go community for some juicy conversations around the topics of our podcastshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1921054834941568