Listen To Your Inner Voice: Trusting Mom’s Intuition & Instincts
When one becomes a mother, she isn’t only given a new title and an entirely new role to play. She also acquires an incredible connection with her precious one. It’s a special bond so amazing that it ultimately leads to one thing: Love.
But bearing all the responsibilities and expectations that come with motherhood, it’s inevitable for one to feel overwhelmed. People around you will always have something to say- on how to do things right or how to be the best mom. But let me tell you an important message: You are connected to your baby and you know your baby better than anyone else. You’re a mother! Who could know your child better than you do? In the end, you’ll be the only one who will know what is right for you and your child. So trust your inner voice and never apologize for it.
“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.”
– Linda Wooten
TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS & INTUITION
Your instincts and intuition are two different yet equally powerful gifts that you can use in your motherhood journey to help you respond better to life’s daily challenges.
Contrary to common notions, intuition and instinct aren’t the same things. As your instincts guide and direct the behavior that helps you survive, your intuition is an internal voice that helps you make better decisions and sound judgments. To understand this further, let’s look deeper into what characterizes maternal instincts from intuition.
Maternal Instinct is an inborn knowledge that’s biologically rooted. It encompasses all your internal needs as well as behavior that allows you and your child to survive. Maternal instincts include the basic traits of self-preservation, cooperation, protection, sociability, and curiosity. It’s also a gravitational pull that a mother feels for her baby and her baby’s welfare. The main goal of maternal instincts is to ensure the child’s security and safety. It unceasingly drives you to respond to the needs of your child.
Intuition, on the other hand, is the ability to understand a situation or a possible outcome, without utilizing your conscious reasoning. In order to make the best decisions in life, you need a balanced intuition. For mothers, intuition tells you when there’s something wrong with your child, it’s a lifelong connection and the more you’re in tune with your internal voice, the more you feel more calm, confident, and connected with your child.
The Common Purpose of Instincts & Intuition
Even though intuition and instincts have different origins (Instinct is more biological in its foundation, while intuition is developed in the unconscious and comes as a result of experiences), both of them are considered a mother’s superpowers. They share a common goal and that is to allow mothers to be adjusted healthily with their reality, anticipate and prepare for danger or risks, survive, and live a satisfying and connected life. Listening and trusting your instincts and intuition is ultimately the act of trusting yourself.
LISTEN TO YOUR INNER VOICE
As a mother, you intuitively know what your child needs and these are not just calming words, it holds scientific basis:
From the way you talk
How you communicate with your child is a product of your intuitive understanding of his needs that are essential to his development. This also includes the expression that accurately reflects your child’s expressed feelings and thoughts (mirroring) that affects him further in life.
To how you react
Whenever you hear your baby cry or communicate discomfort, the part of your brain that’s responsible for your abrupt responses is activated. This is a phenomenon that happens solely to mothers and it shows that your connection with your child triggers your body into action, without even realizing what’s happening at present.
The instincts and intuition that you have for your child are sacred and should be respected and trusted. So, you should strive to listen to both your intuition and instincts and always follow your inner voice. For your inner wisdom gives you invaluable benefits such as:
- It motivates you to take risks necessary for your child’s progress
- It guides you into making wiser, empowering, and authentic choices
- It helps you recognize when your child needs something
- It helps you distinguish real threats from imagined ones
HARNESSING YOUR INSTINCTS & INTUITION
Often, the immense information that’s available to you clouds your judgment. It then becomes a great challenge to harness your innate instincts and intuition. Not listening to your inner voice can make you feel emotionally drained, depressed, and exhausted. So how can you listen to your inner voice as you journey toward motherhood?
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TAKEAWAY:
Around the globe, mothers are subjected to an overload of opinions, suggestions, information, and criticisms on child-rearing. But the act of parenting is biologically ingrained in your brain and body as a mother. Your responses to your child’s needs are primal and innate. At your core, you know exactly what you’re doing.
Truth be told, mama, you’re an expert and you need to trust yourself. Trust your inner voice and let it guide you along your lifelong journey.
Apart from trusting your inner wisdom, the bravest thing you can do is to love and trust yourself. We are all far from perfection and we need to forgive ourselves if needed. You have to be gentle with your everyday progress. Being a mother is not an easy feat, but you are chosen to fulfill the role of a mother. You are chosen to be the perfect mother for your child. That alone should tell you that you are worthy. Don’t let the noise tell you otherwise. You got this!
“The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.”
– Jessica Lange