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Finding Time for You
Even Super Mom Needs a Break
By Lisa Marie Metzler
"When we emerge from our solitude, we are stronger, more relaxed and calmer," says Disbennett-Lee. She adds that as much as we need a break, our children need one, too. When we establish "mommy time," we are in fact helping our children learn independence, socialization and hopefully, an appreciation of what we do for them. Even more important, we are demonstrating that taking care of ourselves is important.
"Frazzled is not pretty," Moran says. "If you don't put gas in your car, it won't run; if you don't give some nurturing to yourself, you'll be a pretty poor nurturer."
Now that you know it is healthy and even productive to take a "time out," how can you actually take one when you can't possibly drop one thing on your schedule?
First, take stock of what you are doing now. Do you really need to bake three dozen cookies for every parent meeting? Or chaperone the next field trip? Will your children really be scarred for life if they don't have a dinner made from scratch?
Debra Condren, a New York City-based business psychologist and president of SuperiorCareer.com, says a lot of her clients admit that they have fallen into Super Mom roles not because they planned it that way, but because they just "let it happen."
"Often, women put their own needs on the backburner, behind everyone else's needs. The result is feeling drained and selling yourself short," says Condren.
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