Parenting and Careers: Getting Passion Back in Life

Parenting and Careers: Getting Passion Back in Life - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. As a working mom, you may feel that you have lost a sense of 'who you are' as a woman and lost some of that passion for life that you used to have because you have been so focused on your roles as employer, or boss, or mom, or wife. So how do you get that passion back into your life? There are a couple ways to approach this. One is to look at what your core values are, and what I mean by that - what are the intangibles that when you are honoring them, you are really bringing out your best self and you are fully alive and fully engaged. So some examples of values include adventure, or creativity, or authenticity. So what are those values that really bring out the juice in you? And once you can get clear as to what those are, you can try to find activities and situations to really honor those values. So whether it is going on a trip that honors your value of adventure. Or even if it is something that is much simpler and more attainable if you really value connection, how can you connect with connection every week? Is it going out with your girlfriends for a half hour once a week? What does that look like so you can really get back in touch with that passion? And I do encourage you to step out of your comfort zone a little bit because often times we can do something that scares us a little bit, it sort of brings that passion back.