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The Work-Life Balance Lie No One Talks About
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Inside this weekly guide: The mindset shifts that help ambitious moms excel at work without sacrificing family time. Most working moms think work-life balance means choosing between career and family. That’s the problem right there. Real work-life balance isn’t about choosing—it’s about redefining what balance actually means. Here’s what I’ve learned: Balance isn’t about everything being perfect or going your way. It’s about holding space for both the challenging and the beautiful, simultaneously. Let me explain. 1. Hold Space For Opposing EnergiesWe feel overwhelmed because we’re fighting reality. When your child is sick on deadline day, you resist the situation instead of accepting: “This is what’s happening right now.” This resistance creates the exhaustion. Instead, practice holding both truths:
The skill that changes everything: Practice holding opposing energies at the same time. The test of a first-rate-intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald This takes practice, but what makes it easier is letting go of your need to control everything. 2. Redefine Perfection - Let Go Of Your Need To Control EverythingMost people think perfection means everything going their way. That’s actually imperfect thinking. Everything works when there’s a balance of opposing energies that work as a counterweight:
Instead of working with this universal law of balance, we push what we don’t want away and cling on to what we want when it’s time to let go. No wonder people end up feeling frustrated and exhausted. Instead, practice staying neutral. Here’s how:
Releasing the pressure and need to have control and certainty helps me think clearer and brings in ideas on how to proceed that would not be possible if I remained stuck in fear and panic. Once you master this neutrality, here’s where the real magic happens: You create the reality you desire. 3. Create The Reality You DesireYour reality shifts when you change how you see your situation. The first step to creating the reality we want is accepting nothing is good or bad. They just are. When you’ve accepted this, it frees you to choose to see the perfection in the imperfection. Of course, it’s your choice if you want to see all the flaws and imperfections. When I left my corporate job to start my business and ended up with 6-figure debt, I initially chose to see everything scary and regretful about it. After yet another sleepless night, I realized I could just choose to see the perfection in this seemingly imperfect situation. From then on, I took one step at a time that’s led me to:
None of these would have happened without the decision to change how I wanted to see my situation years ago. Ready To Redefine Success On Your Terms?Every challenge you face as a working mom is showing you exactly where to grow next. When you’re in the middle of it, though, it’s hard to see clearly. That’s where having the right support makes all the difference. Inside my coaching program, I help high-achieving moms like you:
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Sharon Singh Sidhu
Follow me if you're a working mom ready to build time and financial freedom the sustainable way - no get-rich-quick schemes, no burnout and exhaustion, just real systems for real moms.
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