Redefining Supermom

I recently hired a meal prep and delivery service to help me create healthy dinners for my family. It was an area that I’ve always struggled with, even though I love to cook.

I think part of the reason is because I’ve been in the restaurant industry for so long, I’ve never been used to planning nightly meals.  And the other of course because while I don’t ever say “I don’t have time” the reality is we do only have so many hours in a day.

I found that I wasn’t able to both bake and cook every single meal and for a while I compromised and bought what we believe to be healthy snacks for my children. But these healthy snacks had them craving more and asking for food almost every 45 minutes. And because my youngest has type 1 diabetes, if you don’t know anything about diabetes, I give my daughter Quinn a needle essentially every time she eats. So it can get really busy. I feel like it’s a full time job in itself.

So a few weeks back I made the commitment to bake all of my children’s snacks and breakfast and hire someone to help with dinner.

Proactive Wellness is in Toronto and they use local and organic produce, pasture-raised and grass-fed meat and wild caught fish. Their meals are also all gluten, sugar, soy and lectin-free...and adhere to the Plant Paradox rules. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I suffer from eczema. The back of my neck and my hands are in pain and are cracked with broken skin that can get pretty raw.

The point of this podcast though isn’t to talk about my skin or even my current eating plan, but I do highly recommend that you look up the Plant Paradox Diet by Dr. Gundry. He’s helping thousands of people to lose weight and heal their gut, and gut health is what I’m currently working on.

The point of the podcast is talk about what it means to be a supermom.

And the topic came to mind when Alexa, the person that I personally talk to when placing my weekly orders with Proactive Wellness said to me “have an amazing rest of the day you super mom!”  And when she said it, I knew she was right. I believe that I am a supermom.

And it inspired me to talk to you.

I want to ask you to think differently about what it means to be a supermom.

I looked online and found a dictionary definition that said “a supermom is an exemplary or exceptional mother, especially one who successfully manages a home and brings up children while also having a full-time job.” The example they used said "I'll be the first to admit that I am not supermom — I just can't do it all on my own"

Okay. Let’s be real.

Being a supermom isn’t about doing it all.

A super mom doesn’t successfully manage a home while raising a family and working 40 hours a week.

The definition of supermom should be highly personal to each individual.

Being a supermom to me, is asking for help when you need it.

Being a supermom is recognizing what you can do and being happy with that.

Being a supermom is about being real. It’s about doing your best and outsource some tasks so that we can have a balanced life and spend more meaningful moments with the people we love.

Do you know stressed out I would be if I did it all?

To me it’s worth the money to hire someone to take care of the things that I find can be overwhelming. I even have a house cleaner who comes twice a month. And I’m not an extremely wealthy person. But I believe that spending our family’s income on our health and well-being is the best place to spend our money. I work 5 days a week because I love it. But I know then that that means I can’t do it all.

And you know what, it’s perfect.

And so are you. You ARE a supermom. Right now.  You’re not meant to do it all by yourself. Your true strength is asking for help when you need it.

So let’s redefine what it means to be a supermom. And let’s give ourselves the credit we deserve and celebrate our own strengths. 

Food for thought ;)

Enjoy your week!

Sandy xo