5 Tips For Your Anxious Mommy Heart

Please Share With Your Friends!

Do you feel like an anxious mommy?

Motherhood does something to us. It’s like living with your heart outside of your body. Being responsible for little children can make you feel anxious as a mother. If you’re feeling anxious here are simple ideas to help your heart become more peaceful while raising your kids.

What does being anxious do to our parenting?

When we’re anxious as parents it can be hard to enjoy the little moments with our children. Instead of focusing on the here and now we are constantly worried about what could happen or what will happen in the future. But you don’t have to let being anxious steal your joy as a mom.

Having an anxious mommy heart steals our joy right out from under us. It can become difficult to see the little moments with our children and enjoy them. It can also be difficult to stay present while raising our children because we are constantly thinking about what could happen or what might happen.

Being an anxious mom can also keep us in a rut. Have you ever felt like you were in a mommy rut? It can be hard to get out of once we are in one.

Anxiety as a mom also steals our time for my family and our children. When we are not present with our children that is time that has been lost.

I have spent too much time feeling anxious as a mom. I have spent too much time being anxious as a mom. Worrying about what can happen, what the future holds, and my children’s health.

I do want to add a disclosure that I am not a doctor. And I do know that anxiety is a very real mental illness. If you suffer from mental illness such as anxiety it is important to get the help that you need.

Simple tips to soothe your anxious mommy heart

Give it to God/Prayer

The first thing that you can do to help calm your anxious mommy heart is to give your anxiety over to God and prayer. God did not give us a spirit of fear or anxiety. He tells us that he gives us a spirit of peacefulness. A peace that surpasses all understanding. It can only come from God. If you’re struggling with an anxious mommy heart then it is important to first go to God because he cares how you are feeling.

Spend time alone

I find myself feeling anxious the most when I have no alone time and I neglect self-care. Try setting time apart for just you. This could be in the morning or the evening. This way you get alone time and you don’t feel pulled in many different directions. It’s important to take care of yourself before you can fill other people’s cups.

Put it all into perspective

Sometimes it’s easy to feel anxious when our thoughts are running away with us. Often the things we’re anxious about just need to be put into perspective. Sometimes, when my thoughts are running away and I start to feel anxious, I take those thoughts captive. I give them to God and I try to put everything in perspective. Then I start counting my blessings and telling God what I am thankful for. This helps tremendously to calm my heart when I’m feeling anxious.

Take it one day at a time

If you’re going through a rough patch one of the most important things you can do is take it one day at a time. Don’t worry about what tomorrow may bring. Instead, focus on today with your children and what you can do today to create a peaceful home for yourself and your family.

Write it all down

Do you journal? Sometimes it helps to write everything we are feeling down. First, it helps us put everything in perspective like I was talking about earlier. Then it can be used as a form of telling somebody. When you say things out loud or put them in writing it can help you feel calmer.

Talk it out

If you are not a big journaling fan, you can talk it out with somebody. It helps if you have a close friend who understands, or a family member, or even a therapist. All these people can help you talk out what is bothering you so you can get a handle on your anxious mommy heart.

Focus only on what you can control

I find myself telling my children all the time that they can only control themselves. They can’t control other people. The same is true for you. You cannot control your children, you cannot control your husband, or anybody else. The only person you can control is YOU. You are responsible for your reactions and responses to situations. One of my favorite quotes is “in the end only you can give your children a happy mom who loves life.” Isn’t that the truth? Only we can control ourselves.

Lastly, don’t be afraid to seek medical help if you need it.

The very last thing is don’t be afraid or ashamed to seek medical help when you need it. Sometimes some things are beyond our control. I believe that doctors were created by God and given a talent by God to help us. So if you feel like you need to speak to a doctor or therapist by all means get that help so you can be there for your family.

You can become a peaceful mom today.

Do you want to become a more peaceful mom today? It may seem impossible but it’s not. Here are several of my most popular articles I can help you get started becoming the most peaceful mom you can be today.

How do you say goodbye to angry mommy
12 habits of immensely Peaceful moms
What is peaceful parenting?
13 ways to stop being a cranky mom

14 days to a Peaceful Mom Challenge

Join our new challenge! It will start on August 1 and run until August 14. During this challenge, I will bring you motivational ideas to help you become a more peaceful mom, and you can join our Chaos to Calm Mommy Group for more personal videos, lives, and posts during this challenge. We can’t wait to see you there.

What to do now?

Sign up to get the Peaceful Nest Planner
Join our chaos to mommy Facebook group
Like the peacefulness blog on Instagram
Like the peacefulness blog on Facebook