A new chapter has begun – embrace it rather than be afraid of it

Last Sunday my personal life has changed forever. Which is also why this post is a lot more personal for me than the usual. Last Sunday, my life changed forever - I became a mother of a son called Milan. Motherhood is a completely new chapter for me and feels like a whole new challenge and excitement. I respect mothers now in all their efforts to care for a child their whole life. However, for me there is also a bigger picture from a coaching angle here. It shows that rather than being afraid of new challenges and exciting things coming our way, with many being afraid of change – it can also be something wonderful and utterly rewarding.

For a very long time, I could not imagine myself as a mother. I felt like I was not ready for this chapter, nor did I feel I has the right partner for it. I even still was afraid once I had the positive pregnancy test in my hand. However, sitting here today with that little treasure in my hands after birth, I can say I can do this. I know it will be touch at times, but I feel ready, as all my fear has turned into productivity to be there for my child and my newborn family from it.

Change can therefore be good, and even negative experiences as pain at birth makes us stronger and lets us see what we are capable of in the end. That’s certainly how I felt when leaving the hospital only three days ago. We are much stronger to deal with things then we think we are - and we should make use of that believe and have faith more often.

However, what I can also say, with facing change, there are ways of making this nicer for us by being very organized and relying on a strong network of helpers around us. Coping with change is always tough and with being organized, planning, and creating a solid network of support that is there when we struggle, makes the whole process a lot smoother and easier. In my case things like people helping in the house or visiting and sorting out the little things make a big difference and can make us cope much better with new and overwhelming situations.

Again, change does not have to be all about negativity and bad. It can open a new world, a new chapter and bring about good, if we only stay open to it and embrace it. Motherhood will certainly be amazing for me and potentially one of the biggest challenges to face at the same time. However, we take every day as it comes and set our priorities new. This is something I particularly must learn.

However, as I mentioned before in a post, with change take it one step at a time, you can have it all in the long term, just not at the same time. However, lets try and see change not as a problem but as a solution to go further, progress and open a new chapter. Then we have amazing times ahead, as mothers or just with other major things happening in our lives.

As a new mother, I am all up for the change, the joy and the hard time. A new adventure begins 😊