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What you continually think and tell yourself become your reality. 95% of what we think we continue to repeat to ourselves. This repetition causes us to believe them and take action on them and as Frank Outlaw says eventually becomes our "destiny." "Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny." — Frank Outlaw You can think about what you think about. Bring awareness to this 95% of thoughts you keep telling yourself over and over again. What are they? Do you even know? Make a list today of all the thoughts you tell yourself. ALL of them. What are the themes, what is repeated. Are these the thoughts that you want to become your reality? www.allyoumama.com IG -@MeghanQBarrett

There are some not so nice people out there...but the cruelest person to you, is you! We keep repeating the same things to ourselves day after day. We think the same thoughts! 95% of what we think about each day is repeated. You thought about it yesterday and you will think about it tomorrow too! What we think about becomes our reality. Choose kindness. Be kind to yourself. Your kind thoughts will then become your reality. I am kind to myself! www.allyoumama.com IG -@MeghanQBarrett

What are the memories you want to leave for your children, grandchildren and beyond? June 24th is my dad's birthday. He passed almost 6 years ago and my kids did not get the chance to meet him. But we celebrate his birthday every year by eating cake for breakfast. He loved eating baked goods and sweets for breakfast. So we put away the healthy breakfast and slice up some cake on his birthday. My kids light up and think it is so much much! What memories do you want to leave behind? PS - Hug your loved ones today. None of us know how long we will be here. www.allyoumama.com IG -@MeghanQBarrett

"You're the luckiest person in the world." - unknown You know when someone looks you in they eye and they say something they believe in so deeply that there is no arguing? YOU are the luckiest person in the world. You are lucky to have your kids and your kids feel extremely lucky to have you. Spread the joy today and give a real, sincere compliment to someone. Feel it, so they feel it too. www.allyoumama.com IG -@MeghanQBarrett

You are a mom 24/7, but that doesn't mean you love being a mom ALL the time. You know that saying, "Do what you love and you'll never work another day in your life?" I'm calling BS on that. You love your role as mom (or whatever it may be) but that doesn't mean you love every, single, little aspect of it, There are crappy days and there are things you just don't enjoy doing, but that doesn't take away from the overall love of being a mom. It simply means you don't like one thing and I don't think you will find someone that loves every single thing about their role. If you do, let me know!   www.allyoumama.com IG -@MeghanQBarrett

Do you ever feel you "should" be some type of mom or you "should have" some kind of mom? If you are holding on to the "Should" mom you aren't allowing yourself to be the awesome mom you are right now. We all have some kind of idea of the mom we thing we "should" be, but that "should" mom prevents us from being the mom that we are now and we want to be in the future. Honor and mourn that "should" mom. Write down the mom you feel you "should" be or "should have" been. Take the time to honor her and let her go. Make the space for the mom you are. www.allyoumama.com IG -@MeghanQBarrett

Have you made space for what you want? If there is something you want now or in the future, you need to make space for it now. If you don't have room in your closet for new clothes, where are you going to put them? Make that space now - clean out the closet, make space in your calendar, make space in your heart...wherever you need to create space for what you want, do it now so you're ready and open when it comes your way. www.allyoumama.com IG -@MeghanQBarrett

Did you lose your identity when you became "mom?" Not sure who you are and who you want to be? In order to embrace and create your identity now, you must mourn and let go of what you lost. Becoming a mom is a beautiful, wonderful event. But you also lost parts of you in the process. We are not given the time and space to mourn and be upset about what you lost when you became a mom. Make the space to create your identity by letting go of what you lost. Make a list of everything you lost when you became a mom - sleep, time, friends, job, money, freedom, etc. Take the time to mourn what you lost this will allow the space to bring in what you want to your life...listen in to episode 271 for more on this. www.allyoumama.com IG -@MeghanQBarrett

"Personality is not stable but changes regardless of whether you're purposeful about that change or not" - Dr. James Hardy from Personality Isn't Permanent   An excellent quote from my all time favorite personal development book. Your personality is not the same as when you were in high school or even before you became a mom. Our personalities change throughout our lives whether we want them to or not. You can be in control of the person you want to be and the personality you want. What does future you look like? You get to choose. Choose her, and start acting like her today. www.allyoumama.com IG -@MeghanQBarrett

Most people are NOT afraid of failure, you're actually afraid of success. Take a listen to episode 267 if you haven't yet. What happens when you fail? Are you a failure? When something doesn't work out, you quit, or fall short of a goal that doesn't mean YOU are a failure. That means it didn't work out! It wasn't a complete loss. Goals are about who you become in the process of working towards your goal, not checking off that you accomplished it. So, let's play worst case scenario - you don't achieve your goal. What did you learn? Who did you become? What experience did you gain? As long as you learn and grow along the way, there are no failures. www.allyoumama.com IG -@MeghanQBarrett

If you have ever said, "I'm afraid of failing..." listen to this... Most people aren't afraid of failing, they are actually afraid of succeeding! If you fail, where does that put you? Most likely about where you are now. However, if you succeed where will you be? You don't know, you've never been there, it is unknown! When you succeed there comes much more responsibility, something that moms already have plenty of! So are you really afraid of failing, or are you afraid of succeeding? www.allyoumama.com IG -@MeghanQBarrett

The rest of June we are talking "mom identity." Who you are, who you were and who you want to be. It can be difficult to enjoy the now. You have memories from the past and you are looking towards the unknown in the future. There are times to reflect on the past and dream about the future, and there are time to live in the now. For today, embrace today. Let the past and the future go and live for today. www.allyoumama.com IG -@MeghanQBarrett