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It can be challenging to find self-love through motherhood. As mothers, we often prioritize our children’s needs over our own. And it’s really no surprise. Because most of us have not been brought up to recognise the power and importance of self-love, even less so when we become parents. As mothers we are hard-wired to believe that to be a "good" mother we should think only of our children. That we shouldn’t need to practice self-love, that we shouldn’t need anything more than the fulfilment of being a mother. Our families come first and our role as mother should be all the fulfilment we need. But that couldn't be further from the truth. A mother who doesn’t feed herself up on love and who doesn’t practice powerful self-care, is not some kind of dream mom. She is a mother on a short fuse, a mother who will get easily frustrated and secretly resentful at the demands of her family, a mother who will burn out on a regular basis and have little to give at the end of the day, to herself, her partner or even her kids. Neglecting her own needs so that she can focus on the needs of her children, sacrificing her own happiness so that she can be the "good" mother, doesn’t work. What works is learning to love yourself. To take that delicious and abundant love that you pour into your children and turn it in on yourself too. Because a mother who looks after herself and her needs, who nourishes herself, who takes care of herself and who feeds herself with love, is a mother who is happy. And a mother who is happy, creates a happy and healthy home for the rest of her family.