Listen to your own advice - Real Mum story on MoM

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I seem to have a good way with friends, colleagues, family and people i know by giving them advice and ideas on life and family etc. I realise lately that i have problems too sometimes but i quite often struggle dealing with things or finding an answer to something. I have to realise soon or a later that i need to eat my own words and take my own advice

Posted anonymously, 31st July 2016

8 Comments

- - mom81879 said
  - 18 Aug 2016
    8:10 pm
I’m the same. Great at giving good advice but not good at solving my own problems. Ah well at least helping others solve theirs I’m taking my mind off mine

- - mum4107 said
  - 07 Aug 2016
    5:53 am
I think we all do this at times

- - tania_hardman said
  - 03 Aug 2016
    9:20 pm
I’m exactly the same – I find that my friends rely on me to ‘have the answers’, or at least the ‘best advice’, but they think I would be all under control when it comes to handling problems of my own :/ A big part of solving any issue is TALKING about it – even if the person you speak to has no answers, it’s the ‘getting it out in the open and off your chest’ that is the best start. I hope you find the balance soon X

- - mom93821 said
  - 02 Aug 2016
    6:52 am
We do have to listen to ourselves and take care of ourselves.

- - mom112217 said
  - 01 Aug 2016
    3:16 pm
You are absolutely right you have to listen to yourself!

- - mom90758 said
  - 01 Aug 2016
    1:41 pm
I understand what you mean. Sometimes we give advice to other people and don’t realize we should follow it ourselves.
- mom93821 replied
  
  03 Aug 2016 , 5:52 am
  We always need to take stock and look at ourselves too!
- - mom172741 said
  - 01 Aug 2016
    9:49 am
Listen to your gut and do what you know is right for you and your family. Be gentle with yourself and don’t expect to much of yourself. Mums have a tendency to be their own harshest critic.