How often in life have you had the thought or the belief that your worth as a human being is dependent on how much you do for others? How often in life have you had the thought or belief that you were only worthy based on how you performed? How often in life have you bent your values, or ignored your ethics, or let your morals get cloudy, all because you were trying to glean the approval, gain the love, fit the mold?
As a stepmom, these beliefs that so many other people operate from are AMPLIFIED by the complexities in our family systems.
So what to do if you are one of those stepmoms who just doesn’t feel good enough, no matter what you do?