Comments on: Asking for Help

By: Sweet Memories | Mama Renew

Sweet Memories | Mama Renew — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:01:47 +0000

[...] and cold night, two mamas sitting in the front seat feeling guilty that we were going to have to ask for help from our fellow parents still basking in the sauna. Imagine our surprise when before we could even [...]

By: Asking for Help - Again | Mama Renew

Asking for Help - Again | Mama Renew — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:58:27 +0000

[...] me to ask for help again. In a brief, random encounter she modeled the essential life skill of asking for help, and asking again if [...]

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:08:57 +0000

Thanks, Bernadette! The art of receiving help with grace and gratitude and a sense of deserving… no guilt, no self-judgment, no sense of obligation. Simply wide open embrace of what is being offered to us.

Beautiful.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:06:37 +0000

It’s so delicate really – the balance is tipped, and off we go into the land of resentment. Our own overwhelm then shapes our ability to reach out and seek the help we desperately need.

I often find myself wishing that others would ask for help more often, so that I could allow myself to do so as well… We are so complicated!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:07 +0000

Great insights. I just asked for help this morning – someone to take care of little one so I could exercise. They were so enthusiastic to help and now we are doing a weekly exchange….ahhh. Great luck with the renos!

By: katy johnson

katy johnson — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:30:56 +0000

This came with great timing in my life, as I have just been realizing lately that by not asking for help, I am becoming overwhelmed and resentful. It’s so simple, but so easy to lose sight of. And people really, really want to help, for the most part.

By: Bernadette Noll

Bernadette Noll — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:05:24 +0000

I like to think of the asking for help as a part of the whole flow of giving and receiving. If there isn’t anyone to receive, then how can we give? We know how good it feels to give. I like to think of the receiving as a participation in that good feeling! It’s one of the things we tell new moms all the time and one of the things we REALLY emphasize for mamas having their second baby. Great post.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:33:31 +0000

Asking for help can be hard! Especially in the parenting arena when you want to look “good” and like you’ve “got it all together”. It is certainly comforting when you ask for help and receive it with a “no-problem, I am happy to help”. You are happy and so is the person who helps you.