Speak to others how you wish to be spoken to

Happy Monday everyone :-) I am feeling absolutely awesome today and I am crediting it to my morning exercise. I woke up just as day was dawning (I know all you Mum's out there have just started singing the Postman Pat tune, lol) and took the dog for a walk/run. It was glorious! I could run much further and with more "oopmf" than when I take E-man in the pram and Sophie on her scooter. Dawn is hands down my favourite time of day because I just adore the peace and quiet and that cleansing feeling of breathing in fresh, crisp morning air. The energy at the beginning of the day is truly remarkable! If there is one piece of advice we should all listen to on enhancing our mood, it has to be getting outside to exercise every day.

Speaking of moods, I kind of want to touch on that subject for our Motivational Monday post. I know that whenever I am in a bad mood, hubby and the kids cop it. I snap at them, I get frustrated over insignificant things and generally just turn into a raving lunatic. Fun times for all. I am sure as women and mothers, this is something that you all experience at various times too...we all know the saying "If Mum aint happy, aint nobody happy". Well what if we tried a little experiment to see if we can turn this around...

This week, I challenge you all (myself included) to talk to your family and loved ones as if they were "strangers". Of course I don't mean you treat them like strangers, what I mean is that you speak to them just as politely and with as much enthusiasm as you would when meeting a person for the first time, or passing someone on your morning walk. After all, we are always polite to people we don't even know, or people we meet at social gatherings (years ago, before children, these social gatherings would have been called "parties"...oh how times have changed). 

We must remember that our family and loved ones are the people we care most about, the people that we want happiness for and to know they are loved. Our loved ones are the people who deserve to be spoken to and treated with kindness so lets give it a go this week and see how much of a difference this can make xox