Is it Okay to Seek Help?

Yes, I know we are all superwomen....but, are we really? Doesn't everyone need help sometimes? Isn't it okay to need a little help? Must we always act like we have it all together and can do it all????

I watch some of the women that I work with whom are of different races and varying backgrounds and they don't do it all. They have nannies, they have therapist, nutritionist and even utilize pharmaceuticals to assist their coping skills (whether right or wrong). So why are we (black women) so hesitant to seek help? Why won't we allow people to help us? Why won't we seek help to assist us with coping with the stress and troubles of everyday life?

Well for one, we are raised to believe that we can and must do it all. For two, we can't always afford to buy "the help" we need and lastly, it just isn't part of our cultural ways to seek help...So where does this leave us? All stressed out, overwhelmed and consumed with trying to take on and handle everything...

It's okay to need some help. And, it's okay to seek help. In fact, being big enough to say you need some help really just makes you even more of a woman than you already are. So don't just continue to try to handle and deal with everything - get some help. Whatever that means for you. Delegate, ask someone to help you, get a therapist, talk to a friend, take a breather when needed, do and seek whatever kind of help you need to help you.

If you are anything like me, you take care of your household, your kids, your business, your family and friends. If you're not healthy it will only have a trickle down effect on all of these aspects of your life. So, do them and yourself a favor - help you to help them. After all, no one, but you, is expecting you to keep up that superwomen image. Stop being so hard on yourself...underneath your only human...your only a woman. :)