Superwoman - who is she?

Would the real Superwoman please sit down! You are sending out the message to all of us to be just like you. The pressure is mounting and the image is slipping. Let's make a deal and become real woman who do not feel like being Superwoman all of the time.

The secret - there is no Superwoman. We all feel like we know one, but to be honest, we are creating her in our mind. How? We are comparing ourselves to other woman who do more than we do and we always feel inadequate in comparison. We have a facade to take us through life.

I was watching my favourite show in the world today, Oprah, and enjoyed her interview with Christina Applegate on her double mascatomy. Such an inspiration and touching interview. It was fantastic to see the real her. She admitted that somedays she would put on the act of being Superwoman and on those days, all she really wanted was for her friends and family to still hug her and let let her be her trueself.

Whilst she was speaking, I could relate to her, but through my own experience. After having Kye, my second prem, I became Superwoman for survival as I was afraid of who I would be if I let down my sheild. I was not doing myself any favours as it all came back to bite me when I was least expecting the breakdown.

There are many of us who are trying to live up to these Superwoman standards that somehow have been set by society, mainly the female population.

Be yourself.

If you admiring another woman on how much she fits in to her life or how her children always look immaculate or how her house it always spotless, just do that, admire. Don't try and be her. We are all different and all lead different lives with different benchmarks.

The only person who will suffer from feeling inadequate is you. The only person who puts pressure on herself is you. Give yourself a break and challenge yourself to be the person YOU want to be.