June 27 ------ Embarking on the journey of motherhood is still “fairly new” for Elisse Joson. The Kapamilya actress gave birth to her daughter Felize in 2021 with McCoy de Leon. “It’s not really a new you but I still feel like this phase of my life is fairly new — being a woman and a mother. She and McCoy are doing OK, she maintained. “We want to keep our private life, private. What you see is what we just want to share.” Asked if they are going to tie the knot soon, she simply replied, “I think it’s gonna come when the timing is right. For now, I’m praying na ngayon masunod yung ating parang tamang pagkakataon and (there’s a) right time for it.”
Elisse furthered that she makes sure to take a day off if she experiences the lowest points in her life. “I don’t force myself kung may gawin sa isang area because I know I’m not gonna be productive if there’s a problem. I give myself time to process and embrace it whatever it is, if I’m not feeling well,” she shared. “And then the next day, I’ll feel better. A little better. And I have the drive to go through that day.” When it comes to parenting style, Elisse said that McCoy is more disciplinarian. But she is not the spoiler-type either, she added. “For now, I want Felize to enjoy her childhood and let her discover what she wants and doesn’t want. And then dun lang ako papasok kapag napapahamak na.”
Asked by The STAR about her biggest insecurity in life, she stated that she had gotten way past the stage of dealing with her physical insecurity. “The insecurity that I could cite is like within myself, the battles within. For example, how I deal with problems or how am I going to mature in terms of parenting Felize. That’s the kind of insecurity that I have — having doubt as a mother and as a woman together.”
On how she deals with it, she said, “After you go through that deep blackhole na day or phase, you’re still there. You know to yourself that you’re the only one who can pick yourself up. “I do pep talk to myself that those are just negative thoughts in your head and that I need to stand up for myself and believe in myself. Because there’s no one else who’s gonna do that than myself.” She admitted that maintaining the inner wellness is more difficult than that of sustaining the physical beauty. “You haven’t noticed the outside (appearance). But of course, if you are a mother, the highs and lows, the extremes, you don’t usually see it, yung walang-wala talaga, the lows of the lows. What we see is the celebratory highs of life,” she pointed out. “If you’re asking if is it tough to maintain the (physical) beauty, maintaining the inner wellness is more challenging. Because beauty comes out naturally if you’re happy inside.”
Source: philstar.com