The Best Meditation App For Regulating Emotions While Parenting
Well, I truly think the practice of mindfulness is the most effective coping skill any future (or current) parent can learn. I only wish I’d had this info way back when I was prepping for baby. I have no time machine, but if I can save you from suffering more than necessary, then I’m definitely going to try!
Mindfulness Tips For New Mothers
When you start practicing these skills during pregnancy, you set yourself up for a calmer and healthier postpartum.
Learning about mindful awareness has been the biggest game changer for me in my parenting, relationships, professional life, mental health, and honestly, existence in our very overstimulating and chaotic world.
Can You Really Prepare for Parenthood?
Can you really prepare for parenthood? Yes and no. You certainly can’t prepare for everything, but you can prepare your coping toolbox for dealing with all the inevitable surprises.
Motherhood Is Hard! You Don’t Have to Love It All The Time
One of my favorite ways to support women is to allow a safe place to be completely honest about how overwhelming and difficult life is when you are a mother. It’s very important to acknowledge how things really are. Not as a competition or in a judgmental way. Not in a positive or negative / good or bad way. And not to feed into more negativity. Just talking about it truthfully because the truth matters, and I think it’s helpful to look at things rationally (i.e. This and that, not either/or.)