Tears filled my eyes as I sat at the dining room table over dinner. It had been a day nothing […]
Blog Post by Michelle Puster
Parenting with Anxiety: Screen Time Stress, How to Acknowledge Your Worries and Find Balance
Being an informed parent is sometimes a double-edged sword. I would never trade in my knowledge but as a person […]
Parenting Stress: How to Name Our Stress and Tools to Tame It
It’s 7:15 AM. The dog needs to be let out. One kid isn’t even out of bed and the other […]
Finding Balance in Parenting Overwhelm: Work vs. Home
I rushed home from work so I could rush to pick up my kids from school. Looking forward to my […]
Overcoming Parenting Stress
Why Do I Lose my Patience with my kids? And How do I Get it Back? One morning during the […]
Navigating Our Thoughts: Balancing Reality and Magical Thinking
At 6:30 am, only a couple of sips of coffee into the day, I sit across from my child, groaning […]
Finding Calm and Patience During Parent Burnout
We have all been there, those moments when it is not quite clear who is struggling more, us as the […]
How to Be Mindful of Your Thoughts When Exhausted
Milk splashed onto the table as my son pushed away the bowl of cereal I had poured for him in […]
What to Do When We CANNOT Find Compassion for Our Kids
I stood there numb as my daughter cried. I felt like a robot or an unfeeling monster. I couldn’t find […]
How to Cope When Negative Thoughts Hijack Your Mood
As my children pitter-pattered around the house, my smile faded to a strained grimace. My internal mood shifted like storm […]
Finding Balance with Spending
Driving home from vacation one summer several years ago, my partner said, “I am not sure we will have enough […]
Self-Compassion for Our Hurt Parts
It can be difficult to have compassion for our hurt parts. We may feel we should be over things that […]