Blog Post by Michelle Puster

Mother handing two children, one boy & one girl, backpacks.

Kids Refusing Before Preschool: How to Stay Calm

Challenging parenting moment? Stay calm with tools to manage anger, embrace self-compassion, & create space for responsive, grounded choices.

Kids Fighting: How to Step Out of Reactivity

Overwhelmed by your kids' fighting? Transform your parenting style from reactive to responsive with self-compassion and gentle parenting.

A Surprising Tool to Respond Rather Than React in the Toughest Parenting Moments

I sat crying on the bathroom floor after losing it again with my kids. I was tired and I felt […]

Postpartum Anxiety: How Yoga Helped Me Release My Anxiety

As I sat nursing my infant son and daughter (twins), I felt a tightness in my chest. An uncomfortable sensation […]

Parenting Through Depression: Why We Isolate Ourselves and How to Break Free

Tears filled my eyes as I sat at the dining room table over dinner. It had been a day nothing […]

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 […]

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