Why Do I Lose my Patience with my kids? And How do I Get it Back?One morning during the 2nd […]
Blog Post by Michelle Puster
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 […]
Am I a Highly Sensitive Person?
As I was starting to recover from parenting burnout and getting more mindful about my emotions, I often wondered, “Why […]
Am I Experiencing a Deeper Hurt?
Deeper hurts have a way of sneaking up on us. We can often experience a deeper hurt from a past […]
How Blame and Painful Emotions Get Triggered
For many years, my partner and I were caught in a painful cycle. Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy refers to this […]
Obsessive Mind
Mindfulness can bring awareness to unhelpful patterns in our thinking. One of my own unhelpful patterns that I became aware […]