Blog Post by Michelle Puster

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 […]

When Stress Hijacks Us: Navigating with Mindful Meditation

Even after having a regular mindful meditation practice for three years, I can still struggle with stress. Recently, I was […]

Second Arrow

In my recovery from parenting burnout, I learned an invaluable truth. That when I was struggling, it wasn’t because I […]

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