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Worrying Is Fruitless

September 30, 2019 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

How many hours — or days — of your life have you spent worrying about something that hasn’t happened yet? About something that may never happen? About something that could, possibly, at some point down the road, happen to you or one of your kids? How many horrible scenarios have you conjured up in your […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: being present, projecting, worrying

What Happened When I Stopped Trying To “Fix” My Kid

March 21, 2017 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I learned something about myself over the weekend. I thought I was pretty good about my kids being upset and not feeling the need to immediately “fix” things for them. Like if they forget and instrument or their homework and they want me to bring it to school for them and I don’t, I know […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: disappointment, discomfort, helping your children overcome disappointment, parenting, projecting, sadness, teaching your children to handle disappointment

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