Staying Sane While Raising Young Children
This parent’s guide takes a look at self-care, boundaries, and balance.
Parenting young children is so much harder than parents expect. Our fantasies of peaceful, calm family life turn out to be just that…. fantasies. What happens behind closed doors can be anything BUT peaceful and calm.
This course covers practical strategies that can be used daily with young children. It also covers ideas and wisdom for saving your sanity and sense of humor from many great parents who have already been “in the trenches” and learned a few helpful things that they wish they had known earlier.
This course is meant for you if:
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Disclaimer
Lesson 1.1 What You Will Get in This Course
Lesson 1.2 What "They" Didn’t Tell Us About Parenthood
Module 1 Review
Lesson 2.1 Self-Care is Good for our Brains
Lesson 2.2 Self-Care is Good for our Kids
Lesson 2.3 Self-Care is Good for our Bodies
Journal: Rethinking Exercise
Module 2 Review
Lesson 3.1 Self-Care Can Be Done in Bits
Lesson 3.2 Eight Practical, Sanity-Saving Tips
Journal: Taking Time for Yourself
Module 3 Review
Lesson 4.1 Unreasonable Expectations
Lesson 4.2 Toward More Reasonable Expectations
Lesson 4.3 Grind In
Exercise: Stop "Shoulding"
Lesson 4.4 Notice How You're Trending
Journal: Past, Present, Future
Lesson 4.5 The Adult Temper Tantrum
Module 4 Review
Lesson 5.1 Wired For Connection
Lesson 5.2 Staying Connected
Exercise: Stop, Drop, and Play
Module 5 Review
Lesson 6.1 Parenthood is Hard on Marriage
Lesson 6.2 Manageable Ways to Fan the Flames
Exercise: Partner "Business Meeting"
Module 6 Review
Lesson 7.1 Bad Boundaries = Bad Behavior
Lesson 7.2 Redefine the Source of Your Well-Being.
Exercise: Rethink the Source of Your Well-Being
Lesson 7.3 How to Check-in
Module 7 Review
Lesson 8.1 Come Out of the Closet
Lesson 8.2 Being Present
Exercise: Be Here Fully
Lesson 8.3 Guided Exercise- Loving Your Child Meditation
Module 8 Review
Lesson 9.1 Turn the Day Upside Down
Lesson 9.2 Rethink Timing
Exercise: Rethink Your Time
Module 9 Review
Lesson 10.1 Sane Parents Aren't Martyrs
Exercise: Fun Activities
Lesson 10.2 Find Stillness
Lesson 10.3 Go Away so You Can Come Back
Lesson 10.4 You Go First
Lesson 10.5 Switch it up
Module 10 Review
Lesson 11.1 Moving Forward
Module 11 Review
Mental Health Resources
How to Find a Therapist