Does your family struggle to manage big emotions? Most do. Big emotions are a reality for all of us, but we often don’t practice how to express and feel big in safe and healthy ways. We certainly don’t talk about our big feels enough- especially the ones that are perceived as negative.
Radical acceptance is all about being authentic and giving yourself permission to embrace emotion at the moment, instead of faking happiness.
Here’s your gentle reminder to take it easy on yourself. It doesn’t matter who you are, when more and more things pile up on your “to-do” list and you know you can’t possibly do them all, then it’s time to regroup and create a better plan.
Have you seen that meme? The one that says “I’m not an early bird or a night owl but some sort of perpetually exhausted pigeon.” Welcome to the life of a mom.
Emotions are powerful and our brain uses emotions to motivate us to action or to motivate us to inaction. Understanding how the brain does this enables us to accept both the emotions that are uncomfortable and the ones that are positive in the human experience.
When someone dumps verbal or emotional garbage on you no one comes out clean, but there is one way to come out ahead…
By Lydia Taggart – Some things in life we can never truly be prepared enough for. Being a mom is one of them. Children leaving on missions is another.