I am a Burnout Coach for moms but am I a parenting expert? No way, Why? Because I am so far from perfect. Malcolm Gladwell’s famous “10,000-hour rule,” popularized in his 2008 book Outliers: The Story of Success, states that roughly 10,000 hours of dedicated, “deliberate practice” is required to achieve world-class mastery in any field” […]
I have heard this many times but I really believed it . The c word . Cancer. It’s common but I thought that we had (hopefully ) escaped it , through my dad’s removal of skin cancer on multiple occasions , a friend’s brave fight with breast cancer during Covid and an aunt with breast
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Have you ever heard of RSD? What is it all about? Cleveland clinic describes RSD as “a severe emotional pain caused by failure or feeling rejected.” Even though RSD is not in the DSM 5, this strong, painful experience, is something many people with ADHD experience. Emotional regulation was probably the most difficult aspect of
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Struggling with emotional regulation? Working memory issues? How is it connected? Memory, is something I have a complicated relationship with. I can remember my 3rd Grade teacher’s name and my land line phone number from before cell phones BUT I can read an entire page of a book and forget what I just read. Lately
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and how to get there. In his TED Talk “How to escape the education Death Valley, Sir Ken Robinson. “Says that in some parts of the United States, up to 60% of kids’ drop out of school. He explains that the cost of this, to the community, long term is enormous and devastating. There is
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I have blood sugar stability issues. Or so I thought? What was actually happening, was that, I was ignoring my hunger until the point of feeling sick. Why do we ignore our needs? I know for me it had a lot to do with comparing. Comparing my body with others, my plate with others, my
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Did you know there are actually 7 types of rest? Saundra Dalton Smith, author of the incredible book ‘sacred rest. ‘, used her own experience with burnout to guide her work. Her Ted talk she explains how sleep and rest are not the same thing and why we need to dive into the seven types
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In order to know what our non-negotiables are, we need to first know and understand ourselves. We need to know our strengths and weaknesses. I like to focus on strengths first. I remember watching a commercial that said ‘if you have a daughter that is struggling with maths but loves and excels at ballet, instead
Does your relationship need a reset? Falling in love can be described as euphoria or intense happiness but it is completely normal for it not to last. As time passes our love can evolve and mature. Relationships take time and effort to last long term. Sometimes we need a full-on reset. The first way we
