How To Feel More Joy As A Parent
Know the feeling where something good is happening and you’re suddenly filled with anxiety about your child?
Yeah, me too.
Maybe your child is …
📚 about to start kindergarten - you can’t imagine being separated from them and you worry they won’t miss you when they’re at school.
🎓 leaving for college and you worry about whether they’ll get along with their roommate and find a career they’ll be successful in.
😴 sleeping, and as you look at their sweet, peaceful face, you start imagining them being seriously sick or hurt.
In her research, Brene Brown found that sometimes when we are overcome with love for our children, we feel fragile and vulnerable, so we “dress-rehearse tragedy” to protect ourselves from the pain we think is about to come next.
We catastrophize and think of the worst possible outcomes, even though they haven’t actually happened.
If you find yourself in such a moment, here's what can help.
1) Remind yourself that your feelings are totally normal, and shared by so many other parents.
You might even tell yourself what’s happening - you are feeling vulnerable and imagining terrible what ifs.
2) Think about what you are grateful for in your life.
Brene Brown found that the antidote to our fear is gratitude. That the more gratitude we feel, the more joy we can feel and sustain in our lives.
What are you grateful for today?
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