Practice gratitude from "summary" of How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids by Carla Naumburg
One way to help yourself stay calm and centered, even when you feel like you're about to lose your mind, is to practice gratitude. This might sound a bit fluffy or New Age-y, but it's actually a really powerful tool for managing your emotions. When you're feeling grateful, it's pretty hard to also be feeling angry or frustrated. Gratitude helps you shift your focus from what's going wrong to what's going right, and that can be incredibly helpful when you're in the middle of a parenting shitstorm. Now, before you roll your eyes and dismiss this idea, let me be clear: I'm not suggesting that you need to be grateful for the fact that your kid just painted the dog with peanut butter. I'm talking about finding small moments of gratitude in the midst of chaos. Maybe it's the way the sun is shining through the window, or the fact that your kid just said "I love you" for no reason at al...
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