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How to communicate effectively with teachers
How to create a supportive learning environment at home
How to manage your child's school schedule and activities
The Simplicity Practice
- Soothing the Fear: The first practice is simply noticing your fear and anxiety in all of the above situations, and soothing them. Can you notice how it feels in your body?
- One Breath at a Time: take one thing from the Huge Pile and focus completely on it. One at a time. That’s all we can do. It’s so simple.
- Protecting Your Time & Commitments: start saying No more. A Sacred No, that honors our boundaries and honors that we want to be a Hell Yes to things.
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Why We Feel Overwhelmed
We’re overwhelmed by all the things we have on our plates, all the interruptions and messages and emails, all the things online and on social media, all the news, and chaos of the world, and all the things going on in our relationships. It’s a lot! We can celebrate the abundance of our lives,...
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Fears That Drive Our Overwhelm
We often have too many commitments. We say Yes to too many things, partly out of optimism, but also because we are uncomfortable saying No to people.
When your boss, spouse, child or parent asks you to do something, there is an expectation that you’ll say Yes. The ide...
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