Mindful Parenting Tips for Overwhelmed Moms
Mindful Parenting Tips for Overwhelmed Moms
If parenting under normal circumstances is demanding, parenting during a pandemic is downright exhausting. And if you’re like me, you may have found yourself scouring the internet for parenting tips that make pandemic mothering manageable. But because we have such little (if any!) free time—and because we are downright exhausted—Google’s algorithm falls short.
Mothers overwhelmingly report that their mental health is struggling amidst increased mental loads, erosion of work-life boundaries, and general daily monotony. And the daily rituals we took for granted in our pre-pandemic lives like riding the train to work or having coffee with friends? Those moments were buffers against stress that we relied on to de-escalate. But COVID-19 has robbed us of these moments, and so it’s on us to curate them for ourselves.
My guests today believe they have created a solution that supports mothers’ mental health during pandemics and always. Jake and Irin Rubin are a husband-and-wife team who created MamaZen, a mindful parenting app for overwhelmed mothers. They’re on the show to discuss universal parenting themes, to be open and honest about what mindful parenting actually looks like, and to offer the solutions they believe moms have been looking for all along.
If you want more minimalist parenting tips after listening, be sure to check out Sustainable Minimalism (the book that’s based on THIS podcast!), as an entire chapter is dedicated to day to day minimalism with kids. Get your copy here.
Here’s a preview of this week’s episode:
[5:15] How and why the pandemic has amplified the struggles of mothers
[9:10] Why prioritizing self-care is both a must-do minimalist habit and an essential parenting tip
[11:45] 2 reasons why it’s important to put in the effort for self-care even though doing so does, indeed, take extra effort
[16:50] How hypnotherapy differs from meditation and why science says it works
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Leslie Forde’s survey
- MamaZen app
- Sustainable Minimalism (the book based on THIS podcast!)
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