Many of us attempt to implement mindfulness throughout the year, but like preparing for an upcoming test we may need to increase and incorporate more practice during these times. We know the schedule for school between the middle of November to January is filled with long weekends or breaks.

We are 18 months and counting into the pandemic and as parents, we continue to balance mandates and unknowns for our children, sometimes day by day. Keeping up with communication coming from school and other places has become a job in and of itself.

You know what...it is exhausting!

You know what else...it is ok to recognize your exhaustion.

When a significant event occurs such as divorce, the death of a parent, or physical and/or mental abuse we tell ourselves that the “children are resilient and will pull through.” Children are resilient, but they still need tools that will help them cope with the trauma. Often what we believe are children being resilient is really a child packing away what happened and not addressing their feelings.