Despair is real. It is the complete loss or absence of hope. It is a feeling – I feel despair. We feel despair. It is an action – I despair. We despair. We can feel it for a moment or…
…and then the kids were home. At first, it was only for two weeks. Oh, the waves of energy that accompanied that first week! Fueled by newness and anxiety, we sourced schedules and made plans. We consulted social media and…
Emotional regulation and parenting takes work. The power of “reflection” is that it is doesn’t demand that we do things perfectly. It simply requires us to spend some time thinking in depth about those challenging, even disastrous, scenarios after they…