Holiday Stress: Try Giving Yourself A Time Out
Parent Time-Out: A Mindful Parenting Tip For The Season
by dana dyksterhuis and jen armstrong, here co-founders
With the holiday season upon us, we are embracing the theme of resilience and giving yourself a break. When times get tough, one mindful method you can try to bring yourself some peace, is to give yourself a time-out! As HERE Co-founder Jen Armstrong explains:
“Mindfulness is such a simple, usable concept which can be easily brought into many every day moments or situations. Mindfulness doesn’t have to be viewed as something which means an individual must sit down, still, for a certain amount of time each day and meditate, this traditional method is certainly not the way I began to be mindful within my days! (This can also prove to be quite tricky in busy households with children/pets/life/lots going on!) So mindfulness to me is more about a mind-set, it’s not about having to be positive all the time, but being able to acknowledge the negative and not let it have a lasting impact on your emotional wellbeing. It is also about having the emotional awareness and resilience to sit with certain situations and stresses, and to breathe through them and take a step back, in order to view them in a clearer headed manner making you able to deal with them more effectively.”
The other benefit to giving yourself a time-out, is that you are being a mindful model for your children.
“Your child will observe the way you deal with stress, anger, and being upset... All of which you have the ability to positively model! ”
Jen wrote more on this topic, which you can read via the button below:
While the holidays can be amazing, we know and understand how tough they can be too. We hope you allow yourself some time to breathe and that you give yourself a break during the times you need it most.
