Whether you are opting into to on-line school, in-person school, or homeschooling to start this school year you have likely had to make difficult and stressful decisions for your family. For most of us starting school, the change in our routine, and helping our kids adjust to a new schedule is already stressful enough, now we also have the layer of COVID. In times of high stress, we all need extra support.
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Often times when we experience stress we shut down and zone out with our phone or another distraction or we speed up and try to do more in hopes that if we can get it all done we will feel less stressed. Neither option addresses what we are feeling inside and can often lead to a viscous cycle, continuing to need more zoning out or more “doing” to escape feeling the stress. There is a third option, leaning in.