Around the world, so many people are working hard to be incredible parents but finishing each day feeling exhausted and frustrated. With the pandemic, the demands on parents increased even more, and two years in, many parents are still living with that acute stress response.

To explore the topic of joy in parenting, I’m joined by my friend Allison Beck, an incredible resource on finding confidence and joy in the parenting journey. Allie is a psychotherapist and pregnancy, postpartum, and parenthood coach in private practice, specializing in reproductive psychology, parenthood, and anxiety and mood disorders across all life stages. She fuses acceptance, empowerment, education, and mindfulness into a comprehensive method to support new and expectant parents.

In this conversation, we talk about why so many parents are struggling with finding joy in parenthood, the societal messaging and pressure we experience, the Toxic Ps and how they feed into a vicious cycle of shame and guilt, the three-step process you can use to bring more joy into your life intentionally and your journey with your children, and more. You're going to get so much value out of our conversation today.

Let's pull joy in together!

 

 

 

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