"Your admissions of weakness, humorous stories of awkwardness, and showing up as an imperfect human allows others to do the same.  Is there any better gift you can give?"

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"Parental guilt is out of control these days. Today I'm going to call out 3 places that trigger mega-doses of mom guilt so you can recognize it, name it for what it is, and remember that it's optional. You don't have to pick it up."

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“Your job as a committed partner is to ride the waves with the person you love, regardless of where they go. Because ultimately, none of these waves last. And you simply end up with each other.”


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"It should be said...that the idea that parents can control the destiny of their children by doing all the right things - by providing children with every lesson and every experience, by buying them the right toys and saying the right words and never spanking or publicly scolding them - is... self serving." - Judith Harris.

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"I'm not going to pep talk you into thinking that very real struggles are a 'piece of cake' if you'd only shift your perspective. But it's our messy reality as humans that connects us; let's talk about that."

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"Even in your busy life I bet that there are higher, holier, more meaningful motivations behind a lot of the things you do and why you do them. Take the time to notice them, to ponder them. Think about the meaning of your routines and let that meaning fill you up." 

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"What if it's super easy to enjoy these school-aged kids for a REASON? What if their sweetness it gives you a leg up on your future parenting *if* you use this time to your advantage?"

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Why does depression actually occur?
What’s happening at a brain level?
What does therapy do?
What does medication do?
Do I have to take medication depression?
How long would I need medication? 

Dr. Kelly Wosnik has 15 years as a psychiatric prescriber and lays out in simple, clear terms what's happening in depression and the hope available for climbing out of this exhausting struggle.

A new way to think about boundaries that just might change everything. 

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