During Covid-19, many parents are feeling overloaded and run down, but mothers and working mothers in particular are being asked to carry impossible loads. In this direct follow-up to episode 008, Dr. Lindsay Ulrey shares the importance for mothers and especially working mothers, in establishing "wellness rituals," but most importantly a strong sense of self-compassion. Dr. Ulrey addresses when and how to ask for help, as well as the benefits of working through hard things instead of turning to substances to numb them. 
 
 "...you can provide a beautiful model for your children to say like, 'When things aren't working, I'm not going to just pretend like they're not working and continue on and numb myself.' You can provide a model of, 'This is what life is about, is getting through hard times. Not the avoidance or the absence of hard things. It's how you get through hard things that's really going to matter.' They're not going to learn that in school. Or maybe they will, but they're going to learn these kinds of lifelong skills from you."
 
 --Dr. Lindsay Ulrey 
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This episode engineered by: Blaise Douros