How to Overcome Anger (10-Minute Mommy Peptalk Video)
A simple technique that can help you quickly deflate feelings of anger, resentment, and frustration.
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Omg, I totally, completely, absolutely, relate!, just having heard you verbalize my everyday a.m. routine, it just really helps, and the voice over tool..amazing!
Thank you!! I really needed to hear this–I am not the only mom who gets frustrated & feels like growling sometimes!! And now, when I do feel this way, I’m excited to try the voice over!
Great Peptalk! Thanks for posting these! Your baby is beautiful!!
I think my inner voice is almost always “I can’t do this – I am too tired to deal with this now”. I guess I need to get more sleep :~)
Two things that help me with my own terrible two. (I know you have a ton of experience, but this is just what works for me.) First, I love to say “act your age” in a fake stern voice, because it makes me see the humor in the situation since she is acting her age. Second, sometimes when we go through one of your cornflakes-like situations, if it something that repeats itself everyday, I just take a firm stand on it once – “today we choose once and dont switch” and I do not switch no matter how much she screams. Usually this will just prevent the situation from repeating itself day after day, and I prefer one day of tears, kicking the floor, hungry kid who refuses to eat breakfast, to day after day of driving me bonkers.
thanks sara, I appreciate your advice. I liked this “act your age” idea:)
I think it’s totally amazing that your kids eat breakfast! Don’t take that for granted!
As you know, Chana, the voice idea connects with Rabbi Nivin’s Great Expectations module. Now, when I hear my voice saying “but this kid should be doing ___!” the word “should” stops me in my tracks and I can focus on what he/she is actually doing and how to address it, rather than staying stuck on what he/she “should” be doing according to my plan. (But just a word of confession – I still have a long way to go!)
thanks debi, it’s been years since i did that module, that’s exactly what it is…