Are You Taking Care?

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Written By Stef Tousignant

What the heck are we supposed to do now? I know for me I was just barely getting by as a parent of two elementary school-aged boys before this pandemic hit. Funny thing is I probably needed this advice then too!

I read this the other day in an article called “How our deep-seated Mother Wounds lead to Addiction” by Dr. Nandi Hetenyi

There is a culturally unspoken assumption that we should just know how to love ourselves. If we do not love ourselves, there is something wrong with us. 

I am not here to tell you empty truths. I not here to tell you to “love yourself” or to practice ambiguous “self care”. I am not here to build a community of parents who end up being perfect. I am here because I too suck at this. I am struggling too. And sometimes I do something and I feel better — this one actually worked, so here it is bundled up in a not so tidy little video, enjoy!

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