TMP psychologist, Lineé, talks about parental burnout; what it is, what causes it, and how to prevent/overcome it.

5 minute Exercise - Self Care is easy to write about and talk about, yet a lot harder to schedule and do. It is also a very personal thing.

Self care is not just about how we care for our bodies and minds – it’s also about how we care for our emotions.

Setting Boundaries is a form of self care.

Setting our boundaries helps us prevent negative situations before they arise, it enables us to prevent situations rather than treat the negative.

As mothers we are in a constant search for balance. What to say yes to and what to say no and walk away from.

WE ALL HAD EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT MOTHERHOOD WOULD BE LIKE AND OF OURSELVES AS A MOTHER.

From the moment that we find out that we are going to be a mother, our expectations start to take shape as we start forming a very clear image in our minds of the mother that want to be.

Making sleep a priority is one of the best ways that you can care for yourself and support your mental health.

Dispelling our negative narrator.

• NLP Technique for Dispelling and Transforming Negative Self-Talk.

How much we care for ourselves outwardly depends on how much we care inwardly. The way we speak to ourselves directly affects how much self care we give.  

We all have a negative narrator who has well and truly set up camp in our subconscious mind.

Self care practices to calm your mind and nervous system

When we are anxious or stressed, we tend to neglect the very thing that can help us cope better and regain our equilibrium – our self care practices.

Your task this week is to book in a ‘60 minute Me Moment.’ This means at least 60 minutes dedicated TO YOU, FOR YOU AND ALL ABOUT YOU. This is something we need to be doing daily. So if you’re doing Jen’s HIIT workouts you’ve got 20 mins of this covered, what’s the other 40 minutes going to be?