Pressure builds, like a volcano about to explode and as I’m fond of saying, you can’t put a lid on lava, so you want to keep the lava under control. You can help yourself by taking the pressure off every few minutes before it culminates in an explosion—try this simple strategy every day this week to help yourself be a calmer parent.

It’s called simple self-care.

1:27 One way to get calm: drop your shoulders, drop your thoughts, and sink into one conscious breath as it goes in and out of the body.

2:05 Examples of when to use this strategy when kids and partners are contributing to the explosion by pushing our buttons.

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