Parent Self Care 9/6/21 Parent Self Care 9/6/21

Using The Vitality Wheel to Enhance Your Self-Care: 8 Ways to Boost Vitality by Psychologist Suzy Reading

Suzy Reading is a psychologist and author that created The Vitality Wheel, which is central to her self-care work. The Vitality Wheel includes eight areas that help people live a life of zest and vitality. Also, grab your FREE Vitality Wheel Self-Care worksheet.

Parent Self Care 8/13/21 Parent Self Care 8/13/21

Learning from Parental Burnout + Creating Your Relapse Prevention Plan

Many parents have grown desensitized to burnout, as it has become so commonplace during COVID. While parental burnout is not a clinical diagnosis, it should be taken seriously because it often functions as a low-level depression. Learn how to create your own parental burnout relapse prevention plan and access parental burnout resources.

Parent Self Care 4/16/21 Parent Self Care 4/16/21

Black Mothers Matter: A Look into the Black Maternal Health Crisis, 8 Ways to Act in allyship + Culturally Competent Resources

There are things our country can and must do now to dismantle systemic racism, including making the medical system one that is safe and supportive for black mothers and other oppressed groups. The responsibility is on those with power to deepen their humanity and leverage their privilege in order to create systemic change. One way educators and activists are trying to increase awareness about this horrific injustice is by making April National Minority Health Month in the United States (this month stems from Booker T. Washington’s efforts in 1915 and received support from the U.S. Congress in 2002). The goal of this initiative is to improve health equity for all racial and enthnic minority groups. April 11th through the 17th specifically focuses on Black Maternal Mental Health.

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