Own Your Mind. Make this the year of living ‘clearly’. Take control of it. Clarity trumps stress. It’s there first. Keep it first. No matter where you are in your parenting process, you can be clear about where you are at any given moment and make a decision to stay there or leave.

Perhaps you are ‘clearly’ stressed. Do you power through until you collapse and make yourself seriously ill? I propose that we stop doing that. Take your rest and comfort BEFORE you ‘really need it’.

Our minds want us to believe that the trade off is failure or disgrace. The real tradeoff is your life. Our minds are the boss of us for only as long as we let them and as long as we let them, they will run us into the ground.

Parental stresses are ‘out there’, not inside. Stop bringing them in to roost on your nerves and heart. Remember, you are simultaneously teaching your child how to handle life. Hand them lessons on how to BE and maintain their clarity that they can KNOW.

Is your mind your own?