Stress Management For Parents

Stressed, Overwhelmed, Tearing your hair out? Learn coping skills that help you parent more calmly.

What you'll learn
Triggers & Symptoms of stress & the impact it has on your body not just the joys versus the chaos of parenthood
The Mind-Body connections that contribute to flooding your body with stress hormones, impacting how you parent your child/ren
Simple coping skills that help you resolve conflicts with your child in a calm and mindful way.
How 'Mindfulness' & Breathwork can have a profound impact on your relationship with yourself, your child/ren & others.
You will have an awareness of the Autonomic Nervous System & be able to recognise when you are experiencing Early Warning Signs (EWS) of stress.
Requirements
There are no special requirements for this course except a willingness to learn & engage with the tools & techniques that support being a calmer parent.
Description
Does this sound like you?Parenthood is amazing on one hand and so emotionally draining on the other,Despite my best-laid plans to have a day where I stay calm, I end up feeling guilty for getting angry and yelling at the kids again!The kids drive me nuts: war zone at the dinner table, temper tantrums, fighting siblings,Honestly, I am tearing my hair out, trying to get anywhere on time e.g the school run… is a nightmare!I'm constantly repeating myself, yelling & screaming but no one's listening,I feel stressed… I know I am stressed…..I am running around like a headless chicken, spinning so many plates……I'm running on empty!I have been there too, being a parent is the hardest & most rewarding job in the world, we all get it wrong & we all get it right, luckily children are very resilient and don't require perfection. What children do require though is consistently loving, caring parental guidance. So it won't be any surprise to know, that most mums /dads will have these feelings at some point in their parenting journey, you're not alone, know you're not a bad parent and know you're in the right place, right here right now.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction & Welcome

Lecture 2 What you will learn on the course

Lecture 3 Stress versus Anxiety

Section 2: Life's Additional Stressors

Lecture 4 Life stressors & the impact on your health & wellbeing

Section 3: An Introduction to your Autonomic Nervous System

Lecture 5 A brief overview of the autonomic nervous system

Lecture 6 A brief look at the sympathetic nervous system (SNS)

Lecture 7 A brief look at the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS)

Lecture 8 The longer-term impact of chronic stress on my health?

Lecture 9 When everyone & everything wants a piece of you

Section 4: Managing your Stress with 'Coping Skills'

Lecture 10 The 4 x 4 box hack

Lecture 11 Guided Meditation to de-stress the mind & body

Section 5: Summary: Revisit the Blob Tree

Lecture 12 Where are you now?

Section 6: Next Steps

Lecture 13 Additional information

This is a great course for any expectant or new mum, current mum, foster mum, adoptive mum, legal guardian & grandparent, in fact anyone who has the responsibility for parenting.,There is no perfect mum or dad, perfect child or perfect parenting guide, so just be you, be the best parent for your child.