Kids (and parents) have experienced a lot of change, uncertainty, and stress during the last year and a half. Now that it’s time to think about returning to school, you may be noticing an increase in stress and anxiety.
The more choices you make throughout the day, the harder each one becomes for your brain, and eventually it looks for shortcuts. It’s different from ordinary physical fatigue in that you may not be consciously aware of being tired, though you’re low on mental energy.
Not everything needs to be done right away, or talked about right now, or even decided without a good night sleep. When we delay action, we stop the habit of reacting to situations, and we take control of that aspect of our lives again.
Encouragement works by anchoring a good feeling to doing something. This drive to feel good can be strong enough to motivate us to do more. When we attach the good feeling to accomplishing something, we want to do it again so that we’ll get the good feeling again.
Loving your body is so important, no matter where you are in your journey. When you begin to recognize the amazing, accomplished, deserving person you are, you begin to realize that you deserve better.
