Girls, I am taking my annual July blogging break. As you have come to know, I do this every year for my mental wellbeing, and for the quality of this blog. It has become my gift to myself.
But this year is a little different.
Girls, I am taking my annual July blogging break. As you have come to know, I do this every year for my mental wellbeing, and for the quality of this blog. It has become my gift to myself.
But this year is a little different.
Truth? I’m sitting right now with one of my besties and said to her, “How should I close the year? What should I write about today?”
And she proceeded to tell me about an article she was reading recently on the “unpleasable generation.” The article discussed how over-parenting is making our kids unpleasable. Restless. Even depressed and anxious. With technology at our fingertips to give us quick answers, with parents giving in to their kids’ every whim trying to keep them happy, combined with mom hovering to make sure Johnny handed in that assignment, or worse, call the teacher to see what can be done with that poor grade, our children aren’t building their resilience muscle. They are actually becoming anxious and depressed in the process. When they aren’t given the chance to fail or try new things, they become lazy, unpleasable.
So, my bestie and I decided, instead of sitting here today and contemplating our New Years resolutions and how we make next year better, why don’t we take time to focus on what we DO have, and how we can build on that. Can we focus on being PLEASABLE? And not just for our kids, but us too.
I help busy women (like you!) prioritize self-care so you can experience less stress, more calm and greater joy every day!
