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Self-Care for Foster Parents

By Creating a Family Staff

Parenting foster children who have come to your home from trauma, neglect or abuse is likely the hardest work you will ever do. It requires you to have a wide variety of tools in your parenting toolbox. Self-care for foster parents is one of the most important tools you can have in that toolbox.

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61 - Friday Fix: How to Take Back Your Power

In today’s episode of The Verywell Mind Podcast, I’ll share a simple but powerful exercise that can help you take back your power so you feel more in control.

The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin

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Stretched Too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose the Guilt, Work Smarter, and Thrive

Working mothers constantly battle the pull to do all the things well. From managing work and home responsibilities to being impacted by a lack of self-care and time for deep friendships, the struggle is real. At the end of each day, many working moms are exhausted and stretched too thin.

Jessica N. Turner

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The Right Questions: Ten Essential Questions to Guide You to an Extraordinary Life

New York Times number-one bestselling author Debbie Ford presents revolutionary questions that, when answered with complete honesty, change the way we see ourselves and make decisions—ultimately moving us toward the life we desire.

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Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive (10th Anniversary Edition)

In Parenting from the Inside Out, child psychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and early childhood expert Mary Hartzell, M.Ed., explore the extent to which our childhood experiences shape the way we parent.

Daniel J. Siegel, Mary Hartzell

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12 Ways to Recognize Passive Aggression

In this video, I dive into the topic of passive aggressive behaviour. What is it, and how can we recognize it in ourselves and others?

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Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

A kinder, more compassionate world starts with kind and compassionate kids. In Raising Good Humans, you’ll find powerful and practical strategies to break free from “reactive parenting” habits and raise kind, cooperative, and confident kids.

Hunter Clarke-Fields, Carla Naumburg (foreword)

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Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You

“If you really loved me...” “After all I’ve done for you...” “How can you be so selfish...

Susan Forward, Donna Frazier

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Respect the fact that all you do and are now has evolved for a good reason and serves an important purpose.

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When we do not put our primary emotional energy into solving our own problems, we take on other people’s problems as our own.

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Anger is inevitable when our lives consist of giving in and going along; when we assume responsibility for other people’s feelings and reactions; when we relinquish our primary responsibility to proceed with our own growth and ensure the quality of our own lives; when we behave as if having a...

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Foster Parenting