134. What to do When Work, Parenting, and Partnership Collide During Quarantine with Yael and Diana

Published: April 1, 2020, 7:34 p.m.

b'We are facing an unprecedented challenge of how to work, parent, homeschool, and partner in the time of the Coronavirus Pandemic. During this tragedy, many of us have felt overwhelmed by the nuts and bolts of maintaining our most important life roles. In this episode, Yael and Diana draw from psychology research, personal experience, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). We discuss strategies to keep our heads above water in each of our life roles while keeping an eye towards finding slivers of possibility to support our work, parenting, and relationships during this quarantine.\\n\\n\\n\\nListen and learn:\\n\\n\\n\\nHow to soothe your nervous system when stressed-outStrategies to engage self-compassion and psychological flexibility\\xa0How to take breaks, find meaning, and explore the possibilityPerspective shifting so that you can manage expectations, mistakes, and challengesTo look for opportunities for growth and joy in our parenting, work, and relationshipsWays to make room for complex emotions\\xa0How to support positive connections between work, parenting, and relationships while quarantined\\n\\n\\n\\nResources:\\n\\n\\n\\nBlessings of a Skinned Knee: Raising Self-Reliant Children, by Wendy Mogel\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about self-compassion and resilience:\\n\\n\\n\\n75. Mindful Self-Compassion with Christopher Germer22. Taking in the Good with Rick Hanson\\n\\n\\n\\nIdeas for Parenting Effectively and Compassionately:\\n\\n\\n\\n78. The Self-Driven Child with Dr. William Stixrud113. Self-Compassion for Parents with Dr. Susan Pollak\\n\\n\\n\\nIdeas for Managing Work Under Difficult Circumstances\\n\\n\\n\\n42. Strategies To Increase Focus And Work More Effectively58. Balancing the Big Stuff with Drs. Miriam Liss and Holly Schiffrin73. Essentialism With Greg McKeown83. The Tao of Work and Family Balance130. Working Less with Dr. Alex Pang\\n\\n\\n\\nIdeas for Maintaining Healthy Partnerships\\n\\n\\n\\n21. Fostering A Connected Partnership61. Becoming Our Best Relationship Selves By Identifying Core Values And Schemas With Dr. Avigail Lev92. Marriage in Midlife: The Rough Patch with Dr. Daphne de Marneffe\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn about Values and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT):\\n\\n\\n\\n116. Building a Meaningful, Values-based Life with Dr. Jenna LeJeune121. Be Mighty: An Episode for Stressed Out, Worried Women with Dr. Jill Stoddard\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'