Stop Living at the Bottom of the Totem Pole. You Matter

EP:102 Putting on your oxygen mask first… that’s you’ve heard over and over and over and over and over again.

The problem that I’m finding is that just because we know that phrase doesn’t necessarily mean that I’m seeing that we’re doing it as parents, and when you don’t do it, what happens is you place yourself at the bottom of the totem pole.

If you are currently
✅ Exhausted and depleted.
✅ You’re waking up in the morning saying, I can’t believe this is my life. I don’t know how I got to this place.
✅ You resent your partner.
✅ You are so frustrated and annoyed with your kids.
✅ You’re on antidepressants.
✅ You have high anxiety.
✅ You are unhappy.

That probably means you are and that means that you’re probably dysregulated and miserable.

There are so many of you that we work with who just that simple phrase, I matter. You don’t believe it. You don’t trust it. There are so many individuals who we work with who just have built their own worth within taking care of everyone else around them.

I just want to remind you today, if you haven’t taken care of yourself in a while, to please do so if you need support, skip the vacation and pay for the support so that when you go on vacation, you’ll enjoy the damn vacation. Find someone who feels best and right for you to guide you through your own journey of life. And most importantly, stop wasting time, because time is the most valuable commodity you will ever have, and you can’t get it back. So this is your kick in the ass to start climbing that totem pole all the way up to the top, and take a breath once you’re up there and enjoy.

For more on this topic - tune into the Thrive Like a Parent podcast.

XOXO,
Dr. B

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