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Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times best-selling parenting books, takes your questions.

And I'm co-host, Rina Ninan, a journalist and mom of two.

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Episode 29, how do I get my kid into mindfulness?

So your advice to have a little piece of chocolate,

a little getaway every day later in the afternoon to look forward to,

is expanding my waistline.

I need something new. No, you need more chocolate. I'm sure the answer is more chocolate. I do. When I'm stressed, I absolutely turn to it.

And, you know, I am spending the week at a friend's place in New York City. And I have to say,

it's a bit depressing. My my favorite restaurants places here in New York

hotels have all shut down and I got anxious I just got really really anxious because I've

never seen the city like this and I completely forgot we have Malika Chopra on and without

even thinking have been using the Chopra app because there's something about

forcing yourself to slow down that I think we've forgotten as much as our lives have slowed down,

Lisa, and the pandemic, I think sometimes you're thinking still about a thousand things.

I think that's right. And I will say over the course of the pandemic, you know, we spend so much

time with our own minds.

I've gotten a lot more deliberate around doing things like leaving my phone at home when I go for a walk.

That's a good one.

Yeah, I think it's interesting.

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