This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting, now in the midst of a pandemic.

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

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

some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves most of the time I'll be

getting answers to your parenting questions so send your questions to ask Lisa

at dr.lisa demore.com. Episode 30.

I've hit a wall.

How do I keep myself and my family going?

So the weather seems to be getting a little better.

People are getting vaccinated.

Why do I still feel like crap?

I'm hearing this. I'm hearing this and I'm feeling this. It's just, what is it?

I feel like, you know, we know more and more vaccines are entering the market, which was not the

case six months ago, it feels like. There should be so much more hope and promise. But like, why,

why can't we just sort of feel better?

Do you feel, I just, like, it's just me? Am I stuck in a run?

No, I don't think it's just you. I think this is a very strange time in the pandemic.

I don't think we've seen anything like this before where we're getting good news, but it's very

hard to know how that actually translates to our day-to-day lives, either right this minute or even

in several months. I mean, my daughter had to bring me a cup of coffee in bed today. It's pretty bad

for me here at this point. Okay, but that's a good kid. That's a good kid. Well done. Well, she got to watch TV after, so

there we go. So we got this letter in our inbox, which makes me feel better that it's not just me.

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