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Hi this is Janet Lansbury

welcome to unruffled.

Today I'm going to be talking about caring for ourselves and our

children in times of crisis. Like this crisis that our whole world seems to be in right now, and I hope what I have to say also applies to crises in our personal life, in our communities. How do we care for ourselves while caring for the greater

suffering of others? How do we find our way when it's also overwhelming?

I'm no expert, so I can only humbly share

what I'm learning from others who are

and what I've discovered for myself that helps me.

And also some specifics for helping our children.

Okay, so the reason this is very focused on us is because we are our children's number one, as their parents or caregivers.

When we become parents, we take on an enormous responsibility

that challenges us to our depths, brings us lots of pain, but also enormous joy.

Our power and influence over these younger people

is undeniable and it's unrelenting.

It's a job that only we can do.

We're it. We're their baseline always. The baseline for our children's well-being is ours.

That can be daunting, I know. And as I brought up in the intro,

I know some things about caring for children.

I don't know as much about caring for ourselves

and I'm learning.

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