And it's easy to find yourself in that negativity spiral and that has been one of my other episodes

where you just everything is bad happening and you just get bad news after bad news after bad news

and you just feel like well why me and then you get into that woe is me mentality where only bad things happen to me

and that can be really debilitating. Illnesses, finances, sleep deprivation, anxiety about the future, distraction, okay

I hope I'm not making you more anxious by listing all of that up. I mean it all adds up to this feeling

that you sometimes can't feel like you can escape and I know you all have been there or maybe

you will find yourself there one time. Gratitude can really help bring us clarity in parenting.

It can increase connection with our partner and child. It can also create more empathy and

compassion for ourselves as well as other people. Welcome back to the show and happy 2023

maybe you're listening to this in January of 2023 when it debuts or maybe later. Welcome welcome welcome

I am so happy to have you here. As a reminder this podcast continues to grow because of you your

reviews the way you share this podcast with your loved ones your neighbor down the street on social media

it means so much so keep doing that. I also hope you just had a really great and safe holiday.

I hope you spent time with people that you love. I hope you spent time with yourself

and if you traveled by airplane I really hope you have your luggage I mean those delays the

luggage all over the country and even internationally was a fiasco so hopefully life is getting back

to normal you have all your things and thank you again for joining me. I ended last year with the

Finding Joy episode about things to leave behind in 2023 and I hope that you take a listen to it

because it's a really important conversation here at Pete's Doc Talk and through all of my resources

whether it's on this podcast social media YouTube my blog or my workshops and courses. I want

as parents to be informed supported and also feel motivated to make the changes we need to be the

best versions of ourselves for our lives and our family and this is what these Finding Joy episodes

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