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Sometimes motherhood can feel like a pressure cooker or maybe an instant pot and there's

a weight and responsibility of caring for your kids that is so intense you're about to

explode. If that's you, hang on, we've got some hope for you. On

today's episode, I'm John Fuller along with Danny Werta who leads our parenting

and youth department here at Focus and Danny, I'm certain that in your counseling practice you have talked with lots of stressed out moms

Paint a picture if you can of some of the commonalities for those stressed out moms

Stressed out moms and dads I mean that really isn't under specific.

I wasn't trying to call out moms here.

There are both.

With the coronavirus or any other extended periods of time at home that has been the case for moms.

I know my wife has said, man, you guys being at home more has created a lack of space for me to really think and just regroup, you know, that

refueling that we all need at times and whenever everyone's at home and the demands are there,

where's dinner? The laundry, work, friends,

relationships, conflicts between kids. I mean moms and dads both wear a number of hats that they're trying to manage plus on top of that

and trying to navigate marital disagreements being being intentional,

so the demands over time create stress,

and stress can create poor parenting.

And so as a parent, you want to figure out

what are my refuel moments, like a pit pit stop or going to a gas station and how can I set up

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