Happy New Year.

At the beginning of a new year, we often feel a refreshed sense of motivation

to tackle something new.

And in today's world, we are inundated with information, Whether it be about parenting, cooking, art projects,

gardening, the world is quite literally at our fingertips, thanks to Google. The result is that we often feel like if the information is

available to us that we should consume it and we should be able to put it into

action. If you saw a meme online with 10 things that you should say to your kids, I use this example because I have this list, well you read that list and it makes sense to you, so you should be able to go and put those 10 things into practice, right?

The truth is, that's not always the case.

When we learn new things and fail to put those new things into action, we can feel guilt. I call this

no better, do better guilt. Just because we know better, we expect that we're going to do better.

And that's not always the case. And I think that this is something that we feel more and more in this age of information

overload.

So today we're going to talk about recognizing this guilt, appreciating when you're

making baby steps, and knowing when you need to lay off all of the quote-unquote

available resources.

Hi, this is Deney. I'm the founder of Simple Families.

Simple Families is an online community for parents who are seeking a simpler more intentional life.

In this show we focus on minimalism with kids, positive parenting, family wellness, and decreasing

the mental load.

My perspectives are based in my first-hand experience raising kids, but also rooted in

my PhD in child development.

So you're going to hear conversations that are based in research, but more importantly, real life.

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