Hi, my name is Emma Pigues. I'm from New Orleans, Louisiana. I have a two and a half year

old and a five month old. And in the morning, when things are crazy, I have started freezing

anything I can find in ice and giving that to my two and a half year old to give me

some time to get the day figured out. Little plastic bears, dinosaurs, anything you have

the night before, fill it up in a bowl of water. If it's small, you can put it in individual

ice cube trays, add some food coloring, breathe it, and then you have until the ice melts

to do whatever you need to do without your toddler that morning. Good luck, you can do

it. Bye.

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This is Life Kit. I'm Shrine Marisol Maraji, and my guest today is Rachel Wilkerson Miller.

She's the author of a new book called The Art of Showing Up. It's a guide for people

who crave deeper relationships and more connection with friends and loved ones. Hi, Rachel.

Hi, how are you? I am good. I'm in my closet with a cup of tea. Where are you right now?

I am sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee. Grab a beverage and join us. In part one of my

interview with Rachel, she shares tips on how to show up for yourself. The next episode will

focus on showing up for others in times of crisis, which is something so many of us are being called

on to do these days. But before you can do your best for those you love, Rachel says you must put

your oxygen mask on first. And I believe that I also think that most people think that is true

for everybody who is not them, and they sort of think that they're the exception to the rule,

and it's so easy to say like, well, yeah, that's true in theory, but like here's six different

reasons why that couldn't possibly apply to me right now. On this episode of Life Kit,

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