10 Simple Ways to Cultivate Calm When You’re Feeling Stressed

Have you experienced a heightened sense of stress through the pandemic?

Life is stressful enough without layering on a pandemic. And moms, in particular, have beared the brunt. We’re stressed out, locked down, and feeling locked up too, breeding a sense of isolation and ”Yes, I actually am alone in this.”

Just when a mom of a couple of young kids may have figured out how to juggle getting the kids off to school or childcare…just when she was starting to establish a little life/work balance, the pandemic took over

The burden is real. The sense of responsibility a heavy weight. No wonder impatience is growing among moms how are feeling exhausted and burned out.

And the truth is on a large scale, there is not much we can do about this right now. However, with increased vaccination, kids heading back to school, and spring in the air, change is on the horizon.

In the meantime, there are small steps you can take to ensure just a few minutes of self-care, which due to the current climate is actually mental-health care.