The most stressful thing I have ever done is to become a parent. I stressed about everything, but then I heard about the concept of the good enough mother, a concept coined by Donald Winnicott in 1953. This idea that good enough was all I had to be took a great burden off my shoulders. That started me on a journey to stress less and enjoy life more.
A lot of modern advice about how to stress less actually causes more stress. There is a laundry list of what you need to do to be less stressed. This list includes things like yoga, meditation, exercise, eating healthier, eating organic, preparing meals at home, going to the park, going to the spa, going on a walk, going to the ocean, learn and employ relaxation techniques, aroma therapy, the list goes on and on. The thing is if you are short on time and or money all of this feels like more things I am not doing right and more things to stress about. The solution isn’t to do more and to try to be more perfect, but to let go of the perfection.
The first big thing you can do to reduce your stress is to embrace
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