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  • How to practice opening up your attention when you have baby or toddler sleep problems
  • It helps to know how to make room for painful feelings when you have baby or toddler sleep problems
  • It helps to notice and name worried or repetitive negative thoughts, but it doesn't help to try to get rid of them
  • Can you let your thoughts play like a radio in the background or float like a leaf on a stream sometimes when you're caring for a baby or toddler?
  • Bring your attention back to the present moment over and over when you're caring for a baby or toddler
  • Slow deep breathing really does help sometimes when you're caring for a baby or toddler
  • Dropping an anchor during emotional storms as you care for your baby or toddler
  • How to practice mindfulness by eating a piece of chocolate
  • Take tiny steps to do the things that matter (even if you don't feel like it) when you have baby or toddler sleep problems

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How to practice mindfulness by eating a piece of chocolate

Dr Pamela Douglas15th of Feb 202423rd of May 2024

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Here's one way to practice mindfulness! Find a piece of chocolate, or a wrapped chocolate, and listen to this video ....

Acknowledgements

I'm grateful to perinatal psychologist Narelle Dickenson and her psychology students at Lotus Health and Psychology, Brisbane, for creating the video above.

Recommended resources

The five mindfulness myths. Dr Russ Harris

Recommended resources, acknowledgements, and selected references for the articles in the Caring for you section of The Possums Sleep Program are found here, including selected research evaluations of both Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Compassion-focused Therapy in the perinatal period.

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