75 When it feels like everything you do is wrong

Like pretty much every mum I know, I have too many tabs in my brain open: when did I last worm the dogs? How am I going to find time to go to the dentist? Does my youngest have allergies? Is it bad that I stopped taking my kids to swimming lessons? Is every choice I make as a mum somehow always "wrong"? The internet regularly gives the message that if only you tried a bit harder, or focused a bit more, you could have the cake and eat it. But don’t eat cake, OK? Because of sugar, white carbs and gluten, oh my. Am I doing anything right? Turns out there's a is a word for this experience: Paro It means the feeling that everything you do is somehow wrong. It works best as a visual example, so if you haven’t seen this short video explaining it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7l2hUp0CkQ I encourage you to watch it. It comes from a book I just discovered and am slightly obsessed with – the dictionary of obscure sorrows by john Koenig. Basically its new words for emotions we all feel but don’t have the language for. https://amzn.to/3OMlu3A Social Media Detox for Mums ⁠Amazon Australia⁠⁠ More than a healthy baby: finding strength and growth after birth trauma ⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3cAuvfu⁠⁠ If you'd like to follow along my slow living journey on ⁠⁠my YouTube channel ⁠⁠ I also send a ⁠⁠weekly email⁠⁠ and have old school-style pen pals rather than use social media :) My Website: ⁠⁠https://doctorerin.com.au/⁠⁠ Mental health courses I teach: ⁠⁠https://doctorerin.com.au/shop⁠⁠ Inquiries: [email protected]