Hi, Brett Kirky. If you're a parent, you'll notice scenario. You're sleep deprived. You've got one child that has to go to soccer.
The other one has to be dropped at gymnastics cross town. There are lunchboxes to be packed, homework to get through. It's book week. It can be a full-on time in your life.
And I know the feeling. My wife and I have five kids. Yep, five. But what can really get you through with your sanity intact and even a smile on your face is mindfulness.
In the next series of Mindfully, we'll find out from parenting expert Maggie Dent how we can use mindfulness in the home. When we have a conversation with our children when they're calm again, so never, ever try and have a conversation about what they've done wrong in the heat of the moment. You can't hear anything in a red room. You've got to allow that sense of calmness to come.
You're also teaching them in the heat of the moment is not a time to respond. You'll be able to have that conversation saying, so what do you think it was that made you get so angry so quickly? So it becomes a teachable moment for our children rather than, I will punish you so you don't do that. You'll also hear from the hilarious Joe Stanley, TV presenter, radio host and busy mum.
I hate cooking. I hate it. I hate that I have to do that every night. Every night I think to myself, why does the child need to be fed?
Because I don't enjoy it. But then I'm like, okay, well, let's actually mindfully engage with the practice of it. There are really beautiful moments of mindfulness in your day-to-day activities that can really slow down and change the perspective. So I'll catch you soon for the next series of Mindfully coming right here in your feed, or via the ABC Listen Up.