Preventing Holiday Overwhelm & Anxiety with Dr. Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco

This week on the Fresh Start Family Show, Wendy sits down with Dr. Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco, a Clinical Psychologist with a specialty in CBT - cognitive behavioral therapy to talk about how to prevent & avoid holiday overwhelm and anxiety. Dr. Dobrow Dimarco is also the author of Mom Brain: Proven Strategies to Fight the Anxiety, Guilt, and Overwhelming Emotions of Motherhood. Her science-based strategies work for kids of all ages and support moms to cope with the common challenges of motherhood. Moms do the juggle of motherhood so well. With a million things we are in charge of, we often find ourselves experiencing something referred to as Mom Brain. Dr. DiMarco defines Mom Brain as the way we shift what takes priority and precedence in our lives once we are parents.  In this episode, Wendy and Dr. DiMarco help us learn 3 strategies to help settle our brains and combat the stress and overwhelm that we often experience while juggling all.the.things - ESPECIALLY around the holidays. Tune in to learn how we can: Lower our expectations and keep them realistic - and celebrate small wins! (Think one good photo from a photo shoot or kids sitting for 10 minutes at the holiday dinner) Have compassion with the “mom fails” (So much is out of our control, so look for the AND) Plan ahead, organize and prepare for an event - (and be open to delegate instead of taking it all on ourselves) For links & more info about everything discussed in this episode, head to www.freshstartfamilyonline.com/149. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices