Parenting
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3 days agoThe Best Thing I've Done For Myself Lately Is Going To The Movies Alone
Going to the movies alone is an underrated form of self-care for moms.
There are so many proven scientific benefits to moving our bodies, but the one I need more than ever right now is burning off the low-grade anxiety that we, as mothers, are carrying around. The pent-up emotional energy that comes from existing in an increasingly hostile country, and doing our best to keep that from spilling into our mothering. We can't very well spend all day, every day screaming into the void like we want to.
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