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Stop.How are you reading this?Are you on your phone?At work?On a laptop in front of the TV?Would you mind taking a moment to focus just on this screen?Just notice your breathing.Is it fast? Slow?Just take a moment to slow it down. Take a nice long deep breath in...

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Something I’ve noticed about parenthood is the immediacy of it. The urgency. Of course there are moments of calm, when your child is happily engaged and you can relax and enjoy watching their pleasure. And there’s nap time. But in between those times, the incessant...