Bursts/The Parent Wind-down
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The Parent Wind-down

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Duration 54mActivities 3Quality Exceptional 100%Difficulty Manageable 0

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Quiet tidy preview

Quiet tidy

Tidying & cleaning (mindful)

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Sarah's gentle-parenting work holds a message: regulated parents make regulated homes. A short tidy-up of the day's mess, in low light, without the radio. The act of tidying is help start the wind-down.

Activity duration breakdown
21mins
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3 mins
Activity
15 mins
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3 mins

Bearmore’s thoughts on doing tidying & cleaning (mindful) before eating (mindful)

This works well because eating mindfully in a clean space can feel more calm and satisfying with a fresh environment around you.

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Hot drink, no screens

Eating (mindful)

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A real cup of tea or warm milk, sat down, phone in another room. Sarah writes about the parent's own wind-down being the bit nobody schedules.

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21mins
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3 mins
Activity
15 mins
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3 mins

Bearmore’s thoughts on doing eating (mindful) before breath work

This can be a good pairing because both involve awareness, so breath work feels like a natural extension of mindful eating.

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Slow breathing

Breath work

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This is a simple practice she recommends for kids that works for adults too: long exhales, longer than the inhale. Five to ten minutes is enough to bring you down a notch.

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12mins
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1 min
Activity
10 mins
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1 min