Help me change my mindset/ outlook as a parent to 2 young children

Advice/ Tips

I’m feeling… hopeless. I don’t have anything to look forward to and I can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. I have a very high-needs 3-year-old and a 3-month-old with reflux. I live in a foreign country and I don’t have a village. I don’t get breaks. My body is breaking.

I don’t want practical advice like how to burp my baby, I want to hear your mantras and meditations if you’re a parent in the trenches. What do you repeat to yourself when the kids are driving you crazy or you feel you have nothing else to give? TIA

Posted May 1, 2026, 5:48 PM UTC

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