31 Days of Mindful Parenting: Day 4

Viktor Frankl was a Holocaust survivor, an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist. Through practicing mindfulness, we more easily find the space, or the pause, between each stimulus that presents itself throughout the day. We are surrounded by tens of thousands of stimuli throughout the day so this quote is not meant to make you feel bad that for most of those stimuli you will react instead of respond. Rather, it is meant to encourage us all to see if we can “catch” the pause in between, so that we may be able to choose a response that feels authentic to us, our values and to the moment.