As we ring in 2026, we are bombarded with advertisements and marketing of “New Year, New You.” As a parent, New Year’s resolutions that focus on remaking your entire self feel overwhelming and exhausting. This blog focuses on how you can have New Year’s resolutions that focus on priortizing caring for yourself rather than adding more to your plate.

Gratitude may feel like an unachievable goal or just one more thing you have to do when deal with the chaotic nature of raising young children. However, gratitude is a tool that can actually help not only survive and thrive during those difficult and stressful early years of parenthood. This blog post is a guide for a how you can integrate gratitude into your daily life, without adding more to your to do list.