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Seeking Order in the Newborn Chaos

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For many new parents, the newborn phase can be challenging because of how unpredictable and chaotic life can feel when you are learning your new baby. If you're looking for things to be 100% predictable and controllable then you might feel like you're failing when things don't go according to "plan".
In this episode I unpack this desire for predictability and how the process of coming to terms with this is the greatest early lesson of parenthood.
2 May 2023 English Explicit South Africa Self-Improvement · Relationships

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