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Life Kit · August 25, 2026 · 21m

Mom needs a moment! How to pause parental rage

Licensed marriage and family therapist Cassidy Freitas explains how exhausted parents can manage moments of rage and reactivity. She introduces the concept of finding refuge in 'the margins' — small pockets of time throughout the day — and shares practical tools from her book for catching reactions before they start. The episode offers strategies for building a calmer, more connected relationship with your children even when you're running on empty.

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The Margins: Finding Refuge Between Demands
Freitas introduces the concept of finding refuge in 'the margins' — the small, often overlooked pockets of time between the demands of parenting where a parent can reset.
Freitas describes how parental rage typically stems not from the child's behavior itself but from a chain of depletion — accumulated stress, sleep loss, and constant demands that erode emotional reserves until a small trigger causes an outsized reaction.

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