Quality Time With our Kids Improves our Health, with Sarah Roof (S5 E17)

Last Updated on June 20, 2024 by Michelle

In this episode with Sarah Roof, of Simplyy_Sarah_, we dig deep into the importance of connecting deeply with each child, often. And, referencing multiple studies, Sarah points out, throughout this episode, why daily connections points between a parent and a child improves everyone’s healthy. 

Where to Listen or Watch

Listen on Apple Podcasts here: Quality Time With our Kids Improves our Health, with Sarah Roof, Season 5 Episode 17 of the Simple Doesn’t Mean Easy Podcast

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Quality Time With our Kids Improves our Health, with Sarah Roof

 

In this episode:

  • Research suggests that stress levels can significantly impact our physical and mental health
  • How does intentionally slowing down and engaging in meaningful activities with our kids help reduce stress and improve our overall health as mothers/parents?
  • Millennial moms are more likely to experience anxiety, depression & stress than any other generation of moms
  • Do moms rarely or never take time for their own health?
  • The best ways for a mom to take care of herself
  • Is “self care” what our peers and society tell us it is?
  • Parents who are devoted to regular family time report lower stress and higher levels of happiness
  • Great ways for a family to loose track of a few hours and just spend time together
  • Why intentional connection time with our kids improves mom’s health, as well as the children’s.
  • The many benefits of sitting down at dinner together as a family
  • Practical strategies to carve out time for slow and intentional time with kids
  • What “connection points” are with our children and how to create them
  • Fighting societal pressures to constantly be busy and achieve more
  • How society’s demand for productivity leads to LESS
  • How embracing a slower pace of life and prioritizing quality time with our kids help us redefine our definition of success and well-being
  • What age is too old for a child to have “connection points” with mom in a day?
  • Amazing ways that quality time with our kids improves a parent’s health
  • Planning a special dinner night once a week
  • The rhythm of theme nights planned regularly
  • How immersing ourselves in a moment offers the sweet spot of happy hormones and less stress
  • How spending 20-30 minutes in nature results in a deep drop in cortisol levels

 

More about Sarah Roof, today’s guest:

Sarah is a wife and mama who is on a journey to ditch the hurry and embrace a slower-paced life. Married to her (homeschool) highschool sweetheart, she and their little family live on a small piece of land about 50 miles east of Kansas City. Through her popular Instagram account, Simplyy Sarah, she encourages other mamas to reclaim motherhood from busy culture’s narrative, find beauty and purpose in the midst of the mundane, and to savor the slow and simple life.

Follow Sarah Roof: 

Sarah’s store, where you can sign up for the monthly newsletter: https://stan.store/SimplyySarah

Research articles Sarah mentioned: 

https://www.mother.ly/news/2023-state-of-motherhood-survey/
https://www.today.com/parents/today-survey-pandemic-parenting-finds-moms-are-burnt-out-t217123
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8263013/
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/a-20-minute-nature-break-relieves-stress

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My 7-page Pantry Checklist (free download)

 

 


“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” Psalm 127:3


 

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