Emotional wellbeing for mindful parenting

At Meridiano Seguros, we believe a family’s emotional wellbeing deserves a central place in everyday life. That’s why we’ve launched “I’ll explain it in short” – an initiative that highlights the importance of mental health and mindful parenting. A digital project designed to share simple, useful insights in an accessible way so you can support your family more mindfully and respectfully.

“I’ll explain it in short”: an initiative that puts words to what many families live

At Meridiano Seguros we’ve launched “I’ll explain it in short”, an initiative to offer emotional support to mothers, fathers and caregivers through content that’s brief, clear and useful.

For six weeks, we’ll share a series of collaborative videos on our social media, featuring three leading professionals in mental health and respectful parenting: Sara Desirée, Elvira Perejón and Sara Noguera.

Each will cover – in just one minute – a key concept to help families better understand what they are experiencing with their children, from how to support the earliest years in line with neurodevelopment to how to support teenagers emotionally without overprotecting or withdrawing.

A webinar to keep learning

As part of the campaign, these three professionals have also come together for the webinar “How to support without getting lost”, a warm conversation about the biggest emotional challenges in conscious parenting – the importance of adult self-regulation, how to set boundaries through connection, and how to accompany without disappearing.

Follow our Instagram account and comment on any of the reels to access the full video and enter three giveaways from our collaborators. Simply comment on the video – or videos – of the professional whose book you’d like to win (you can enter all three if they’re all relevant to you):

• En esta casa mando yo, y punto: Cómo comunicar y establecer límites sanos en la adolescencia, by Sara Desirée.
• Ser madre es fácil (cuando no tienes hijos) by Sara Noguera.
• Educar con cerebro: Hábitos y herramientas de crianza y neuroeducación para crecer con salud mental y emocional by Elvira Perejón.

Why is emotional wellbeing in the family so important?

We often talk about caring for children’s emotions, but less about the emotional state of the adults who care for them. When a parent is overwhelmed, exhausted or at the end of their tether, it is harder to find the patience or presence that parenting asks of us. And this has nothing to do with weakness, it’s just human.

Emotional self-care isn’t just about looking after yourself, it’s also a way of upbringing. Through your actions and how you handle day-to-day emotions, you teach your children far more than it seems. Showing vulnerability, knowing when to pause or ask for help, and setting healthy boundaries – all of this is also a way of parenting with love and authenticity.

The invisible overload many families carry

Many parents live with a constant sense of mental overload – endless decisions, needs to meet, tasks to remember, etc. – and that’s exhausting, even if it isn’t visible. When it isn’t recognised or spoken about, the load multiplies.

Parenting can also bring guilt sometimes – for not getting to everything, not knowing how to respond, or not having all the answers. That’s why it’s vital to normalise that perfection isn’t the goal and that no one has to do everything right all the time.

Being able to share experiences, doubts or frustrations and feel understood can make a huge difference. We need safe spaces to talk about what parenting really involves, without filters or idealisation.

Balancing respectful parenting, boundaries and emotions

Mindful parenting means being present with your children, listening to them, validating their emotions and guiding them with mutual respect. That doesn’t mean there’s no place for boundaries.

In fact, setting boundaries with love, without punishments or threats, is one of the hardest tasks in parenting. Doubts are common: Am I being too flexible? What if I go too far the other way? How do I accompany without losing myself? This is a learning process – and we learn as we go.

At Meridiano Seguros, we believe caring for caregivers is a real way to build a healthier environment. We also believe that sometimes a single minute is enough for an idea to resonate, bring relief or offer support. With this initiative, we take another step in our commitment to stand alongside families in the everyday, the unseen, the things that are often felt but not said.

You can follow the campaign on our Instagram and TikTok profiles. In addition, as mentioned above, by commenting on each professional’s video, you’ll automatically enter the giveaway for their books and receive access to the exclusive webinar with Sara, Elvira and Sara Desirée. Because in parenting, sometimes you just need a clear prompt to reconnect with yourself.

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