I wanted to share some tips for Navigating Back to School: How To Ease the Transition. Whether you're a new parent or have been through this a few times, the start of a school year can be a mix of excitement and anxiety.

If you were feeling burnt out at the end of last year, maybe you thought taking a break over the holidays might help.

But if you are burnt out, why don’t you feel different after taking a short break?

The reason is burnout can develop over a long period and result in significant physical and cognitive changes which can be difficult to undo quickly.

What do you think would be more stressful?

Knowing something bad is going to happen or the uncertainty that it might happen, but it also might not.

Scientists from the University College in London found it was uncertainty that led to significantly more stress, than actually knowing something unpleasant was going to happen.