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As a busy working mom of two, Good Morning America correspondent Rebecca Jarvis says holiday burnout is real, but she says she’s trying her best.

“I try to focus on what’s really important to me, being with my kids, being with my husband and my family, and really trying to be present,” Jarvis tells Parents during a set visit to GMA. “I know that time can be scarce, but when I am with the family, I try really, really hard to put this down [holds up her phone]—that keeps me in the moment.”

Jarvis and her husband, Matt Hanson are the parents of a 5-year-old daughter Isabel, and a 1-year-old son Leo.

This week on GMA, Jarvis has been covering parenting tips on how to get through the holidays in a series called “The Parenting Playbook: Holiday Edition.” In the series, she’s focused on making the holidays enjoyable for her kids, while still managing to enjoy them herself.

Photo: ABC/Paula Lobo

Enjoying the Holidays With Your Kids

When she thinks about making the holidays enjoyable for her children, Jarvis says she draws on the past.

“The thing that makes the holidays most enjoyable as a parent is for me, remembering what it was like for me as a kid and thinking about my sister and I being together and my parents being with us. And when I look into my children’s eyes, I feel that joy with them, and it’s a really special thing for it to come full circle,” Jarvis says.

That sweet answer came after first answering our question by joking, “Am I allowed to say wine? No, I’m just kidding. That’s not it.”

Finding Magic in the Simple Things

As a working parent, Jarvis admits she’s stretched thin, like so many of us. But of course, we all still want to make moments magical for our kids during the holiday season. Jarvis says you can find those moments in ways that aren’t always the most obvious.

“I remind myself both my parents worked growing up, and while there were things sometimes that didn’t happen that were going on with other families, the important thing is just taking advantage of those moments,” she reflects.

Jarvis went on to give this advice.

“If it’s snowing outside, look up. If there’s laughter in the moment, take another beat. Enjoy the laughter instead of saying, ‘Okay, we got to go. We got to go. We got to make it to this next thing,'” Jarvis says. “I’m sort of a person who likes the chaos of it all. I feel like the chaos is part of the deal, and I try to lean into it and enjoy it as much as possible.”

Dealing With Unsolicited Parenting Advice

During the holidays, when we are together with extended family, there can be some unsolicited parenting advice from others. Jarvis says everybody has advice.

“I think I try to always sort of use the ‘I appreciate that,’ or ‘I hear you,'” she says.

She says she and her husband try to remember what their core principles are as a family and what they care about most when it comes to their kids.

“Yes, people will come in with their advice. And I think the hardest part of that is if you doubt yourself [and] if you start to question what you believe,” Jarvis adds.

She says it’s a conversation that’s always ongoing and to talk to your partner. She says that’s what helps to ground herself.

Three Words to Describe Mom Life

Finally, we asked Jarvis what three words best describe her current mom life.

“Chaos is definitely one. Joyfulness is another, and rolling with it isn’t really a word, but I feel like that’s really, for me, the key to mom life right now is just roll with it. Go with it,” Jarvis says.