It doesn’t matter what kind of a leadership role you are in whether it be parent, pastor, agency director  or something else, discouragement can overtake you. Sometimes it overwhelms you.  Usually when I am feeling down about my role at work or home it leads to a place of isolation, fatigue, and over-focusing on what’s wrong.  I replay, “what I should have done.” For me the way out of the land of discouragement usually involves a little break, time with people who care about me, meditating on age old truths (I find in the Bible), and physical exercise.  In this linked article Rick Warren does a nice job of describing how leaders get discouraged and some thought provoking ideas on bouncing back.   http://pastors.com/gods-word-is-the-cure-for-discouraged-leaders/