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How Marvellous is your Monday?
Love this post created by Lisa Plumridge from Life By Your Design
Here's another!
I have placed these hand made hearts/cards onto my kids doors, which highlight my children's strengths and why they are special to me. Excited to
see their responses when they wake to find them. My specialty is to give Gold Hearts! Have a loving day ❤️❤️❤️
The following article resonated with me and therefore I felt compelled to share with you. The author, Duda is a coach, follower and student of the Buddhism traditions and endorses them daily into her life. Whether you resonate with these traditions or follow a religion or other belief systems, forgiveness is a necessary part of letting go to be able to move forward and live an enriched life of peace and happiness. Forgiveness does not mean you condone what a person has done it just means you stop letting the hurt or pain of someone's actions have a powerful hold on you. Hoping you find the article as interesting as I did and get something from it.
Namaste X
I have been taught amazing things about myself from my two children. They are a blessing in my life plus inspiration 💜💗
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Have you got a teen daughter or son whom reaches out to you asking for help?
If you do you are blessed and one privileged parent, as I have met plenty of parents who say they have trouble connecting with their teen, that they lock themselves away in their rooms and only grunt when asked a question.
I received a text message from my 14 year old this morning which outlined that she was feeling sad, and didn't want to be where she was any longer due to a situation or problem that had cropped up yesterday. It was evident that she was anxious, worried and unsure about how to deal with it all so she wanted her mum. I provided her with a solution and tools on how to help herself manage the problem and to realise that it wasn't as bad as she was perceiving it to be. I gave her the courage to speak up, be honest and to handle whatever the consequences of her actions may be (mind you her actions were not intentional which meant that owning up was most likely going to end in a more fruitful and positive outcome). After being brave and dealing with it she text back all happy and ready to get on with her day.
Can you relate to this scenario? How many times do we perceive a situation or problem to be worse than it is, to find out once we deal with it openly and honestly that it wasn't.
This is a true example of how powerful our minds are and when given some simple, easy to follow tools, we can overcome our obstacles or hurdles in an assertive and powerful state no matter how uncomfortable the situation may be.
If you found this interesting and would like to know more about how my coaching can help your child, children or family gain beneficial tools for life, comment below or pm me.
Namaste X
I thought I would share with you a recent social and emotional experiment that I entered into with my children when they went away on holidays with their dad for approx 9 days.
I chose not to ring or text either of them as I wanted to see how long or if at all they would think about me and check in. To paint the picture my daughter is 14 and my son is just shy of being 12.
On the first day my daughter text to say that they had arrived safely. After that text, nothing 🤔 Okay! Feeling a little unloved and like the saying goes, 'out of sight out of mind', my son text on the third and fifth day to check in and to say he loved me. Boom! A happy mum. My son also text as soon as he arrived home. 👍 Nothing from my daughter. 😩
Upon my children's return, I brought it up with my daughter and how it made me feel. She looked at me dumbfounded and said innocently, 'I was busy having fun. Have I done something wrong?' A year ago my daughter would have been like my son texting me. What has changed?
The result has given me some insight into who they are as a person, it's made me realise how age does make a difference (being a teen she is slowly drifting away and finding her own identity) and it's made me realise that as parents, depending on your values and beliefs, how important it is to role model and guide them to be compassionate, kind, thoughtful, loving, empathetic and considerate. For our children to learn these traits or not to loose these traits that we are born with (yes I believe these are in our make up at birth) it begins at home. We are their major influence over all else no matter how hard that challenge becomes at times and we must keep challenging anti-social behaviour that is harming our peace and acceptance of one another. Calling my daughter on her, what we may call selfishness, hopefully will make her think of others in the future and how important it is to consider their feelings. On saying that, I do realise that my daughter is growing up and developing into a young woman who will be ready before I know it to fly the coop and that contact does start to lessen. Hmmm... not sure I'm ready for that to happen.
I would love to hear your thoughts on my social experiment! Have a great day X