Crystal's Constructive Corner

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🎯 Unhealthy communication is one of the top 3 k*llers of any relationship

This is especially true w/ your kids😕

Much of it begins w/tone as well as what’s being said🗣

✔️Your kids should receive just as much patience and grace that you give your partner or spouse NOT less

Think about it…🧘🏾‍♀️

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👧🏾👱🏻Adolescence is already a tough time in your child's life.

One of the quickest ways to lose their trust is to blast their mistakes, shortcomings or embarrassing moments to others🤦🏾‍♀️

🚫 ESPECIALLY other family members whom they have to see again and whose opinions they care about.

What they share with you should remain between you and them 🫂 unless they given you permission to share w/someone else.

This is the best way to keep communication open 🗣

Don't break that trust

Share this post to remind someone else💎

📍For those days when parenting is tough, use this post as a reminder.

Share it with another mom who needs this.💜

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🎯What you say to your kids now will be what they say to themselves later.

Choose your words carefully...💜

Share this to your stories to remind others to be kind and intentional with their words.

📍In honor of World Teen Mental Heath Day, I want to share a few tips on how to recognize a mental health need in your tween or teen.

I also have a workshop dedicated to this topic with specific tips to help you and your teens in this area.

Check out Parenting After a Pandemic by going to the link in bio.

Share with another parent/guardian so they can be aware as well! 💜

WELCOME TO ALL MY NEW FOLLOWERS!! 🥳

I am a Licensed Therapist and Parenting Strategist for the last 11 years where I help moms break generational patterns, habits, and cycles.

I offer several services including 1:1 sessions and numerous digital classes to help you do just that! (that link in my profile will tell ya all about it 🙂)

Just wanted to say thank you for being here. 💜

Here's a few fun facts about me to help you get to know me better:

When I was little my mom made up a song to distract me because she said I asked questions about EVERYTHING alllll the time.

I absolutely LOVE birds!! Parrots, Cockatiels, Cockatoos, all of emmmmm. I wanna get a Caique Parrot one day

In grade school, I loved to compete in Spelling bees and actually won a few. Nerd on deck! Ayyyye🏆

I will NEVER Skydive or Zipline. I’m a wimp🗣 and I’m ok with that. (I said what I said)

Whenever I hear reggae music, my alter ego comes out and I am no longer myself. I start talking loud, yelling ayyyyyyyye and dancing all over the place. Just ask my husband 😂

When it comes to breaking generational cycles, the question I get asked the most by parents AND young adults is, "Crystal where do I even start?" 🤔😬

🧐🧐Look through this post to find out what steps you should be taking to start that process.

P.S. If you want to know more about breaking generational cycles in your parenting or are ready to put specific techniques in place, tap the Abraham Lincoln in my profile to join my email list or set up a 60 min strategy session.💜

🛑😱 In case you didn't know, research shows that your parenting style is closely linked to causing depression or anxiety in your child or not.

❌Don't cause childhood trauma by making these mistakes!

Do any of these look familiar? Trying to break the cycle with your own child? 🤔🫣

✅Click the link in bio to invest in YOU and your child by getting the Empowered Parents Masterclass in order to learn more about what parenting techniques are healthiest.

👀Being REACTIVE means "acting in response to a situation rather than creating or controlling it."

❌With reactive parenting, you allow your emotions to control you and therefore this controls how you react to your tweens/teens.

Your emotions are in control and not logical or critical thinking skills. 😬

🙋‍♀️However, being RESPONSIVE means you respond with curiosity and interest to understand.

Being Responsive keeps your child open and talking while being Reactive makes them secretive and shut down. 😉

If you need help with this and other techniques to break negative habits, patterns, and cycles, join my email list by tapping my bio link and the button that says Join My Email list. 💜

📣 On this first day of Black History Month, I thought I would give a little reminder that God is ok with you having a therapist.

It doesn't make Him less powerful but it does make Him more real because you no longer have to sort through the clutter called trauma, abuse, negativity, and condemnation. 💯✊🏾

✅️ Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things. Philippians 4:8 NKJV

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