Posted on August 3, 2015
We all want to have a great relationship with our kids and be able to communicate effectively with them. In The “Perfect” Parent, I share 5 tools to help you get there. One of those tools is Sense-able (Sensible) Parenting. This is a simple TOG (Tool of Growth) that can make a world of a difference when communicating with your children, especially if you’re having a hard time getting through to them: The Sense-able Parent uses their five senses to communicate: 1. EARS…
Posted on July 27, 2015
Two important mainstream words that are as applicable to family as to the world of business are: Network: a connection, or an interconnected system of people or things Net worth: value The strength of connections, or the family network, and how well we communicate within this network is what determines our family’s net worth (value) and hence our family’s happiness index! A family’s net worth is the value that is drawn from communicating while growing together and learning together from our ups…
Posted on July 20, 2015
Much of our confusion with children comes from moving our attention to the next thing too soon. Repetitive issues are the biggest indicator of that. Leftover, unaddressed, buried feelings will definitely knock the door of our attention–getting louder and louder each time we rush through them. Take 5, 10, 15, 30 or whatever it takes to let the feelings come into full expression. When we do this we do not transfer the remnants of unexpressed feelings on to the next experience….
Posted on May 2, 2014
On a recent vacation, my husband was having a conversation with a fellow passenger about how “expensive” it is to raise a child. Another gentleman listening in to their conversation joined in and the three had a merry old talk about the never ending costs involved in parenthood. I had also recently read some articles on the same subject that were a by-product of a report recently released by The Department of Agriculture. Again The Department of AGRICULTURE! Firstly (although…
Posted on July 6, 2015
“Why wouldn’t I? I would do anything for them… We have great parents.” That is what my sister said, when I thanked her for offering to take our father to a doctor whose office was almost an hour away from her house. “Great parents” I thought. “I do have great parents!” Almost instantly, I rewound my life in my head to when I was younger, and I giggled. I did not think my parents were so great when I was 16, when…
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