Empowered Parenting

What does empower or empowered mean to you…really stop and think about it for a minute.

From wikipedia – Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities.

My personal definition includes knowing yourself well, knowing what you believe in, understanding what makes you tick and what makes you break down. After you have a good grasp on who you are as a healthy adult, then it becomes about developing your confidence in knowing who you are is OK…what you believe is OK…regardless of what others may think.

All Mothers know how important this is, the first time your little one takes someone else’s toy at play group or even slugs another kid at the park. If you are not feeling confident in your parenting when something like that happens…we know what happens next. We over react and beat ourselves up and possibly even our precious little ones all the way home in the car. Yet, if we are feeling good about who we are, the choices we have made as a parent, the incident is just a small blip on our Motherhood map. We know that our child is not an evil sociopath…yet instead just a tried or hungry toddler. It didn’t ruin our day or our relationship with our child!

So, to me, being an empowered parent is all about self understanding and self acceptance! There are so many wounded people out in the world and many of them are parents! Geez…I’m one of them…yet now I consider myself a wounded healer. I am someone who wants to help others get past their wounding and into their empowerment! So how do you do that exactly, Tracy? Well, it is not an exact system…instead it is more of a process. Through working with 100’s of Mothers and quite a few Fathers, I have learned how to help people become empowered parents!

Here are a few key principles to help you move forward in your empowerment process!

• It’s not about them…it’s about you. When you find yourself wanting to yell or punish your child, step back, take 3 deep breaths, and ask yourself ” why am I so upset?”
• Don’t take it personally. Your children are not planning an evil plot to make you look bad. More likely than not they are just being children. Don’t forget to always take HALT (hungry, angry, lonely, tired) into consideration.
• If you find yourself consulting or buying every expert’s technique or book, you are not an empowered parent. You have lost track of what’s most important and that’s your inner knowing. Yes, I am an expert…yet I am an expert at helping you become an empowered parent.
• If you find yourself scouring the Internet for answers…STOP…and realize that when it comes to parenting you know what to do. You know what your child needs!
• Spend time in quiet meditation or with a journal and ask yourself the questions.
• Realize the importance of staying positive and loving, children are very sensitive to our emotions!
• Remembering what is the most important thing to us as Parents…our relationships with our children!

So what do I need you for Tracy? You need me to support you on your empowerment journey! You need me to bounce ideas off of, to get a fresh new perspective, to help you uncover and dust off your core values. You need me to be on you side, be your biggest cheerleader and help you implement your new ideals!

Personal empowerment is where true strength and happiness comes from! Let me help you…help you!

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