When your kids says “he told me that I am stupid and now I have the worst day ever…” What do I do? I used to hear that and I would instantly want to help, make them feel better, teach them a lesson, etc etc etc! (All so I could feel better by not hearing them complain about it). …
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Action Despite Negative Emotion
In other words do it anyway, when you least feel like it. I didn’t feel like going for a workout today but i did. This message is simple but so powerful if executed every day on a lot of small actions. Here are a few of mine that i don’t feel like doing and do …
SHAME IS OPTIONAL!
Shame is an option. Here’s how it plays out. You can either hide and pretend that everything is fine after having a rough morning with the kids but inside you are crying. You are so ashamed of your own behaviour that you can’t possibly imagine sharing it with anyone. The extent to how much you …
Saying goodbye to what you expected
Sometimes you have to say goodbye to ideas in your head. “I expected it to to be different.” “This is NOT what I imagined for myself.” “I am not happy with how things turned out.” This whole idea of what it should have been is causing you pain right now. Come back to the way …
What is our husband really there for?
Our Manual for other people. Lets take your spouse for example. In your mind right now there is a list of things that you have that you would like him to do or the way you want him to be. For example: Put away the dishes. Remember our anniversary. Come to bed the same time …
Mom miracles
I coach my mom every week. She lives in Toronto and I live in Calgary. Sometimes I call her every day and we chat. We chat about our bad days and good days, business failures and wins and once in a while we chat about the kids. We cry sometimes and we laugh a lot… …
What’s is it that you want right NOW?
What’s bugging you RIGHT NOW? Right now, right before you opened this post you were thinking about something in your life that is bugging you. You may not have even realized it but felt this subtle, lingering feeling that is just there in the background. It is not a great feeling, it feels a bit …
I want to be more confident in my life!
This is what I hear the most. But what does being more confident mean to you ? Does it mean that everybody would think you are confident ? Does it mean you are not afraid of anything ? Does it mean you never feel doubt ? Does it mean that if you were confident everybody …
Meet yourself where you are.
That is my superpower – to meet myself wherever I am. If I am angry then I meet myself in anger. If I am disappointed then I let myself be disappointed. If I am tired, my least favourite place to be as I’m finding out, I meet myself in the “I’m tired”. That is my …