by Leanne Wakeling | Children, Emotional Fitness, Parenting, Resilience
Most people think that children can be made to listen because we want them to listen. We get focused on our own needs for them to follow instructions.The key is children, like all humans, listen when they feel there’s something in it for them, in it for them to feel...
by Leanne Wakeling | Emotional Fitness, Parenting, Resilience
Definition – Self Responsibility The state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management. This is what “adulting” is about. The challenge in parenting is appreciating, we are only responsible...
by Leanne Wakeling | Emotional Fitness, Parenting, Resilience
Credit to Self Love Rainbow for the inspiration. https://www.instagram.com/selfloverainbow/ Raising children is a huge responsibility. It takes effort, intention, awareness and often involves lots of wanting things to be different, be further ahead, be winning “the...
by Leanne Wakeling | Emotional Fitness, Resilience
I was reading this great article on the value of chitchat, one of the simplest forms of communication we have for building relationships. As an extroverted communicator and processor this tends to come easily to me. This can be much more of a challenge to the...
