by Leanne Wakeling | Family, Imprint period <7, Leadership, Parenting, Perspective
It’s a time of year that when we meet up with family and people we may not see at any other time. I always find it fascinating as to why are children expected to speak or hug or kiss people just because we say so. For little kids its got to be really...
by Leanne Wakeling | #geniustip, Imprint period <7, Leadership, Perspective
Before loosing it, PAUSE Consider, what do you want the outcome to be? Will loosing it help anyone in the long term? As mothers, especially when at home together, it can be super frustrating to walk into a comparative bomb site. However, WHEN we can appreciate...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family, Human Behaviour, Leadership, Parenting, Perspective
We can only ever re-present the world to ourselves based on our own maps of reality, rather than reality itself. Your thoughts and the thoughts of others simply represent reality. They could never be reality itself. Everything is perception. Your map of the world will...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family, Human Behaviour, Leadership, Parenting, Perspective
Go you for coming on the journey. There are heaps of resources, though the fact you have set an intention of becoming a positive parent and avoiding the fear based old world parenting model is an awesome beginning. The most important thing to remember is that your...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family, Human Behaviour, Leadership, Parenting, Perspective
When I hear a descriptor of backtalk, it sets my spidy senses off. What I mean by that is the parent is definitely experiencing their expectations being unmet. The problem is, that in feeling the righteous indignation of a child speaking back, that a parent misses...
by Leanne Wakeling | Family, Leadership, Parenting, Perspective
Parenting is one of the toughest and most responsible jobs in the world. The problem is, it comes with limited to no training. Certainly many of us think we “should” know what to do, after all we have been raised and are adults. The Challenge Believing we...