by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family, Parenting, Perspective
Why is “find your words” an example of unhelpful encouragement? I appreciate it’s likely that your intention is to support your child with moving through a difficult situation. However, I wonder, if you were struggling with feelings, would someone saying...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family, Parenting, Perspective
As a kid, one of the patterns in my family was focusing forward. There was lots of instability in all sorts of areas of our life. Not the least of which being in a military family so we moved around a bit. My mum was also inclined to perfectionist strategy (aka fear...
by Leanne Wakeling | Family, Mindset, Parenting, Perspective
Seriously, it’s a thing.We mothers want to do so well that sometimes our choices are driven by what we believe we are supposed to do. The problem comes when those beliefs are outdated, the process has been surpassed or the actions don’t match our child.Assuming that...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family, Mindset, Parenting, Perspective
Whether as kids, or as adults, we are wired to keep ourselves safe. The problem is that for those of us with strong-willed children, they may trigger internal programming in our safety warning system that means we don’t always make the best choices in the moment.The...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family, Mindset, Parenting, Perspective
When your kids are having a hard time, do you get caught in the whirlwind?It’s easy to get caught in the whirlwind for sure. When they or we are not being our best selves.The reference to whirlwind comes from the leadership book 4 Disciplines of Execution.It’s the...
by Leanne Wakeling | Family, Marriage, Mindset, Perspective, Uncategorized
Momma Bear is one of our most important roles as we navigate the mission of raising a family. It’s valuable to appreciate it is a role, not who we are. What I mean by that is, Momma Bear is important to turn up to advocate for our child, though equally it’s...
