by Leanne Wakeling | Parenting
Mum life can be a drag on our energy. School holidays there are certainly more distractions. Chances are if you are also in business any time you pick to focus on a business activity, will be the exact same time that all hell breaks loose. If you are an at home mum...
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 | Human Behaviour, Imprint period <7, Parenting, Perspective
It’s an issue that comes up a lot. My child is disrespectful, how to I MAKE my child respect their elders? I wonder, what is most important, that a child respect their elders, OR that they are allowed to be on the learning journey of what it means to give and receive...
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
Is it possible though that you may be missing the messages of love, because they aren’t delivered the way that you prefer to see or receive them? When we have a young family, it can seem like a whole lot of work and frustrations. We can lose connection with our...
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 | Communication and Relationship, Family, Parenting
At the fundamental level, the model is not that important. What is important is what type of relationship are we building with our child? So many parents get so focused on the DOING of parenting, that we can loose focus on the BEING. What I mean by that is,...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family, Parenting
As parents, we have an opportunity, even with the tinniest of our children to begin a practice that will support them build communication skills for ongoing success Inspired by Daniel Goleman’s new newsletter, that you can find here....