Parenting is challenging, rewarding and heartwarming all at the same time. It is one of the most important job in society yet parents are largely left to figure it out on their own.
As a life coach to parents/carers I provide a confidential, nonjudgmental listening place, helping you describe the challenges and strengths in your family situation. We will explore the particular issue you bring to the table and then we will discuss the realities of that issue and access your options for resolving it. Finally, we will mutually agree ways forward, setting goals and a time frame. It is the art of applying two minds to one challenge.
When we first meet I will have an initial discussion with you to ensure compatibility of purpose. Thereafter, by agreement, we will set up a number of sessions, spaced and timed to suit you. As well as listening and discussing your issues I may signpost you to resources that I, as a parent and grandparent, have found useful. After the agreed number of sessions we will review our overall progress.
As we work together you will also be encouraged to be accepting of your own unexpected reactions to the challenges your child presents and how to manage them. Over our sessions I would aim to reach and address the source of the challenge as well as the symptoms. I will offer reassurance and information about the daunting volume and overflow of children’s emotions and suggest how to handle these to reconnect with your child. And, needless to say, we will mutually talk about and appreciate the smartness, cooperation, cleverness and enthusiasm for life of those precious children.
Overall I would hope to move you towards a deeper understanding and better handling of your child’s behavior, help you appreciate them as unique individuals and support you as you rebuild the ‘happy’ factor in your home.
And as the leader of this work in your family I will certainly help you to plan your own wellbeing as you work towards these chosen goals!