On my Birthday I Honor the Privilege of Becoming a Positive Parent

“It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.” ~ Joyce Maynard ~

Becoming a parent was my dream from when I remember loving dolls. Yup! Now you know, I’m a girly girl in the teddy bears and doll department. As I grew up that love for dolls automatically transferred to real babies. Even as a 10 year old, I was every aunts favorite baby sitter. I remember as a kid whenever anyone asked me, “What would you like to be when you grow up?” my answer would always be “A mother”. Continue reading “On my Birthday I Honor the Privilege of Becoming a Positive Parent”

How to ask Positive Questions for deeper and more meaningful connections

“A good friend is to life- a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.” ~Lois Wyse

We all strive to build deeper and more meaningful connections with the people in our lives. When we care, we want to know more of what other people are feeling and thinking, wanting and planning. To do this gently and positively, we need to use positive questions that “open” people up instead of “closing” them off. Continue reading “How to ask Positive Questions for deeper and more meaningful connections”

How to Replace Unwanted Habits with Positive Ones – 5 Step Strategy

“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.”  ~Confucius

Many a times change comes easily. Some things are just easy to change. Then, there are deeply ingrained habits that are much more difficult to change. You try to change those habits, and you succeed for a while, then you stop and end up feeling like a failure.

Why are habits(especially negative ones) so difficult to change?

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