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🎗 Awareness 🏡 Home 🗂 Productivity 🥗 Wellness 🧗 Growth 👨👩👧👧 Family 📚 Book Recommendation
👨👩👧👦 Ted Lasso Is What You Need To Survive Parenting Teens In A Pandemic. “With so much going wrong in the world, Ted Lasso represents what’s right. What is good, what is desperately needed. Trust me when I say you need this show in your life. Here are the seven reasons why this series will give you hope as you tiptoe through teenagedom and maneuver through this health crisis we are all facing.” Read 7 Reasons Ted Lasso Is What You Need To Survive Parenting Teens In A Pandemic
🥗 “You can’t control how you feel. But you can control how you react to your feelings–by focusing on your thoughts.” “The key is not to take emotions out of the equation, but rather to find balance. It’s about learning to harmonize rational thought with deep emotions, balancing “brain” with “heart.” Read 7 Strategies Emotionally Intelligent People Use to Keep Their Feelings Under Control
🎗 What gets in the way of positive parenting responses? “In this study, researchers examined how compassionate love sustains positive parenting and decreases negative parenting. In other words, how does a mother’s compassionate love buffer negative parenting responses when a mom is under stress.” Read 7 Steps to Increase Compassion in Your Life
🏡 Don’t take anything personally… it’s easier said than done. “This is a task that even we adults find difficult. We’re offended by other people’s words or actions, and react without thinking. So, if we want to avoid passing on this type of behavior to our children, we must start to become aware of its importance.” Read Teach Your Children Not to Take Things Personally
🗂 Dwelling on our mistakes is counterproductive. “Mistakes can haunt us. Long after the dust has settled, we replay the incident over and over, ruminating on what we could have done differently, analyzing each detail as a reflection of our shortcomings.” Read How to Stop Dwelling on Your Mistakes
🧗🏽♀️ “When someone really hurts you, you may question whether you want to forgive someone; it may, in fact, seem utterly unnatural. But there are many reasons why it’s sometimes better to forgive and forget, even if part of you doesn’t want to. Here are just a few of them.” Read Yes, You Should Forgive And Forget: Here Are 6 Reasons Why
📚 Keeping the 4 agreements isn’t always easy. This book is a helpful reminder why it’s worth it to keep trying. “In The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. The Four Agreements are: Be Impeccable With Your Word, Don’t Take Anything Personally, Don’t Make Assumptions, Always Do Your Best.” Read The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
🤓 My next read…“Trying to convince a middle schooler to listen to you can be exasperating. Indeed, it can feel like the best option is not to talk! But keeping kids safe–and prepared for all the times when you can’t be the angel on their shoulder–is about having the right conversations at the right time” Read Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School
How to Achieve a Happier Life with Mindfulness