This week, I talk to Rose Clark, a Language of Listening® parenting coach, about how to help parents alleviate feelings of guilt. This is especially relevant to parents juggling parents of kids and dogs.
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Summary
Newly married, in her early 30’s, Rose found herself on a therapist’s couch after burning out at work. It was there that she learned that she had had a highly abusive childhood. Her need to push herself SO HARD was rooted in trying to earn something that seemed out of reach her whole life – feeling her parents’ love. During her time in therapy she became pregnant with her first child.
When she became a mom, it magnified her insecurities, and started triggering UNSHED TEARS and UNEXPRESSED ANGER. She felt she had 2 CHOICES… Fall into the abyss of repeating what her parents did, or learn completely new ways of relating.
Rose will forever be grateful that she stumbled upon Language of Listening® A parenting model that not only allowed her to become the mom she always wanted to be, but also allowed her to re-parent herself. Now, as an Authorized Language of Listening® coach, she specializes in helping moms who had difficult childhoods and gets them to a place where they LOVE the way they parent.
3 Simple steps to alleviate parent guilt:
- Say what you see: reflect, complain, wish
- Strengths: noting the positive qualities you possess that are proven in the things you wish for
- Can do: what else can you do to make things better and to meet your needs
