Are You Throwing Your Kid Into the Deep End of the Pool?
What is a growth edge? This week on the Confessions Of A Parent Coach podcast, my littlest kiddo, Skye, is helping me make my confession! I asked him if he could think of a time I pushed him to do something that was just too much for him, and he came up with a great example that helps me talk about the idea of a growth edge with you. Listen to the podcast to hear: · My awesome eleven-year-old ;) · What a growth edge is and why it's important, and · How to parent to your child's growth edge Coaching is all about hanging out in your growth edge, and doing this work teaches you how to know where your edge lies, how to identify your kids' growth edge, and what to do when you misjudge it, like I did in Skye's example. Ready? It all starts with a Discovery Call where you get to share your story, and I get to offer you hope and a clear path to excellent parenting. I can't wait to meet you. https://calendly.com/annkaplan/discoverycall
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Internalize, Externalize or Repress?
What is your default coping style? This week on the Confessions Of A Parent Coach podcast, we're doin' it for the 'gram (the Enneagram, that is)! I'll go around the 'gram with you to talk about the three different coping styles of the nine Types: Externalizing, Repressing, and Internalizing. Understanding which is your default style is SO POWERFUL in parenting. Are you an internalizer, making everything a reflection on yourself (I'm the problem. I'm a bad mom)? Or maybe you repress your emotions, telling yourself everything's fine when deep down you know it's not. You could be an externalizer, convinced that the situations/people around you need to change for things to improve (My kid/my partner is the problem. They're driving me nuts!). Whatever your style is, I guarantee it's coloring your parenting, and there is so much we can do about it once we understand what's going on. Here's where coaching comes in, helping you gain that understanding, evolve away from your default, and bring a new level of consciousness to your parenting. Ready? It all starts with a Discovery Call where you get to share your story, and I get to offer you hope and a clear path to excellent parenting. I can't wait to meet you. https://calendly.com/annkaplan/discoverycall
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Do you live in a fantasty?
Are you interacting with a fantasy or with reality? In this week's episode of Confessions of A Parent Coach, I'm sharing a concept I've been exploring with my clients and in my own personal work lately. It's the idea that most of the pain we experience in life comes from more aligned with our fantasy of life, than with real life itself. I'll walk. you through this concept, and give you concrete examples of how to use it to uplevel your parenting three ways: In TRULY attuning to your child (the truth of them, rather than an ideal they are not), In responding to their behavior effectively, and In moving past the pain and heartache we put ourselves through as parents when things don't look how they "should" If you are ready to have a deep and fulfilling relationship with the magical human your child truly is, I'm ready to help you! Set up a Discovery Call today and get me up to speed on everything you've been working on. I'll give you my honest feedback and we'll create a roadmap to where you want to be with yourself and your family: https://calendly.com/annkaplan/discoverycall
Welcome to Confessions of a Parent Coach, the podcast where you'll learn that even parenting experts like me, Ann Kaplan, mother of four, and your host won't have all the answers. I believe that once you realize there's no such thing as a perfect parent, you can achieve fabulous behavior and amazing relationships with your kids.