It’s easy to feel like we have to be perfect parents, but this leads to more parenting problems than it fixes. We are stressed (which makes good parenting hard), and our kids learn to have unreasonable expectations of us and themselves.
Category: Acceptance
Moving Towards Acceptance of the Unacceptable
Maybe it’s time to change my definition of acceptance. I’m not condoning the way things are by accepting them. Maybe the first step in acceptance is accepting that I don’t accept it… yet.
Can’t move on? It may be time to “own your story”.
Are you finding it difficult to move on? Riddled with resentment? Overtaken by guilt? Drowning in grief? Is there something situation you just can’t seem to get past? You may need to own your story.
Positive Disintegration? Seeing My Conflicts As A Gift
Positive Disintegration sounds like an oxymoron. Could it be that my sensitivities and intensities that I had so long loathed provide an opportunity for growth through Positive Disintegration not granted those less tortured?