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Empowerment Parenting for Mandated Parents
I have finally finished my parenting curriculum, Empowerment Parenting. This is a 25-hour parenting program for people mandated to attend parenting classes. It teaches parenting skills based on our five basic needs and emphasizes the difference between discipline and punishment. Parents are taught the formula for teaching their children self-discipline while building influential, positive relationships with their children.
100 Days Left
Did you know that September 20th marks the day where there are 100 days left in 2012? How are you doing with the goals you set this year? Research shows we often overestimate what we can accomplish in one year but greatly underestimate what we can accomplish in five years! If that’s true, then you may not have accomplished all your goals. Don’t despair. You still have a good 100 days left.
September’s InsideOut Empowerment Challenge
This month’s InsideOut Empowerment Challenge is about looking beyond behavior to its purpose. All behavior is purposeful. Every behavior is a person’s best attempt to get something they want at that particular time to more effectively meet one of their five basic needs.
Book Review: Gung Ho!
This book was copyrighted in 1998 and I still love it and find it applicable today. I really enjoy books that are told as parables for the business world. In Gung Ho! Turn on the People in Any Organization, Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles write about teamwork from the perspective of a Native American. He tells his lessons through the behaviors of squirrels, beavers and geese.
Courage
I write this post about a good friend of mine. A few years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She fought it aggressively and was given a clean bill of health. She looked great and felt even better. Recently, her cancer returned. She is a single mom with a son.
Relationship Tip
Sometimes your partner might want something that interferes with your ability to have what you want. It is a challenge when this happens because usually your instinctual response it to attempt to get him or her to give up what they want so you can be happy. The problem is, that rarely works.
Priority Management
Do you know what the numbers 24, 1,440 and 86,400 have in common? Each number represents the time we all have in one day—24 hours, 1,440 minutes and 86,400 seconds are all the amount of time we have in one day. As the musical, Rent, tells us there are 525,600 minutes in one year. Wealthy people, poor people, sick people, healthy people, productive people, lazy people, happy people and sad ones all have the same amount of time in their day. “Wasting” that time is one of the biggest causes of stress and regret at the end of one’s life.
10 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Spank Your Kids
When it comes to punishing children, spanking is never a good idea. Here’s why.
The 10 Emotional Stages of Divorce
Just as in death and dying, there are emotional stages people go through during a divorce. Mostly these stages pertain to the person who didn’t initiate the divorce, although some of them are applicable even if you did initiated it. Depending upon each individual, a person can skip stages, get stuck in some, or move on only to revisit previous stages. These stages do not represent a neat and clean progression through divorce but it will give you an idea where you are and where you want to get to so you can be happy again.