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  • My daughter is slow with transitions. Part of it is deliberate avoidance, part of it is that she gets distracted when there's a lot going on around her (or a story building in her mind). This type of behavior can be concerning. Here's the thing, though. The more you worry, the more you try to control or change it, the longer you continue to see it. I'm not saying let it slide. I'm saying it hinges on your frame of mind. If you're coming at it from a place of
  • As children, so many of us were taught that negative emotions were off-limits.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When we expressed our anger, we were met with consequences for our actions.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When we were sad, we were shown the bright side, told it wasn't that big of a deal, or requested to cheer up.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It might not have come from our parents, but at some point, we were taught that it's better to suck it up and move forward than to feel our emotions.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We began to equate feeling with wallowing.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And we learned to disconnect.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When you're disconnected from your own emotions, it's so much harder to support your kids through their emotions. It's hard to let them feel through it when you have no experience moving through emotions in your own body.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When you're disconnected from your own emotions, you resist them when they come up. You push them aside and they build up and it requires more and more bandwidth to keep them at bay.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And then, if your child has a big emotion surface, you react in a way that is not aligned with what you stand for as a parent. Because you just don't have the bandwidth.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Learning to allow and fully experience our own emotions is a key component of new paradigm parenting. It's a skill that can be learned, and an important facet of the work I do with my clients.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Moving through our emotions is one of the core components of our Nourishing Transitions Workshop on June 27th. Check the link in my bio, or send me a DM for more info. I'd love to have you join us.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #parentcoach #highlysensitivechild #highlysensitivechildren #orchidchild #partneredpathparenting
  • We have a problem with authority.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Can you see it?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Not that sense of irritation with being told what to do, or resentment that authority exists. Let's kick out that image of a middle school kid flipping off the principal behind their back. Or better yet, let's look to that kid as a leader.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We have a problem with the importance we place on authority. Whether we trust
  • One of the things that 2020 has made so clear is that nothing is certain.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We can chalk it up to the virus all we want, but the truth is uncertainty is universal. We are simply more aware of it in this moment.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The superhighway we were all traveling down was washed right out from underneath us. We were, collectively, upended.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It's unusual for the whole world to experience such dramatic shifts in circumstance at the same time, but these shifts and the uncertainty we feel are a universal part of life.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Life gets better (for us and for our families) when we learn how to move through uncertainty, how to nurture ourselves and get grounded again when we feel uprooted.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ That's why I'm so excited to share this half-day workshop I'm hosting with Emily Jones @jonesfreespirit on June 27th.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We're gathering to help moms honor transitions in a way that nourishes rather than depletes so that moving through uncertainty feels possible. So that staying connected to your children through uncertainty and big emotions becomes a reality.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We're here for you, as moms and women, and we'd love to have you join us - drop a heart in the comments and I'll send you more information.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💜⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #parentcoach #highlysensitivechild #highlysensitivechildren #orchidchild #partneredpathparenting #parentcoaching
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"After two sessions, let me just say-- even if you would rate things as 'pretty good,' Julia is able to take the two or three troublesome situations you keep running up against, ask like two or three questions, and very quickly have a few hunches as to what the root cause or trigger might be. She can then work with you on strategies to not only deal with the recurring issues better when they arise but... here's the super fun part... start to shift routines and make changes so that the big problems you keep having just DON'T HAPPEN ANYMORE. The terrible twos don't need to be terrible, three year olds don't need to be threenagers-- just get Julia in your corner and make parenting fun again."

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"Julia's knowledge and insight has been wonderful in helping me to nurture my highly sensitive children through many intense emotional challenges. I really appreciate all of the tools that she has given me to connect with my kids and help them when they are struggling."

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