WIDWID - Why I Do What I Do

You’ve read multiple books on parenting and listened to speakers and podcasts. Informative, right? Even inspiring.

Then you go back to your everyday life and the information and inspiration fade. What happened to the enthusiasm and hope generated by what you learned?

Here’s the thing. ????'?? ???????? ?????????????????????? ???????? ??????'???? ?????? ???????? ???? ?????? ???? ???????? ????????????. It’s nice to learn a new perspective, a new process. But it’s not enough.

Self-awareness is a wonderful thing, and crucial to transformation. But until you can use any of it effectively, change isn’t happening.

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I remember having many ?????? ?????????????? in Hyde School’s parenting program and thinking, “I get it now! I understand myself better!” It felt like the earth shifted for me. For so many years I’d been working on knowing myself, and it was finally happening. It was so exciting.

Until it wasn’t. I was left with frustration and disappointment. ?????? ?????? ?? ?????????? ?????????????? ??????????? Self-awareness is but the first step. It involves hard work and digging and willingness to learn about all parts of yourself.

Then what? What do you do with all that new information? It’s difficult to create that change on your own. ?? ??????'?? ?????????????? ????'???? ?????????? ???? ???? ???????? ??????????.

Over the next two decades I returned yearly to Hyde to help facilitate family weekends. Truth be told, I did it as much for me as for the families. I needed my fix of that community and process to keep making progress.

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I continued on and off with therapy. It was good, mostly, but something was missing.

In 2007 I began life coach training. What an eye-opener! Again, it became as much about me as it was for my future clients. It took my personal growth to the next level.

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?? ???????????????????? down to my bones your frustration and worry as your child veers off the path you dreamt for them. I was one of you. Some days I still am.

?? ???????????????????? how sometimes it feels so hard to love your child, and the guilt that brings.

?? ???????????????????? the confusion of raising children in a world so different from the one you grew up in.

?? ???????????????????? that nobody can trigger as much love and terror in you as your child.

?? ???????????????????? that changing how you show up takes time. You want change, and you want it now. I know. I truly do.

We take this journey together. It'is my privilege to partner with you and watch you grow; to help you bring out the best in you, your child, and your family.

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