Everybody Wants to Matter
As an adult you may have discovered on your life journey feelings of emptyness, not belonging and a sense of powerlessness. For some, these feelings have not been resolved. For others, you have discovered your meta pathway, your life purpose. You experience joy, happiness and love.
Children also feel empty and powerless inside. They are unsure of how to cope on this journey called life. Their meta pathway is lost. You have probably recognized these children. Many seek outside material items, poor behavior and inappropriate peer relationships to fill the void. These external motivators never fulfill that inner empty place.
"All children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a persons character lies in their own hands -Diary of Anne Frank
Together, we can promote character development, appreciation for social, intellectual and artistic pursuits. All parent information, workshops and classes help parents create a tool box of strategies and ideas for "good advice" to encourage self-esteem and personal character development.
Spiritual Strategies- "How can I encourage my child to be potential?" So many human trappings, how do we help guide children on their Spiritual path and give the gifts they were meant to? Loose the drama with these success strategies.
Surviving Children's Personalities-Children have so much energy, they have us running in circles. Learn to win cooperation from your children no matter what their mood is.
20 Ways to Raise Self-esteem-Self-esteem, what is it? How do we get it and how do we make sure our children have it? In this session learn 20 ways to raise your childs self-esteem.
Encouraging Internal Motivation- Learn the difference between internal motivation and external control. To be internally motivated means to be in control of your own life and making better choices because it's the right thing to do.
Setting Limits-Setting limits can be hard to do. Without limits, we are being permissive. Learn how to direct and guide your children to learn to reach their potential and their greatest expectations.
The Truth About Rewards and Punishment-You may have noticed that star charts and reward systems don't work. These are external controls. The same is true for punishment. The adult in the relationship is trying to control the child instead of the child learning to control themselves. “If I don't reward or punish what do I do?“
Switching The Parent Role From Control to Child Consultant-Sometimes we are so involved, too close, that we can't see the bigger picture. We tell our children what to do, when to do, and why. In this session you will learn to let go of trying to control a situation and focus on being a consultant in the situation.
The Magic of Conflict and It's Resolution-It's not always easy to know what to do or say to your child. Discover the value conflict has as you strive for resolution.
Birth Order and Sibling Rivalry-Your childs birth order plays a huge role in their character and development. Consciously connecting to the role birth order plays helps to understand why the child does the things they do.
Identify and Redirect the 4 Non-productive Goals-All behaviors fall into four categories: attention, power, revenge and avoidance. Learning these four goals will help you to recognize and redirect the behavior.
Addressing Special Behavior Problems-Are you overwhelmed and feel like there are no solutions to your childs behavior problems? You are not alone. Explore and fill up your parenting tool box with different techniques to handle special situations.
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