When your child has a “bad day,” what are you making it mean about YOU as a parent?
A mentor of mine is always reminding his students that humans are meaning making machines. We color everything with our meaning.
If you sit down to really look at the meanings you're putting onto your child's journey (or your own, for that matter), you might be surprised at how many of them are actually interpretations vs. how many are REALLY true.
For example, what's true about me in this moment? Am I a good mom? Well, that depends on who you talk to. It's probably up for interpretation, right?
Am I a female? Yes. That's a fact.
Am I somebody who's fun and enjoyable to be around? Well, that's subject to interpretation.
You can see how so many stories you tell yourselves every day that are probably interpretations rather than the actual truth.
You, like everyone else on the planet, are attaching meaning to every event that happens in your life, whether small or large, and letting it affect your self worth
Today on the podcast we're taking a close at this, followed by simple steps you can use every day to create interpretations that actually support your journey as a parent rather than those that cause you to be so hard on yourself.
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