Good advise for busy parents

Stop the world, I want to get off.
This is the latest newsletter posting from Karin de Vos @ Nurture House. Good advise for busy parents. I thought you’d like this.

Is your world spinning faster and faster? Are there more and more things to do and not enough hours in the day to do them? Does it feel as if you are being pulled along and you don’t have any choice?

This is a trap many of us fall into and it can make life with sensitive children stressful and even more unmanageable. If your sensitive kids are anything like mine, when I was stressed my eldest would become hyperactive and unfocused and my youngest would get sick with asthma and a cold. What a nightmare!

So what can you do about it? How can you break the cycle? Here are three steps that you may find useful:

Step 1 – Understand where you are living from
If you are living from your head, you just get dizzier and dizzier, until you eventually fall over. If you live from your centre, it is easier to focus on what is important to you and let everything else drop away.

Step 2 – Connect with what is important to you
The first thing you need to do is create a vision for yourself, your family and your children.

Next have a look at where you are expending your energy. Are you doing the things you love or the things you feel you should do? Are you nurturing and caring for yourself and your family or looking after everyone else? What are you doing to create a peaceful and harmonious home?

Another useful tip is to look at your world through the eyes of your children.

Step 3 – Stick to your vision
The final step is to stay focused on your vision. So when any new opportunity comes your way you can easily decide if it really what you want to do.

It is also important to learn to say no; schedule your time with lots of space to just hang with yourself, your partner and your children; and remember to look after your health.

May your month be filled with many magical moments with your child.

Warm regards
Karin de Vos
Nurture House
www.nurturehouse.com.au

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