Thrive and Transform
“I am so much calmer with my children and I feel I understand them better. This is helping me so much. Thank you!”
Through the power of connection, I believe your parenting journey can transform. In fact, it will have a beautiful knock-on effect on other areas of your life. Connecting with our children and ourselves during not only the good times but also the tricky ones brings many wonderful benefits. This is the foundation of the Thrive and Transform Course.
So, what are the benefits?
Connecting to ourselves
Builds energy and our stress levels go down.
We cope and have greater resilience. We thrive!
We respond to challenges rather than react.
We have greater self-compassion - we're kind to ourselves and guilt reduces.
We're able to take on board and put into action new and supportive ideas/ways.
We have greater confidence in our parenting abilities - we find solutions that work and feel good for us and our family.
We support our child’s self-regulation.
We find skillful and effective ways to communicate with our children.
We’re able to stay connected with our children in challenging times when emotions are running high.
We experience greater joy in parenting.
Connecting to our children
Challenging behaviours reduce, many disappear.
Supports their ability to self-regulate.
Communication improves.
Cooperation improves.
Conflicts are solved peacefully.
Our relationship deepens - mutually respectful and trusting relationships develop.
They’re guided by their ‘inner compass’, developing independent responsibility for themselves and their actions.
Their self-esteem and confidence increase.
They build resilience and thrive.
What happens when we connect?
Consider the times when you’ve connected with someone. How did you feel? What did you notice? Maybe you felt content, relaxed, and completely at ease in their presence, easily relating and understanding what they were feeling or needing. If you weren’t sure, perhaps you became curious—asking questions or sharing your thoughts. Maybe you felt a genuine desire to help and found it effortless to truly listen. When we connect wholly with someone, we fully hear and see them. The opposite is also true: we feel fully seen and heard. This is the greatest gift we can give our children.
But remember—we need to give ourselves this gift too!
Why is connecting with ourselves so important?
We all understand the importance of putting on our own life jackets first. If we found ourselves in rough seas without one, how could we fully support our child? With our life jackets on, we support ourselves, so we’re capable of giving our best to our child. Connecting with ourselves means putting on our life jackets. Through this connection, we discover how best to support and take care of ourselves, allowing us the opportunity to be fully present, manage energy and stress levels, and stay calm and clear-minded. This places us in the best possible position to support our children, sail through challenges, and ride those big waves of emotions -with ease!
It’s often during the tricky times—when we’re exhausted, overwhelmed, frustrated, or angry—that connecting with ourselves and our children becomes most challenging, often leading to disconnection. Yet it is in these difficult moments that connection is vital. When flooded with these emotions, brain function shifts, impacting our ability to think clearly, listen deeply, remain curious, empathise, and truly cooperate - we lose connection. Our children experience this too, so how can we expect them to listen, cooperate, understand and learn when they don’t feel connected?
Nurturing connections with our loved ones and with ourselves is one of the most rewarding things we can do. 💖
Come and do the course and find out!
