I slept in, it was raining, it felt glorious. Don’t you love sleeping in on rainy days? I do to. My kids slept in or indulged in screen time. When it came to breakfast and intention setting time…. it was painful for me. I felt like I was trying to move mud with containers full of holes. Most of me wanted to give up on the structure I had committed to just days before. BUT we did it. Day began, things went forward– I observed my desire to jump ship already on this whole intention setting thing and went on with my day. The evening came and the temptation to let my kids keep playing with friends was real, it felt easy and its what they thought they wanted. But the other piece of my structure is family dinner. Bringing us back together at the end of the day. I felt an inner calmness about this. There were tears and angry defiant stomping. I made space for this and went through dinner. After the emotions we had some really good talks about these big feelings and the choices we had made that day. Turns out not very much food or very nutritious food was eaten by two of my kids. Part of me wants to take on the responsibility of ‘feeding them’. I give love to that part and open myself to the power of teaching my kids to recognize and honor their own needs. Emotional Independence. What does that look like? I have taught my kids how to DO a lot of things on their own. Do they know how to handle and understand their own emotions? What I learned today is the structure created the situation where my kids and I got to take a look at some big emotions and evaluate how our choices in food and sleep really do affect how we feel. We will have more discussion on this and I think the awareness is mostly mine at this point. BUT WHAT A GIFT! It would have been so easy to say, “oh go play. We don’t have anything we have to do.” I didn’t, I held to the structure and held space for the emotions that came and am helping facilitate a transformation! WIN!
Becky has dispelled the myth that you can’t have it all… Becky’s a Mom of 6, a loving wife and a purposeful parenting coach. Her level of self-awareness and her continual focus on being her best self is what sets her apart. Becky is a Conscious Coach who can truly help any person awaken to their highest purpose. A nurturer to her core… Becky’s work is at the heart of what our families most need… as she provides the pathway to self-love, family connectedness and, ultimately, a better community and a higher level of consciousness that is changing our World for the better.