intentional-parenting
Honestly, it’s like our bodies are intelligently designed or something. They are AMAZING. It is through action God has designed our nervous system to respond and rewire. As I do new things, as I take small steps, as I inch forward, I make a realisation: I am not sinking.
intentional-parenting
Faced with the challenge of a VERY spicy daughter, my old parenting paradigm was not holding up. I felt it was all my fault. Through therapy and wrestling with hitherto unacknowledged parts of me, I have come to realise I was operating from an insecure, anxious, and thoroughly disempowered mindset.
intentional-parenting
You’ve paused, listened, stepped aside. You’ve employed meaningful intent and responded according to how you feel, but the same behaviours just keep happening. Perhaps it's time to design a reasonable, related and respectful consequence that teaches them a healthier way to take responsibility.
intentional-parenting
Unlocking the interpretation of how we feel enables us to intentionally choose how we respond, when the chaos ensues, and afterwards in the calm.
intentional-parenting
Unbeknownst to me, I’ve been speaking a language of rupture. Once I saw it, it was hard to un-see. The tones we use, the words we choose, all have an impact. How do they make our children feel? What is the atmosphere they create? What is the world we are manifesting?
intentional-parenting
This new way of seeing changes everything. Come with me on a journey into seeing our children, our families, ourselves in the bigger picture...
Matthew 14:22-36
…when they saw him walking on the water, they cried out in terror, thinking he was a ghost. They were all terrified when they saw him. But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage! I am here!” Then he climbed into the boat,
Matthew 14:22-36
Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.” “Yes, come,” Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. But when he saw the strong wind and the
Matthew 14:22-36
Immediately after this, Jesus insisted that his disciples get back into the boat and cross to the other side of the lake, while he sent the people home. After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone. Meanwhile,
Matthew 6:25-34
So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today Matthew 6:34 You might not realise it, but the future is an illusion! We think we know what will happen, and often we are right…but it’s not
Isaiah-7:1-9:7
“I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be
Isaiah-7:1-9:7
“…And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” All of this occurred to fulfil the Lord’s message through his prophet: “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and