Are You Fulfilled?
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Are You Fulfilled?

When you know you want more.
When life keeps dropping you hints.
When you know you’re capable of more in life.
When you feel envious of others.
And there’s that gnawing feeling inside that won’t go away.

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Parenting Jobs are Never Ending, However, Feeling Overwhelmed Can Be Helped. Watch this video:
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Parenting Jobs are Never Ending, However, Feeling Overwhelmed Can Be Helped. Watch this video:

Becoming overwhelmed with the amount of tasks on your list is probably every busy parent’s battle and probably a daily one at that. Demands from school, friends, family, business, hobbies not to mention health and financial concerns, all add up to put pressure on us. But it’s ok, as this is perfectly normal and becoming overwhelmed is also ok. So take a deep breath and listen to my strategy for coping with overwhelm.

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Beat the School Morning Blues with this Simple Idea…
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Beat the School Morning Blues with this Simple Idea…

You’ve been up since 6 am, you’ve battled the getting dressed stage, wrestled through breakfast, hunted for missing hats, readers and homework discovered there is homework to complete and now, just when you are in the home straight, there is the small matter of rallying your troops to the front door and into the car without shouting, screaming or collapsing into a jabbering heap.

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Following Your Dreams as a Parent Inspires Your Child. But How Do You Define “Your Dreams”?
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Following Your Dreams as a Parent Inspires Your Child. But How Do You Define “Your Dreams”?

Have you ever wondered if there is more to life than the one you’re currently living? Do you like parts of what you do for work but feel disillusioned with other parts? Or at home you know it’s ok, but don’t feel completely fulfilled? Are you ‘just satisfied’ with family life and although it’s ticking along, you want MORE and perhaps feel guilty for feeling this way? This episode of Parents Leading Change TV explains what purpose is and three reasons why it is so important that you as a parent live your life on purpose.

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We Know What a Resilient Child is Supposed to Do. Learn HOW They Can Actually Do It?
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We Know What a Resilient Child is Supposed to Do. Learn HOW They Can Actually Do It?

Resilience. Such an important trait to develop yet many parents find it difficult themselves before even considering how they are going to help their child to develop it. I shared some articles recently, on this very subject and wanted to focus a little bit more on some practical strategies to help you build resilience whether it is at work or within your personal relationships…

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Do You Berate Yourself for Forgetting Your Child’s Lunch? Here’s How to Move on Quickly..
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Do You Berate Yourself for Forgetting Your Child’s Lunch? Here’s How to Move on Quickly..

We’ve all heard it, haven’t we? Telling us what we are doing wrong and how we have failed somehow, how it should have been done differently. This episode shares three quick tips on how you as a parent can whip the inner critic into line and create a more balanced view of your performance as a parent and ultimately, feel happier.

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Creating Your Family Values
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Creating Your Family Values

In our busy lives, it’s so easy to get on with things, get out the door in the morning, get the kids off to daycare or school, work furiously, get home, put the dinner on, eat dinner (sometimes before 9pm if you’re lucky or disciplined!), bath kids, put kids to bed then do a bit more work and flop into bed. And start all over again the next day. All the while, thinking…when will my partner think of some of the things that need to be done for the family, so I have at least a little time for me? Or how can I reduce the constant overwhelm of family stuff that needs to be done?

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