Discover what Blocks and Facilitates Joy in Parenting
Hello Friends,
Are you ever hard on yourself for your shortcomings as a parent? Me, too! This is natural. But if it becomes chronic, it can really suck the delight out of parenting.
Last week, I shared about how we can respond to our kids when they are being hard on themselves (see What to do when a kid is beating themselves up). And today, I’m excited to share with you how compassion in parenting can help us quiet the inner critic and put the Delight back into our parenting.
Do you ever feel like you’ve lost your parenting delight? Or maybe you feel like you never had it!?
Join Dajana and me in this episode of the We Are in It Together podcast to learn how:
- Self-doubt robs us of parenting joy
- Self-compassion leads to increased self-regulation
- Understanding our child’s underlying needs can lead to increased connection
- Accepting ourselves and our child as we are increases parenting delight
- Emotional coaching can help children grow and change
The right mix of understanding, connection, and guidance can put the joy back into parenting. And you deserve this goodness, my friend!
Dajana Yoakley is a Peaceful Parenting coach, mom, and host of the Delight in Parenting Podcast. She has trained with Dr. Laura Markham and is an Aha Parenting Certified Parent Educator. She has a Masters degree in Leadership and has been trained in Playful Parenting for Parent Educators. Discover more about Dajana’s work at https://www.delightinparenting.com/.
If you’re new to my We Are in It Together podcast, you can listen to this and other awesome episodes on your favorite podcast app.
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Thank you for being on this journey with me!
With love,
Jamie Lynn
P.S. It has been really, really cold here lately. Below is a picture of me walking on the beach last week when it was warm (32 degrees Fahrenheit). But when I was at the beach last night (2 degrees), the whole shoreline was frozen over!
