Parenting is an interesting journey…
Some days I look at my children in awe that something so amazing came from me … that I was gifted to receive two beings who bring so much happiness and joy to my life.
Then there are those days when I wonder, “Why again is it illegal to lock your children in a closet?” ;)
All joking aside … what is it that makes some aspects of parenting so joyful and other aspects so painful?
I figured out the answer to this question a few days ago when I was going through a course called “Natural Confidence.” My New Year’s Resolution is to bring as much joy to children’s life as possible – but in order to do that I know I have to move through some of my personal blocks. As I worked through “Natural Confidence” I realized that my parenting—just like all other aspects of my life (career, relationships, and finances)—is controlled by unconscious beliefs. In fact, our beliefs about ourselves (such as, I’m not good enough), about people (people can’t be trusted), and life (life is difficult) determine most of our moment-to-moment thoughts, actions and feelings.
Maddy, Sydney and Me :)
As a confident, self-reliant single mom I usually have everything under control, but there are some negative patterns that keep popping up in my life and my parenting, which is why I started the “Natural Confidence” course in the first place. I realized less than an hour into it that I held several beliefs that were the cause of overreacting to things that my daughters did.
If I was having a bad day, I had no patience with my children. But if I was in a good mood, I had the patience of a saint. I know it wasn’t fair to my kids to treat them differently depending on how stressful my day was—not depending on what their behavior was—but I did it anyway!
Luckily as a result of eliminating several beliefs on the “Natural Confidence” program, I have been able to stop this and several other negative behavior patterns. That’s why I had to write about it! If you have been on my site for a while you know that I rarely blog about other people’s products. But this time I felt moved to make an exception.
Shelly Lefkoe has been contributing to GiftED for two years with her popular course, “Parenting the Lefkoe Way.” Recently I was talking to her about some of the negative patterns in my life and she assured me that I could resolve them once and for all if I got rid of the underlying beliefs that are causing them.
Because I love her parenting work so much, I decided to try the product she and her husband created, called “Natural Confidence.” It is a course that helps people permanently eliminate the most common limiting beliefs that lead to some of the most upsetting problems people have everyday, such as worrying about what others think of you, procrastination, a lack of confidence, and stress.
The Lefkoe’s belief-elimination process is one of those things that is better experienced than explained! So Shelly and Morty set up a web page where you can eliminate one of your own limiting beliefs. There is no cost and it can be done on your lunch hour – that way you can experience first hand what I am talking about.
When one of your own limiting beliefs disappears, you will experience that beliefs really can be eliminated for good. And when you eliminate all the beliefs that cause a specific problem, the problem disappears for good also.
Try it and then let me know how it works for you!
Thanks for reading and Happy New Year!
Melissa
