EP43 - Self-Care Strategies for Parenting A Strong Willed Child
Today we’re speaking about strong willed children and parenting these children. What do parents need to survive the daily grind? Sometimes, a highly spirited or gladiator child can leave a parent feeling depleted, frustrated and lacking any joy or zest left for life.
You’ve probably heard that moms need self-care and feel that you don’t have time for it. What if we told you that the way you take care of yourself affects the results in every area of your life and that it’s worth making the effort. In fact, you are doing an injustice to your family by not putting yourself first!
Listen to learn about how to approach parenting when your child is not that easy to deal with and how to care for yourself in the process.
Be sure to listen for:
- What is a gladiator child?
- What characteristics do strong willed children possess
- How parenting a strong willed child could affect your health
- The use of the connected parenting approach to get more cooperation from your child
- The neurological benefits connected parenting has on you and your child
- The top self-care strategies that work with busy moms
- How to stack your self-care habits to stay consistent
- How to care for yourself as a mom when you are in survival mode
About Our Guest:
Natalie is a certified connected parenting coach, best-selling author, and the founder of the Evolving Families Summit. With a background in psychology, business, and education, she works with parents, teachers and children, supporting them to champion and be the best version of themselves. Mentored directly under the wing of Jennifer Kolari, Natalie supports parents using neuro-biological strategies, helping them to rewire and align the brain and nervous systems, resulting in a sense of joy and freedom to be the parent they truly want to be.
Using a methodical mind-body approach, Natalie gently and warmly supports parents to break through generational patterns. Working closely with anger, emotional dysregulation, anxiety, and conditioned trauma has equipped her to fully support her client's family dynamic while strengthening their interconnected relationships.
Parents that work with Natalie learn practical, every-day solutions combined with life-long sustainable practises, empowering them to be the change they want to see in their family. She helps families build resilience, emotional agility, and a conscious awareness that equips them with the tools to respond instead of react, resulting in a more calm, peaceful, and thriving family dynamic.
Natalie lives in Toronto with her husband and their two feisty, sassy, strong-willed gladiators.
Be sure to connect with Natalie!
Website:
https://www.evolvingwithnatalie.com
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Instagram: https://www.evolvingwithnatalie.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/evolvingwithnatalie
About the Hosts:
About Dimple Arora – Founder of Mindful Evolution
Dimple Arora is the founder of Mindful Evolution (ME) — a parenting movement that aims to empower parents and their kids towards positive transformation and life changing results...one thought, one emotion and one choice at a time.
Dimple is an expert in women and teen empowerment and specializes in helping individuals reduce the debilitating effects of stress and anxiety using mindfulness, nutrition, EFT tapping and other energy psychology modalities. Dimple is a Certified Life Coach, EFT and NLP Practitioner, Holistic Nutritionist and Energy Therapist. She holds degrees in mathematics, business, and education and was previously employed in the corporate world and as a high school math teacher.
You can book a complimentary coaching call with Dimple on her website at https://www.mindfulevolution.ca and connect with her on social media.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dimplemindfulevolution
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dimplemindfulevolution
About Shaista Fatehali – Founder of Thrive Kids
Shaista Fatehali is the founder of Thrive Kids BC where she works with children and families to help nurture connection, empower a sense of self - worth and discover what is needed for individual families to thrive. Shaista is a speaker and the author of the children’s book BACK HOME; which has received accolades nationwide. She is a certified children’s and parent life coach and works with clients to build soft skills such as interpersonal awareness, effective communication, emotional agility emotional regulation, problem solving, transition planning and mindfulness . As a teacher and mother of two young girls, her true passion lies in giving her children, her students and clients the tools to reach their most true authentic selves.
To book a complimentary call with Shaista or to learn more about Shaista and the programs she offers at Thrive Kids BC, please visit her website at https://thrivekidsbc.ca/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/thrivekidsbc/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thrivekidsbc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thrivekidsbc/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaistakabafatehali/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6UbuEK9ErHTqafEZ9ufB8w
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