"A lot of kids thrive on their routine. And we not only shook up the routine but we also upended it and then shook it up. And then upended it a few more times." ~Brenda Jones
Our recent guest, Co-Founder of Belief Company and a homeschooling mother, showed us 3 ways to de-stress and, in the process, help our children cope with all the changes in their routine. Click on the video above to see the replay.
1. HALT: Never make big decisions. Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired
Stop and take a few deep breaths. Do some jumping jacks change the physiology of your body. If you can get outside in the backyard or the front yard and their sun, go stand in the sun. Have some
meditation tracks, turn on your favorite dance music, dance around your kitchen with your kids.
2. React vs. Respond: What can you really control?
We can control our emotions; we can control our actions. And then because of that, we can control the response we give. The child behaves according to their stress. And then we're being triggered by their behavior. We can control our response to their actions. And that might be to walk away.
3. Power of Words: The Silver Lining: The words you use, create those
thoughts and those pictures. So what words are you using? Think about when you have something that's a problem. And think about how it looks, how it sounds, how it
feels.
Now think of that same thing, that same situation, but call it a challenge. And notice how it begins to shift how it looks a a little bit different now, how it
sounds a little different, how it feels a little bit different.
And think of that same situation but call it an opportunity, this time. What possibility opens up when you see that situation as an opportunity?
We have the chance to go from viewing our current situation as a problem, to seeing it as a challenge, to realizing it is an opportunity!
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Listen to the podcast version of the show by clicking on image below.
