Getting Started
Several coaches from MentorCoach (Cathy Rodrigues, Lynne Berrett, Mary Ivory, and Golden Jenkins) met today in our virtual coffee house to talk about how we can share the depth of our love, knowledge, skills, and compassion about parenting from our strengths. We had a wonderful conversation about connecting with parents who want to be the best possible parents. We discussed the concept of setting up a blog which will create an extensive and dynamic conversation about parenting. We all wanted a place to share our thoughts, to gain new insights, and to talk with others who want to be positive parents focusing on their strengths. I took over the task of setting up the blog. One of our members (Sorry, I cannot recall which one) came up with the idea of "Positive Parenting" and Cathy shared the idea of the subtitle as "Parenting From Our Strengths." Loved it! Unfortunately, "Positive Parenting" already existed. Therefore, I went to our primary name as "Parenting by Our Strengths." I think it is a good alternative.
So here is the first post to our new blog. I invite you to make your comments.
I will be working on the technical side of allowing others to have access to actually submitting posts to this blog. I look forward to our many conversations, to our enhanced learning, to our added insights, and improved skills.
Stay Strong. Stay Positive.
Golden Jenkins, LPC
President
LifeCare Coaching
Auburn, AL
334.444.3500
posted by Golden @ 11:15 AM
7 comments
7 Comments:
Great work Golden! I love what you have done with this blog. Can't wait to get started.
Cathy Rodrigues,ACSW, LCSW
Certified Mentor Coach
www.cathyrodrigues.com
Great work Golden! I love what you have done with this blog. Can't wait to get started.
Cathy Rodrigues,ACSW, LCSW
Certified Mentor Coach
www.cathyrodrigues.com
Thanks for your encouragement.
Golden Jenkins
LifeCare Coaching
Auburn, AL
334.444.3500
Thanks for your encouragement.
Golden Jenkins
LifeCare Coaching
Auburn, AL
334.444.3500
Will there always be 2 postings?
Cathy
This blog is so exciting! I like that we can exchange ideas quickly and that others can read them as they have the time. My mind is full of the possibilities. Thanks for moving us forward Golden! More Later-
Mary Ivory MA LCPC
Gather Sparks Corporation
Finding what Lights your Life
312-859-6654
5 traps that new parents face
I want to take the next few blog entries to talk about some of the worries and fears that new parents of a child with special needs face. These are by no means the only traps that parents experience. These five traps are ones that many, many mom's and dad's discuss when we are meeting about concerns, priorities, , strengths and resources. Let me know what you think about these traps and whether or not you got caught.
1. No one else understands what I am going through.
New parents expect to give birth to a typically developing baby. No one is prepared to have a child that is born prematurely or with medical complications. Once the initial crisis is resolved, parents are left with many mixed feelings including aloneness, sadness, anger and guilt.
These feeling are a natural, normal, automatic reactions to the shattering of dreams people experence in anticipation to baby's birth. This a grief response which is a process to go through, not avoid. Because grieving is a natural, normal and automatic reaction, feeling the various emotions is the way to resolve to create new dreams for your baby.
What was it like for you when you found out about your baby's developmental or medical condition? What was your story? What positive things did you do to get through the feelings? I would love to hear your comments.
The next trap I will post about is: " I'm just feeling the baby blues."
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