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Meet Your Family Demands With Sanity

By Bob Lancer
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

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Parenting Wisdom For Raising Children

Once you are in the thick of raising children, you realize that it may be one of the most taxing tests life delivers, and it delivers it everyday.

We plan to have a family based on the dream of family harmony.

 

But supporting a family emotionally and financially is not that easy.  The bigger the family the more directions you are pulled in at one time.

 

If you parent more than one child you know how hard it can be when both children demand your undivided attention at the same time, while the phone is ringing, dinner is cooking and your mate is trying tell you something important.  At the same you might look around at your home and see mess after mess.  And while all this is happening, you feel so deeply in need of a nap!

 

Single parents have the added challenge of having no other parent around to help out.

 

Once you are in the thick of raising children, you realize that it may be one of the most taxing tests life delivers, and it delivers it everyday.

 

Parenting Wisdom For Raising Kids

We plan to have a family based on the dream of family harmony.

A common mistake we parents make is to drive ourselves too hard.

 

There is a far more sane and simple solution to meeting your family demands.

 

The moment you feel your pressure starting to mount, instead of surging forward in attempt to get it all done, let go and lighten up!  This is both a self-help and a family help solution.

 

While one child tugs at your sleeve and the other spills juice on your foot, take an INTERNAL time out.

 

Remain still, relax your body, and calm your nerves by breathing gently, fully, calmly.

 

Stand in a juice puddle (or even the pee puddle, for that matter) and just let it all BE.  Let YOURSELF just BE.

 

You need to live in peace and poise to appreciate all the good in your life, and to avoid feeling over-burdened, depressed and chronically annoyed.

 

It is our attachment to control over externals, not the demands of others or of our environment, that really drives us into an emotional frenzy.

 

Having a family IS a gift, but you have to be at peace to enjoy it.

 

And with this joy comes your power to be a better parent, partner, worker and human being.

 

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Build Your Self-Confidence To Improve Your Relationships

By Bob Lancer
Saturday, March 17th, 2012

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Relationship Strategy For Overcoming The Insecurity

Whether we are conscious of it or not, that relationship problem is produced by imagining ourselves lacking in some way.

When we feel insecure in a relationship, the cause is always imaginary.

 

Whether we are conscious of it or not, that relationship problem is produced by imagining ourselves lacking in some way.

 

This causes our lack of natural, comfortable self-confidence in the relationship.

 

A common expression of insecurity is to become a “people pleaser” by trying to figure out what the other person wants us to be.

 

But this relationship strategy fails to bring us happiness, because we still feel rejected by ourselves.

 

While pretending to be what we are not we are pushing the other person away out of fear of being “found out”, which will ultimately sabotage the relationship.

 

Here is a more effective relationship strategy for overcoming the insecurity that sabotages interpersonal-bonding: improve how you see yourself rather than worrying about or trying to manipulate how others see you.

 

The following confidence-building exercise can help you to build better relationships:

 

1. Write out a list of all the personal qualities that you see in yourself that you dislike, disrespect, or disapprove of.

 

2. Then, compose a list in which you replace those qualities with abilities, characteristics or talents that you would like instead.

 

3. Spend a few minutes envisioning yourself possessing and expressing each of those more desirable qualities.

 

Performing this exercise once or twice may not relieve you of the self-esteem problem that has been preventing you from enjoying better relationships.

 

A lack of self-confidence in relationships usually stems from deeply rooted self-concept habits.

 

But as you persevere in letting go of negative thoughts about yourself, and in building up a vision of yourself expressing more beautiful, powerful, splendid qualities, you will feel more self-assured in relationships.

 

In this blog, please share your thoughts and questions about this relationship advice, and your experience of doing this confidence-building exercise.

 

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Conscious Parenting Tips To Understand Your Child

By Bob Lancer
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

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Spend time every day simply calmly, consciously observing your child

A child’s problematic behavior often stems from a parent misreading the child.

 

Parenting as effectively as possible produces the best child behavior results.  It requires clear and accurate recognition of our children’s present need for appropriate behavior.

 

To know what our children need from us to avoid developing a behavior problem, or to improve their behavior, we need to be very aware in the present moment.

 

Getting too caught up in our daily tasks, we may pay superficial attention to the child, causing us to overlook the child’s subtle signs of need, like a sadly drooping face or an aggressive clenching of a fist.

 

Destructive behavior that seems to come “out of the blue” could often have been prevented if the parent had paid closer attention beforehand to recognize what the child required BEFORE she began throwing a tantrum, BEFORE he began kicking the pet, BEFORE he began biting his sibling.

 

Perhaps the child’s deepest, most fundamental need is for us to demonstrate CONSCIOUS parenting.

 

Alert, conscious observation of the child in the present reveals the true self of the child.

 

And that “self” becomes the best form of guidance for parents, showing us just what this particular child needs at this particular time for great child behavior and positive child development.

 

When we fall into habitual, “mechanical” unconscious parenting, even when we are with our children we are not really there, and they sense it.

 

To gain our deeper involvement they may resort to inappropriate, or even outrageous behavior, even when they “know better”.

 

Behavior problems manifest as our parental responses mismatch the needs that our children express.

 

Conscious Parenting Tips:

 

  1. Spend time every day simply calmly, consciously observing your child.

 

  1. As you apply this parenting tip, look for your child’s subtle physical signs that express her mood, attitude, and feelings in general.

 

As you practice more CONSCIOUS parenting, you will:

  • Experience deeper and more accurate understanding of your child.
  • Be better at predicting when your child is headed toward behaving improperly.
  • More effectively meet your child’s need for great child behavior.

 

Feel welcome share in this blog your experience of applying these Conscious Parenting Tips, and any questions that you have about your child’s behavior.

 


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Stunning Relationship Advice: Trust Your Relationship-Communication Problems

By Bob Lancer
Friday, February 24th, 2012

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Great communication in a marriage gives you a powerful advantage in life.

What’s the general quality of communication in your marriage?

On a consistent basis, how much loving-kindness passes between you and your life-partner during your important conversations– even during your casual verbal exchanges?

Do your efforts to communicate effectively often lead to feelings of a broken connection? Do your attempts to solve problems together end up producing more problems, like marital bickering?

Are your discussions with your spouse typically characterized by harmonious feelings of marital intimacy, or would you describe them with words like “contentiousness”, “combativeness”, “criticalness”, “annoyance”?

While communicating with your partner about typical relationship “hot buttons” like financial difficulties and disciplining the children, do you tend to feel uplifted by your mate or disappointed by your mate?

Would you describe the quality of your routine, daily verbal exchanges as affectionate or as competitive?

Do the two of you talk much at all?

Great communication in a marriage gives you a powerful advantage in life.

If the two of you can strategize and problem-solve as great communicators, you will feel greatly empowered to tackle life’s challenges.

But how many partners really enjoy this gift of personal empowerment through positive marital discourse?

What if you and your mate have communication problems that just won’t go away, no matter how hard you try to fix your marriage?

Here is what you may regard as startling relationship advice if you have been hitting a wall in your efforts to converse warmly and constructively on a consistent basis:

TRUST YOUR RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS, including marital squabbling and other forms of conversation-disconnect.

If you fear a marital problem, if you worry about it, if you struggle too hard to solve it, you program your subconscious to allow it to sabotage your happiness and success – maybe even your health.

How is this for surprising relationship wisdom: Instead worrying about what is wrong with your relationship work on improving your attitude toward the way things are.

As you live in trust, you find peace, joy, love and fulfillment blooming in your heart naturally.

That worry-free state of mind releases you to live healthfully, successfully and happily.

To worry about marital discord is to deepen the relationship quagmire.

To trust your love-partnership problems does not necessarily mean being a passive mate resigned to unhappiness.

It means trusting what you cannot control.

It is part of trusting the way life is, which means living in the healing power of faith. It also programs your subconscious to keep you on track for all you want in life.

Have you applied this relationship advice in your love life?

Share in this blog any questions you have about trusting instead of fearing relationship problems.

 

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Committed Relationship Wisdom: Don’t Just Marry, Stay Engaged

By Bob Lancer
Thursday, February 16th, 2012

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Don’t just stay married.  Stay ENGAGED.  Enjoy an engaged relationship with your spouse.

Relationship Tips For Staying Committed

Build a conscious connection with your mate. Stay PRESENT

By that I mean, build a conscious connection with your mate.  Stay PRESENT.

 

Relationships between married couples don’t work out automatically.  They require the daily application of real relationship wisdom.  They require consistently CONSCIOUS relationship work.

 

This does not have to take all the joy out of matrimony.  In fact, it may be the most powerful relationship tip for preserving AND enhancing marital joy and fulfillment.

 

Sooner or later, just about all married couples can use great date ideas.   Just going out to dinner or taking in a movie can get old. Going on a drive on a moonlit night can be special, but if you have young kids at home, that may not be easy to do, without dragging your children along. (Yippeee!)

 

Here is a better date night idea: No matter what you do or where you are, try being MORE aware of how you are ENGAGING with your mate by asking yourself:

1. Am I pressing the right buttons or the wrong buttons?

2. Am I being too serious?

3. Am I being too detached?

4. Am I even paying attention to how my mate feels?

 

Unhappy relationships, like happy relationships, don’t just happen.  They are made.

 

Not every “long distance romance” is defined by physical space!

 

You and your spouse can be in the same room and yet be in different worlds.

 

Love and marriage may start out together, but they may soon begindrifting apart.

 

But it’s never too late for a marriage makeover.  It’s never too late to make a new start.

 

You can fix your marriage by re-fixing your gaze upon your mate in the now.

 

If you begin to be more intentionally and consciously involved, you feed the spark of romantic loving attraction.

 

You may be sabotaging love without realizing it.

 

Love and relationship advice: To find better ways of engaging with your mate for a great relationship, reflect on how you handled your interactions

 

Were you harsher than you wish you had been?  Did you become more frustrated than you want to be?  Did you lash out verbally in a way that you regret?  How might you have been a more constructively engaged lover, friend or even business support for your mate?

 

Don’t beat yourself up over your shortcomings. Learn your relationship lesson! Lift yourself up by thinking about how you can do better for a better relationship.

 

Do this relationship work of reflection at the close of today for a more engaged and delightful committed relationship tomorrow.

 

In this blog, please share your thoughts and questions about engagement and marriage, and the results of your application of the love and relationship advice it presents.

 

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Protect Your Child’s Self-Confidence by Heeding This Parenting Advice

By Bob Lancer
Monday, February 6th, 2012

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Parenting Children With Self Confidence

“My child’s helpfulness makes my work more difficult.”

This blog contains parenting tips for parents of young children who like to help out, but don’t do a very good job of it.

 

This parenting problem can be summed up as: “My child’s helpfulness makes my work more difficult.”

 

In my own parent-child relationship, while I was attempting to unload the clean dishes from the dishwasher the other day, my confident toddler was happily trying to “help” by placing his shoes upon the empty dishwasher rack.

 

In his mind, he was contributing, not presenting me with a child discipline challenge.

 

To demonstrate positive parenting wisdom, I know that I need to be careful when something like this happens.

 

If I become too focused on the task of housework, I might overlook the task of effective, positive parenting.

 

There are no COST-FREE parenting solutions. There are consequences for every choice.

 

I want my son to feel self-confidence and self-worth.So I sometimes have to overlook his mistakes and focus on, and respond positively to, what he is getting right.

 

His urge to help is something I want to nurture, not stifle.  He was not displaying a child behavioral problem by attempting to contribute.  He was practicing doing chores.

 

I know my child needs to feel secure in my love, appreciation, and admiration – that that is crucial for his healthy emotional development.

 

That is why I said, “Thank you for being so helpful” as his contribution really only added to my housework drudgery.

 

I was careful to not remove his shoe from the clean dish-wrack to avoid causing him to feel wrong for what he did, because I feel confident that he actually did his very best, which is something I want to encourage.

 

As his understanding and skills improve through practice and experience, child development will make his best produce better results.

 

Of course I don’t feel like having to unload dirty sneakers from my dishwasher.  Of course I don’t appreciate my toddler creating more work for me.

 

But what I want even LESS is undermine my child’s to self-confidence, my child’s self-esteem, and his drive to contribute and to do his very best.

 

In this blog, please share examples from your own parent-child relationship of when your child’s effort to help made more work for you, and how you handled that.

 

Also share any questions you have about how to respond to child behavior challenges in ways that support the child development of improved self-conduct.

 

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Transform Your Life With This Inspirational Message

By Bob Lancer
Saturday, January 21st, 2012

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Here is an inspirational message for you: Nothing but opportunity exists.

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Envision a ray of light bringing into your mind a vision of success for you that really does feel just right

If you are feeling down about your opportunities, recharge your motivation and build your self-confidence by affirming: “Whatever my situation nothing but opportunity exists.”

 

When you condition your mind with this inspirational message, you attune your subconscious to seek and find your golden opportunities that are present.

 

It sets your creative mind-power to work on synthesizing the various details of your situation into a form that matches your dream of success.

 

If you are feeling discouraged about your possibilities, improve your chances for success by harnessing the power of positive thinking.

 

Re-direct your focus and receive the support of a positive mindset by considering no other possibility about your situation than this: nothing but opportunity exists.

 

You will stop seeing discouraging signs and indicators, and begin seeing how things really can work out great for you.

 

This form of positive thinking can be invaluable when it comes to successful goal-setting.

 

This is how to overcome discouragement in any situation: focus your thought on coming up with a wonderful vision of your personal success.

 

Just presume that it is the nature of each moment to present you with nothing but golden opportunity.

 

Then open your mind to a vision of succeeding in an honest, natural way that feels just right.

 

You never have to force things in an unnatural or dishonest way to get ahead.

 

As you accept the inspiring message that nothing but opportunity exists,you will receive a vision of success that utilizes your gifts and talents, feels completely fulfilling, and that matches up with who you really are.

 

This is a cure for economic worries.  As you try on the positive, empowering mindset that every economy offers nothing but opportunities, you will began thinking of your possibilities in new ways and come up with inspiring ways to take advantage of the economy.

 

Here is an exercise for success:

  1. Whatever your current situation, imagine that offers you nothing but opportunities.
  2. Envision a ray of light bringing into your mind a vision of success for you that really does feeljust right.
  3. If any ideas of success occur that do not seem like a perfect fit for you, simply let them go and return to step two.
  4. Do this for a few minutes, then rest.  If no idea comes in that time, repeat the exercise.  Repeat the exercise once or twice a day (or more if you like) until your vision comes.

 

This exercise programs the subconscious to STOP looking at disappointing possibilities, and to instead realize your great opportunity that really is present.

 

In this blog, please share your experience of this exercise and any questions that you have about realizing the truth of the inspiring message that nothing but opportunity exists.


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Your Inner Source For Positive Parenting Skills

By Bob Lancer
Saturday, January 14th, 2012

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Parenting Wisdom For Child Discipline

To develop and apply the parenting skills for successfully guiding child behavior begins by guiding your own self-conduct while in the act of parenting your children

There actually are sound, positive parenting skills that you can develop for raising children to be respectful, responsible, and well-behaved.

Developing and applying these positive parenting practices leads both parent and child into the fulfillment of their glorious potential, along a path of healthy, happy success,self-esteem and self-confidence.

It honors the individuality of the child and the parent, nurturing and supporting our natural drive to master our life-challenges in our own unique, positive way.

2 Tips for parents for well-behaved kids:

1. The first step is to concentrate on eliminating your stress and strain in the way that you parent your kids.

2. Remain self-aware in the present moment to notice when you are beginning to enter a power-struggle and feelings of over-whelm, impatience or frustration – so that you can sidestep these parenting pitfalls.

To develop and apply the parenting skills for successfully guiding child behavior begins by guiding your own self-conduct while in the act of parenting your children.

Parents, teachers and caregivers make child behavior management and child discipline more difficult and unpleasant than necessary when they focus so much on what the child is doing “wrong” that they overlook what they are doing about it.

During your daily parenting challenges, exercise the self-awareness and self-control YOU need to apply positive parenting skills that nurture, protect and preserve both the child’s and your own self-esteem and self-confidence.

When you CALMLY observe what is happening in the present moment, you can tune into your own higher parenting wisdom and have your child discipline questions answered right there on the spot, to succeed with your child without draining and humiliating yourself in the process.

By observing your child calmly, you will gradually see for yourself what to reasonably expect of your child, at each stage of development, and what to expect of yourself.

As you calmly and patiently experiment with your own best parenting strategies, and remain willing to learn from the results, you will develop your own tips for parents,come up with strategies for parenting that work best for you and your  unique child.

You will display a higher level of parenting skills for more satisfying results with your child.

In this blog, please share your thoughts about the need for parents to focus on improving their own behavior as key to bringing out the best behavior from their children.

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