Sentences with phrase «inner child rather»

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I am looking to heal that inner abused spiteful child, even if it means expressing myself in ways I'd rather not and sitting with my conscious mind and having a heart to heart about how Jesus would never desire this pain to propel my walk of faith.

C. S. Lewis identified this sort of discourse in The Abolition of Man where he explained how the grammar book of «Gaius» and «Titius» propagandizes rather than educates, having wormed into the inner recesses of the child's mind: «It is not a theory they put into his mind, but an assumption, which ten years hence, its origin forgotten and its presence unconscious, will condition him to take one side in a controversy which he has never recognized as a controversy at all.»

On this call, API founders Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson talk with Lu about how: — our «flaws» are actually pathways to raising resilient, secure, connected kids; — without an awareness of how our story drives our fears, our kids re-enact it; — without self - understanding and empathy, parents then tend to manage rather than engage, control rather than connect, in a chronic practice of «defensive parenting»; — we can turn our old wounds to new wisdom and free our kids from repeating our stories; — the gift of our anger, fear, doubt, chaos, anxiety, struggles, and conflicts is that they can shed compassionate light on our old wounds and we can use this light to «heal» our inner conflicts, and pave our path for ourselves and our kids; and — doing this paving work «keeps our light on»... and our children's light on, and teaches them the power of forgiveness, humility, and humanity.

Responses like these focus the accomplishment on the child's inner work, rather than on a parent's external evaluation.

It's a kind of healthy selfishness that's good for your children in two ways: One, connecting with your inner resources makes you better able to serve your kids; two, you're modeling good self - care, and you want your kids to learn to take good care of themselves rather than being doormats that others can walk all over.

The goal of positive discipline is to teach children inner - discipline, which comes from a highly developed conscience rather than the use of punishments that may include external force, shame, humiliation, isolation or coercion.

Chapter 21 Thoughtful Cooperation vs. Thoughtless Compliance offers tools for equipping children with inner guidance systems rather than external controls.

Kabat - Zinn, Myla and Jon EVERYDAY BLESSINGS: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting Hyperion, 1998 Written by the parents of three grown children, this book focuses on the thoughts and feelings, rather than the techniques, associated with parenting children of all ages.

Rather than taking loving care of herself within the marriage, Ashley had handed her feelings and needs — her inner child — over to Steven.

Rather than be an elegant, moving tale about Christmas» ability to bring out the inner - child in us all, Arthur Christmas sticks to repetitive sight gags and awful — and I do mean AWFUL — dialogue puns.

Luckily the budget is rather large, meaning the inner child in you can go nuts constructing brain busters.

In other words, if the child isn't subject to too much parental control, it is more likely that their «good» behavior will stem from their own inner motivation rather than being motivated by external rewards or because of fearing punishments.

This mimics the part of adult therapy where an adult is encouraged to look at a troubling situation from multiple perspectives, and is known to help troubled children retain their ability to empathize (rather then becoming «cut off» and overly guarded in order to cope with inner pain).

«This book will teach you about your own stress reactions, and how you can respond more effectively to your children from your own inner strength with compassionate understanding rather than reacting out of your fear.»

Mindfulness is hypothesized to break the cycle of repetitive, negative thoughts, and to allow parents, in interaction with their child, to attend to their child, rather than to their inner ruminations.

To emphasize his focus on relationships rather than inner fantasy world, he changed the name of the clinic to Department for Children and Parents.

I'd rather my child have the confidence and the inner strength to stand up to an authority figure who is abusing their power, than be one of the many who follows the crowd and keeps their head down out of fear.

Rather, it's about helping children develop inner resources and strengths that allow them to clear their own pathways.