 Last weekend, my daughter was having a flashback movie marathon. You know the kind, where you watch all your favorites. The oldies, but goodies. She was strolling down memory lane, reminiscing about her childhood. (Thankfully she was remembering the bright spots and not remembering the oh so challenging times).
Popcorn and the “classics” – The Little Mermaid, The Wizard of Oz, and High School Musical. It wasn’t long before I had my own flashback and once again those High School Musical songs were stuck in my head. All. Day. Long. Start of Something New. Getcha’ Head in the Game. And of course, We’re All in This Together. And naturally We're All in This Together got me thinking of you. Thinking of this parenting journey. Thinking of this tribe, this community, this group of amazing Intentional Parents. Yes, this journey can be challenging for sure. Behaviors. Tantrums. Doing things differently. Lack of understanding and support from those not on our journey. Making mistakes. Cleaning up messes. Parenting UPSTREAM. But, here’s the GREAT NEWS…We’re all in this together! Cheering each other on. Supporting along the way. Propping one another up when the going gets extra tough. Drawing strength from one another. Together. We are all in this together! Stacy Manning P.S. Make the new year your best year yet! Don't miss my next class How to Map Out a Happy 2017 For Your Family! A step-by- step guide to creating the shift you are looking for. FREE to Intentional Parent Coaching Group members! Join TODAY for your child, for you and for your whole family! http://www.tohavehope.com/intentional-parent-coaching-group1.html As a member, you also have access to my 6 top selling classes for FREE and 2 months of archived Intentional Parent Coaching Group video-trainings and Q&A's.
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  As Intentional Parents, it is important that we meet our kids right where they are at...even at gift-giving times. I put together some of my top picks for gifts for Christmas or Birthdays to share with you! These are things my kids LOVED and are now used by many of my clients. I hope you and your child(ren) enjoy them as much as we have! Telestrations is a game that finally worked for our whole family! No Cheating Needed!  Super Magnets is a nice set that helps give positive feed back to the Proprioseptive Sensory System.  Snap Circuits was loved by all of my kiddos, girls & boys alike. It really helped to work on acquiring Agency - the realization that I can have positive impact on the world!
 Fidget Cubes! These are new, but it was one of my kids that showed them to me...they thought they looked so cool. Great for car rides, between classes, any transition!
 Magnetic Mighty Minds. My kids spent hours working with Tanagrams. This is one great set all put together for you. Great for working on Right Brain Left Brain cross over, quiet time.  Weighted Blankets help to increase Seratonin levels, which is an overall feel good experience. Just can't beat the positive effects!  The other day I was driving to a meeting with a parent and the special ed. team at her daughter’s school. As I was thinking about the meeting, I drove past a sign that said “Be brave. Be bold.” Wow, that was the perfect message for this parent. Brave. Bold. Exactly what was needed as we went to bat for her child.
As Intentional Parents, we are often required to be BRAVE. Stepping beyond our comfort zone. Standing up for what is best for our children. Taking leaps, risks, chances. As Intentional Parents, we are often require to be BOLD. Speaking out. Asking for (or demanding) what our children really need. Thinking and acting out of the box. Choosing to do things differently than what others think we should. Meeting our children right where they are at, not where society thinks they should be. Being brave and being bold is certainly not easy. For many parents, it doesn’t come naturally. But when it comes to helping their children, Intentional Parents are refusing to stay quiet, refusing to sit back and not do what is needed. Intentional Parents are choosing to be brave. Intentional Parents are choosing to be bold. No. Matter. What. Be BRAVE. Be BOLD. Your child is counting on you! We are in this together! Stacy Manning P.S. Be Brave. Be Bold. Make the new year your best year yet! Don't miss my next class How to Map Out a Happy 2017 For Your Family! A step-by- step guide to creating the shift you are looking for. FREE to Intentional Parent Coaching Group members! Join TODAY for your child, for you and for your whole family! http://www.tohavehope.com/intentional-parent-coaching-group1.html As a member, you also have access to my 6 top selling classes for FREE and 2 months of archived Intentional Parent Coaching Group video-trainings and Q&A's.  Have you done the math? In 25 days, a new year will begin. It is so exciting...I mean it is pretty much the ultimate FRESH START! A new year, a clean slate. Yes, we use what we learned in 2016, but we can choose to leave the ugly behind. Look forward. Lay new foundations. Full of renewed energy. Armed with new insights. A new path. Happy. Powerful. Connected. It is SO SO exciting!
YES, YES, YES it can be done! I totally understand the doubt you're having right now. I have been there, but the truth I found is that your life CAN be different. Life can be positive. Your family can be happy while you are facing the impacts of your child's trauma and loss - even the really, really hard stuff. This journey IS very hard at times, but it doesn't have to define your every day. Here's the thing, NOW is the time to get your ducks in a row so that your life can experience the shift you are looking for. The NEW YEAR is YOUR clean slate. Achieve your family goals. Re-enforce the foundation. Follow an Intentional Action Plan to be ahead of any challenges. Tools and techniques that REALLY work. A parenting and personal focus on positive forward progress. Surrounded by people who back you up and get you. And SO MUCH MORE! Your life, YOUR way in 2017! There's nothing I am more sure about than the fact that starting fresh as often as possible causes FORWARD, POSITIVE motion. You, your child, and your whole family deserves to THRIVE! I want to help you take the opportunity of this clean slate to start fresh. My new class, How To Map Out A Happy 2017 for Your Family, will give you a step by step action plan that works! NOW is the time, my friend. I am with you. Let go of the past and take hold of the new...let's make this happen! I am offering FREE access to this class to members of my Intentional Parent Coaching Group. I have NO DOUBT that the combination of working with me 3 times a month, being surrounded by others that get it, and putting in place your 2017 Action Plan will absolutely turn things upside down...in a GOOD way! Join me on Thursday, December 29th at 7pm to GET STARTED! Can't be their live? DON'T LET THAT STOP YOU because you get the recording! You also get 3 times a month to check in with me as you look forward, work to build a strong foundation, and put in place those tools and techniques that work! Like I said...we are in this together. YOUR FRESH START IS HERE! Grab it and create YOUR 2017! Click the link~ http://www.tohavehope.com/intentional-parent-coaching-group1.html As a member, you also have access to my 6 top selling classes for FREE and 2 months of archived Intentional Parent Coaching Group video-trainings and Q&A's. Your family's success is VERY important to me so I am making sure you have it ALL! Here's to a HAPPY 2017! Excited to see you in the Coaching Group, Stacy Manning  What started out as a STRONG partnership, an “in the good times and in the bad” commitment, can certainly be put to the test once kids are in the picture. Parenting can take a toll on marriage.
At the end of the day, we can be too exhausted to think about investing in someone else. But here’s the deal…connecting with your partner, keeping the relationship growing stronger, can actually lighten the load. You will feel stronger and no longer alone on the journey. You will have a partner. The ways you used to connect may be impossible these days. Weekends away, vacations with just the two of you, romantic dinners out are luxuries and quite frankly may be out of your reach for now. But that doesn’t mean you stop connecting. You just need to find NEW ways of doing that.
We're In This Together! Stacy Manning p.s. Don't miss my upcoming class How To Map Out A Happier 2017 For Your Family! Free access for all members of my Intentional Parent Coaching Group. This is going to create the shift that gets your family where you want it to be! Join us TODAY. Just click the link below: http://www.tohavehope.com/intentional-parent-coaching-group1.html  This past week, the show This Is Us tackled more issues. Randall talked about being adopted, about people expecting him to be grateful for being adopted.
I remember family members telling me that they were surprised that my girls were struggling. “They should feel lucky they are a part of your family.” “Don’t they feel grateful that you adopted them?” At that time, my girls did not feel grateful. They felt the pain of losing their family. They felt unworthy, unlovable, abandoned, and at times, angry. Definitely not grateful, definitely not lucky. Our kiddos should not be expected to feel grateful. The reality is they were adopted because they had been abandoned. They suffered a deep, terrible loss. And that is definitely not something to be grateful for. So let’s be clear about where are children are at, what they have gone through. Let’s eliminate those expectations. Many kids may certainly feel grateful, may feel blessed. But we, as their parents or as society, should not ever place that expectation on them. We need to honor their stories, even the hard, painful parts. We should not gloss over that, should not ignore that. It IS part their story. And we need to respect THEIR feelings about all the parts of their story. Give them a voice. Listen to their voice. Respect their voice. They most definitely deserve that. We're In This Together! Stacy Manning P.S. Want to learn more about helping your child have a voice, increased self esteem and a stronger connection with you? In my Intentional Parent Coaching Group, these are just the kind of topics we focus on. Join us TODAY and get armed to help your child heal! Just click the link below: http://www.tohavehope.com/intentional-parent-coaching-group1.html |
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