When we are concerned about our child’s behaviour, at times we react to it forgetting that children also have their needs. Recently a mother worked with her child on the issue of using IPad in this manner. And the child had this as a reply 🙂 They are continuing to work having both their needs...Read More
How to Connect With Someone (Even If There Is a Real Chance of Rejection) In his book, “Never split the difference”, ex-FBI Hostage Negotiator Chris Voss talks about how negotiation is an emotional practice. In 1979, the Harvard Negotiation Project was founded with the goal of improving the practice of negotiation. The outcome of the project...Read More
There’s a quote from Mario Puzo’s book famously known as the movie, “The Godfather”. Let me paraphrase what Don Corleone says about doing favours for other people; it is like making a deposit in a bank account. There will come a day when you will need to make a withdrawal so keep doing favours for other...Read More
Choice of using ‘and’ instead of ‘but’ Our words are very powerful. The words we use are reflective of our unconscious choices (whether we like them or not). So when we use the word “but” it can be limiting our opportunities to succeed and be happy in life. “I love my child, but I don’t like...Read More
We do get tired of telling our children to put their shoes in the rack, keep their books in place, wash their hands, do their homework …the list is endless. A parent is constrained by being told that they cannot yell, shout or hit their child to instill discipline in them 🙂 One parent found a...Read More
