”SELL THE DREAM!” If you want your kids to live, a happy, healthy, joy-filled life, you need to live it first. Live it and then talk about it. Share why your morning or evening run is so important to you? Why do you hire a sitter to make it happen? Tell your kids how great it feels to exercise and sweat for reasons other than chasing after them at the park. Why do you go out on dates with your spouse/partner or out with friends? Explain that those relationships are important and make you happy –Spending time and energy to nurture and grow them is healthy and smart. Your kids are watching you live your life and learning what is important, who is important, and how you honor those things. “LIVE THE LIFE YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO LIVE!”
Juggling the responsibilities of family and work requires enormous amounts of time and energy.
At the end of the day, there is only so much of you to go around, and the kids usually get first dibs.
Your relationship with your partner is a major contributor to your happiness, health, and development of your children, whether you are married or not.
The following posts will guide you to Make Your Partner Relationship a Priority
A HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER PARENT RAISES HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER KIDS. Don’t let yourself get caught up in constantly sacrificing your needs for the needs of your family. Before you know it, you’ll write yourself off your daily to do list and find it’s tough to write yourself back in. Make yourself one of your priorities! I know it’s hard and some days it feels impossible, yet start small and ask a friend to support you. You can absolutely do it!
BE THE PERSON YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO BE. Be the wife you want your daughters to be. Be the husband you want your sons to be. Be the leader you want your kids to be. Be the friend you want your kids to be. Be the boss you want your kids to be. Live the life you want your kids to live!
”LIVE THE LIFE YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO LIVE!” As wonderful as the holidays, they are also stressful. It’s normal to feel overwhelmed, yet when you keep the mantra of “live the life” in mind, you will make healthier choices because you’re reminded that your role model matters. In fact, it’s powerful! You are on candid camera. Your actions and attitude send a loud message as to your values, beliefs, and priorities. Make it a great day!
GIVE YOUR PARTNER GRACE. Most parents, especially moms, hold themselves to such a high standard that they start to expect the same from their partner. All this does is create disappointment–for everyone. When you begin to give yourself grace and allow yourself to be human, you will transfer that grace on to your partner. Never forget that your partner wants to be your biggest fan. Work together to to achieve your healthiest, happiest, and most successful life.
PARENTHOOD SHOULD NOT BE A LONELY JOURNEY. The more you broaden your circle of support, the richer, more fun, and more fulfilling your life will be. Regardless if you are married or not, don’t try to be a one man band. Thoughtfully begin to reach out and build a circle of friends who can be a support to you and whom you can support. It’s this virtuous cycle of one parent or friend supporting another that creates success–for everyone (including your kids)!
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