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Life coaching 101: Parenting

What parenting has to do with life coaching?
A lot, indeed.
Let’s check out some areas where life coaching can make a difference in your life as a parent.

Personal development

Parenting opens up a whole new universe šŸ˜Š Skills we never thought we have we are using, and phrases we swore a thousand times we would never say slip our lips. Yepp. Parenting can be a continuous personal development journey if we are keen. It cannot work without self-awareness and self-reflection. And while we sometimes feel like failures, we can hold on to the journey we have already passed since we have started.

Leadership effectiveness

Parenting might be one of the most challenging leadership roles we ever fill while the most rewarding. Seeing our children navigate life with skills we helped develop can bring tears into our eyes and joy into our hearts. Also, this is the role in which we must learn to manage our emotions,Ā  walking away from emotionally heated arguments, and keep our mouths shut.

Conflict resolution

As our children grow, they are more and more keep testing the boundaries. And each time, we find ourselves in a conflict. How are your conflict resolution skills? What has been your best win-win with them? Which one was that left you with the most horrible feelings? Which one is the one you wish you could travel back in time and change?

Relationships

How does your team of ā€œco-workers in parentingā€ does?

It’s tough, isnā€™t it? Full of unexpected turns? The ability to adjust is a must-have in every family relationship.
Read more here: Family relationships

Time management

How to manage ā€œwork-family-life balanceā€? How to allocate enough time for self-care and how to do it without feeling guilty? The time-management issues are causes or symptoms of something else?