Flourish Family Focus Coaching for Parents Wednesday 29th April 2020
Personal Power: Choices & Consequences
This coaching session offers an opportunity to:
Children make choices all the time, what they say and do and how they use their words and actions. Every choice has a consequence, whether positive or negative, and understanding the link between the choice and the consequence helps them to take responsibility for their actions.
As we adapt to a different way of living and learning we can assist children to make good choices by helping them recognise that their words and actions influence outcomes and the responses they get from others. By getting to know themselves, why they think and behave as they do, they can develop an inner power driven by self-knowledge, personal power. Join this workshop to explore tips and techniques to help your child to develop their personal power to support their learning and relationships, now and for life.
To reserve you place please email Sally Sharp on ssharp@edgegrove.com by 5.00pm on Tuesday 28th April indicating the name of your child(ren) and the session you would like to join:
Pre-School and Pre Prep: 3.00-3.45pm Lower School: 1.30-2.15pm Middle School: 11.00-11.45am Upper School: 9.30-10.15am
Sessions will take place via Google Meet, and the joining code will be forwarded with your booking confirmation.
I look forward to ‘seeing’ you there. With very best wishes. Sally Sharp Head of Wellbeing
Flourish Thoughts
Acceptance, a way to wellbeing... By Sally Sharp
“Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation: it means understanding that something is what it is and there has got to be a way through it.” Michael J. Fox
Acceptance is a choice, and one that is hard to practice when we wish things were different. Accepting a situation complete with any uncomfortable thoughts and feelings it may entail means we can choose our attitude and response to it, we are in control. For adults and children alike acceptance can bring peace of mind, liberate and empower – a powerful tool to support wellbeing.
Acceptance helps us to be aware of an experience as it actually is, rather than how we would like it to be. It does not mean we agree with or condone a behaviour or situation, just that we acknowledge it for what it is.
Acceptance helps emotional and physical health. Resistance or denial can be stressful and draining, but with acceptance leaves us with more energy as we no longer have to try to avoid, fight or push away thoughts, feelings and situations.
Acceptance benefits relationships by allowing us to assert our own needs whilst accepting others may feel differently, encouraging respect and cooperation.
Acceptance of our feelings helps us to know ourselves better.
Acceptance contributes to inner peace as we are more able to appreciate all aspects of a situation, without judgment.
Acceptance helps us to become better problem solvers. Acknowledging reality rather than denying or resisting it puts us in a better position to consider options and choose an appropriate plan of action.
Acceptance strengthens us mentally through learning that we can deal with things that we may have thought we could not.
Sally Sharp Head Wellbeing
References: Fintzy Woods, R. (2018). 14 Benefits of Practicing Acceptance. Psych Central. Retrieved on April 17, 2020, from https://blogs.psychcentral.com/cultivating-contentment/2018/08/14-benefits-of-practicing-acceptance/