As parents, we want what is best for our kids. We read books and research that show how being confident, connected and compassionate helps our children be more resilient, happier, and self-motivated. But why is it so difficult to be like this with our kids, especially when faced with challenging behaviors or situations?
Kim Griffith discovered the missing piece of the puzzle to why parenting can be so challenging and what stops us from being the parent we really want to be. The WAVE™ process she created brings simplicity to recognizing “emotional triggers” and breaking reactive patterns that sabotage our best intentions, and allows us to respond authentically, in a confident, calm and clear way.
*The WAVE™is a 4-step self-coaching process that moves you and your child into true partnership and empowerment. The WAVE™gives you the ability to remove blocks and reactions from lower brain -- anger, fear, control; fight, flight or freeze -- and helps you respond from your higher brain in a confident, calm, and clear way, ending conflict and power struggles once and for all.
"Your greatest weakness shall be your greatest strength."
Often the circumstance that affects us most in life turns out to be what also gives us passion, direction, and purpose. This is certainly true for me. My desire to understand why people think, feel, and act the way they do started at a very young age. The disconnection and struggle I experienced growing up in my family later led me to the field of psychology. Instead of traditional psychology, I chose a master’s program that is centered around recognizing and releasing limiting patterns, and reconnecting with our inner guidance to be all that we can be.
Often the circumstance that affects us most in life turns out to be what also gives us passion, direction, and purpose. This is certainly true for me. My desire to understand why people think, feel, and act the way they do started at a very young age. The disconnection and struggle I experienced growing up in my family later led me to the field of psychology. Instead of traditional psychology, I chose a master’s program that is centered around recognizing and releasing limiting patterns, and reconnecting with our inner guidance to be all that we can be.
I thought I had it all figured out! That was,
until my daughter was born. I already
understood how important it was to be present and loving to my child, but what
I didn’t know was how difficult it
would be to actually DO it!
I found
myself reacting to the smallest things. I was in a cloud of frustration,
confusion, and physical pain. I was
aware of my thoughts and behavior, but couldn’t seem to stay in a place of love
and connection. After taking a
broad range of classes in transpersonal psychology, working with individual clients,
and teaching group workshops, I found my greatest strength. I began transforming my pain and confusion
into clarity and purpose. I discovered
that my parenting challenges were providing me the opportunity to remember my
desire for family and connection. Parent
Empowerment Coaching is my way of taking action and empowering other parents to
face their own difficult parenting experiences while discovering personal purpose
and joy in the process.
-- Kim
-- Kim
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Meg is a certified Life & Wellness Coach with her master’s in Exercise Science and a Ph.D. in Education, is Founder and President of the Board for the non-profit International Body-Mind Empowerment Enterprises (i.b.mee.), and currently is Director of the Teacher Empowerment Division of Empowerment Enterprises LLC based in Dallas, Texas.
