Echoes of The Soul Counseling

01/20/2023

This is so true

10/09/2022

Toddler Talk...

Toddler 1: You look a little frazzled, Dude. Hard day?

Toddler 2: Hard doesn’t even begin to describe my day! I love my mommy to pieces, but seriously, she does NOT know how to share. I took one little thing out of her purse, and she freaked! Snatching and saying, “Mine!” and everything. And right in the middle of the store, too! So embarrassing. Everybody was looking at me, rolling their eyes. I felt like a total failure.

Toddler 1: I hear you! I have the same problem. And mine has been getting into EVERYTHING, too! Like, I stashed my cracker under the couch so I could have a little snack later, and she totally threw it in the trash! Who does that?

Toddler 2: You think that’s bad? Check this. I’m minding my own business, just chillin’ with my toys, and she just snatches me up and carts me off and straps me in the highchair, no warning at all. And I’m not even hungry! Then she gets all upset when I do a little physics with my food. Btw, so cool how sometimes it falls straight down and sometimes it splats against the wall. I think it has something to do with the consistency of the food and the angle of my trajectory. Just a working theory atm, though.

Toddler 1: Cool! Let me know what you figure out. How about this. I can’t get anything done! No joke! I spent all morning building this stellar block tower. Dude, you should have seen this thing. It was epic! So, I walk away for like one second, and she dumps the whole thing in the toy box! An entire morning’s work, gone. I don’t know why I bother sometimes.

Toddler 2: Same! And what’s with this new ‘time-out’ thing mine’s into all of a sudden? I get the slightest bit upset about something and, just when I need a cuddle, she sticks me in this chair and won’t let me get up! Like a chair is a good hugger? Really?

Toddler 1: That’s just wrong. Hey, how about this potty training dealio? She wants me to do my business in a little plastic bowl. We eat out of those things! Seriously, you gotta wonder what goes on in their brains sometimes...
more TODDLER TALK: https://tinyurl.com/2ctu5e2m

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10/09/2022

So true

09/16/2022

You know that moment right after your child says or does something that pushes your buttons? That oh-so-brief moment before you say or do something in response? That is the moment you have a choice...
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to react or relate,
to command or communicate,
to belittle or to be an adult.
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That moment is a gift of time that can make a lifetime of difference. Use it wisely.
-L.R.Knost
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Fighting a rare, incurable cancer, but I'm still here!💞 L.R.

09/04/2022

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09/04/2022

When your child is embarrassed, say...

08/27/2022

This resonates so much

"Children don't often show their pain through talking. They show us their pain through 'challenging behavior.'

As a culture, we need to move beyond seeing challenging behavior as 'naughtiness' or a choice, and look to what children are desperately communicating."

Source: Spectrumy

08/27/2022

Yes this

I love this from Janelle Scales ❤️ (a great person to follow!)

08/27/2022

The positive impacts of hugs on people’s bodies and minds are well documented. In order for hugs to be healthy, both participants have to be engaged with full, enthusiastic consent. Otherwise, the hug can easily become a negative experience. Don’t Hug the Quokka! By Daniel Enrico provides a ligh...

07/22/2022

12/24/2021

Happy holidays. Please make your mental health a priority during this season. Set healthy boundaries,do lots of self care and it is okay to be alone taking care of yourself rather than being embroiled in unhealthy toxic environments.