Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need counseling or coaching? Why?
Counseling and coaching offer invaluable opportunities for personal growth, healing, and self-discovery. Counseling and coaching provide a safe and supportive environment for individuals seeking to understand themselves better and navigate life's challenges. These processes empower people to gain clarity, develop coping strategies, and achieve their personal and professional goals. Counseling is particularly beneficial for those dealing with mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, or stress, offering therapeutic support to heal and build resilience. Coaching, on the other hand, focuses on personal and professional development, helping individuals identify strengths, overcome obstacles, and create actionable plans for success. Both approaches foster self-awareness, boost confidence, and facilitate meaningful change, enabling individuals to lead more fulfilling and balanced lives.
​How do you help parents? What impact do I have as a parent?
Parents will become more confident in their parenting skills. Parents will experience reduced stress and increased coping skills. You will be able to focus on your child's emotional intelligence with strategies and skills learned through a proven program.
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Parents have a profound impact on their children's lives, shaping their development, well-being, and future outcomes. Here are some key impacts parents have:
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Emotional Development: Parents play a crucial role in nurturing their children's emotional well-being. The love, support, and guidance provided by parents contribute to the development of secure attachments, emotional intelligence, and the ability to regulate emotions effectively.
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Cognitive Development: Parents are instrumental in fostering their children's cognitive growth. Through interactions, conversations, and educational opportunities, parents stimulate curiosity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, laying the foundation for intellectual development.
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Social Skills and Relationships: Parents significantly influence their children's social skills and ability to form healthy relationships. By modeling positive behaviors, teaching empathy, and providing opportunities for social interactions, parents help their children develop social competence and navigate interpersonal dynamics.
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Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence: Parents' words, actions, and support greatly impact their children's self-esteem and self-confidence. Encouragement, validation, and belief in their children's abilities contribute to a positive self-image and a sense of self-worth.
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Values and Beliefs: Parents are primary agents in transmitting values, beliefs, and cultural traditions to their children. They shape their children's moral compass, ethical standards, and worldview, influencing their choices, attitudes, and behaviors.
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Educational Attainment: Parents' involvement and support in their children's education significantly impact their academic success. Engaged parents foster a positive attitude towards learning, provide educational resources, and advocate for their children's educational needs.
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Health and Well-being: Parents play a vital role in promoting their children's physical and mental health. By providing a nurturing environment, healthy habits, and access to healthcare, parents contribute to their children's overall well-being and long-term health outcomes.
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Future Success: The impact of parents extends into their children's future success. Parental support, guidance, and high expectations can influence educational attainment, career choices, and overall life outcomes.
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It's important to note that the impact of parents can vary based on individual circumstances, cultural factors, and the quality of the parent-child relationship. However, the role of parents in shaping their children's lives cannot be overstated, as they provide the foundation for their children's growth, development, and future success.
Why is self worth really important for people?
Self-worth is crucial because it forms the foundation of our overall well-being and empowerment. Audlts and children have a strong sense of self-worth when they recognize their inherent value, capabilities, and deservingness of respect and happiness. Here are a few reasons why self-worth is important for our development:
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Confidence and Empowerment: Self-worth fuels confidence, enabling us to assert ourselves, pursue our goals, and make decisions aligned with our values. It empowers us to stand up for ourselves, set boundaries, and navigate challenges with resilience.
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Healthy Relationships: When we have a healthy sense of self-worth, we are more likely to establish and maintain healthy relationships. We can recognize and demand respect, communicate needs effectively, and avoid settling for less than we deserve.
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Mental and Emotional Well-being: Self-worth is closely tied to mental and emotional well-being. When we value ourselves, we are less likely to experience self-doubt, negative self-talk, and self-sabotaging behaviors. We can cultivate self-compassion, practice self-care, and prioritize our happiness.
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Career Success: Self-worth plays a significant role in career success. People with a strong sense of self-worth are more likely to pursue challenging opportunities, negotiate for fair compensation, and advocate for their professional growth. They believe in their abilities and are willing to take risks to achieve their career aspirations.
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Body Image and Self-Acceptance: Self-worth is essential in cultivating a positive body image. When people have a healthy sense of self-worth, they can appreciate and accept their bodies, focusing on overall well-being rather than conforming to societal standards. This leads to improved self-esteem and a healthier relationship with their bodies.
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Overall, self-worth empowers adult and children to embrace their authentic selves, recognize their strengths, and pursue a life of fulfillment and happiness. It is a catalyst for personal growth, resilience, and the ability to navigate life's challenges with confidence. By nurturing self-worth, we can unlock our true potential and create a life that aligns with our values and aspirations.
What is your focus with children?
Your child will learn their inner value and magnificence! Your child will learn to how to improve self-confidence, be resilient, create and complete goals, manage peer pressure, self-advocate and become more independent. Your child will learn to take responsibility, how to handle challenging situations, how to compromise, how to communicate with people, improve relationships and how to give back to the community.
You child will learn how to recognize and shift limiting beliefs that hurt self-esteem and hold them back in life. They also learn how to proactively create supportive belief that will support them in feeling good about themselves, believing in themselves, and in creating a happy fulfilling life.
Through the WISDOM coaching for kids program TM, your child will learn:
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• The values of self-leaders such as the power of taking full responsibility for their lives, the importance of living life with integrity, and the importance of treating others with respect while always treating themselves with respect as well.
• How to think for themselves and make decisions…which helps them develop their inner compass and learn how to stand up to peer pressure.
• How to feel good about themselves even when things don’t go their way so that their self-esteem is based on the inside-out and not based on who they know, what they do, or what they have.
• How to believe in themselves even after facing a disappointment so that they can move through their upset and their fear…to create courage and self-confidence.
• How to live life with intention and with direction, so they don’t drift through life.
• How to develop a mindset for creating success in their lives including learning how to set and achieve their goals.
• How to manage change so that they can thrive in the new circumstances.
How do get started with counseling, coaching, workshops or just find out more?
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