Comments for The Thriving Mothers Cafe http://thrivingmothers.wordpress.com Grab your beverage of choice, sit down and let's THRIVE! Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:50:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Fear Got You Stopped? — 3 Tips to Keep Moving by Mike http://thrivingmothers.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/74/#comment-44 Mike Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:50:28 +0000 http://thrivingmothers.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/74/#comment-44 Just passing by.Btw, your website have great content! _________________________________ Making Money <a href="http://tinyurl.com/rich-quickly/1173371" rel="nofollow">$150 An Hour</a> Just passing by.Btw, your website have great content!

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]]> Comment on Our Special Thanksgiving Episode by Jodi http://thrivingmothers.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/our-special-thanksgiving-episode/#comment-40 Jodi Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:35:16 +0000 http://thrivingmothers.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/our-special-thanksgiving-episode/#comment-40 I am very grateful for the challenge to all of us to come together as a community and be conscious of gratitude throughout the year. As a way of maintaining that inner peace or sense of thriving, my goal has been to approach gratitude by adding in a specific way of responding to situations I may not initially like. Instead of getting offended if people don't react the way I'd like or act in a judgmental way, I am going to take an extra moment for a deep breath and actively set my ego aside. It worked great in the corporate environment and always lead to better relationships. My commitment is to do that more consistently and kindly for those ordinary moments with strangers, acquaintances, friends and family. I am very grateful for the challenge to all of us to come together as a community and be conscious of gratitude throughout the year. As a way of maintaining that inner peace or sense of thriving, my goal has been to approach gratitude by adding in a specific way of responding to situations I may not initially like. Instead of getting offended if people don’t react the way I’d like or act in a judgmental way, I am going to take an extra moment for a deep breath and actively set my ego aside. It worked great in the corporate environment and always lead to better relationships. My commitment is to do that more consistently and kindly for those ordinary moments with strangers, acquaintances, friends and family.

]]> Comment on Motherhood and guilt- do they have to go hand in hand? by NewssyLee http://thrivingmothers.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/motherhood-and-guilt-do-they-have-to-go-hand-in-hand/#comment-32 NewssyLee Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:54:12 +0000 http://thrivingmothers.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-32 Thanks to you Thanks to you

]]> Comment on Motherhood and guilt- do they have to go hand in hand? by Jodi http://thrivingmothers.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/motherhood-and-guilt-do-they-have-to-go-hand-in-hand/#comment-29 Jodi Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:49:47 +0000 http://thrivingmothers.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-29 When I read about the change in the air and summer expectations, it gets me thinking about my mother telling me “you never get the summer you expect”. I had been giving quite a bit of thought to the issue already. In addition to the sweet outings, vacation and various activities, there were some pretty specific developmental goals I hoped to help my kids achieve. There were a host of things I tried to tackle / weave in over the course of the summer. On some the kids made great progress. With others they still struggle but show improvement. Some I implemented gracefully. Some they resisted and I asked for them to help me get it done. Others they wiggled out of either partially or completely and I had to accept momentary defeat. Topics include but are not limited to………….. Helping my daughter become a confident reader and not feel like she’s in my son's shadow Helping my son embrace writing and add the ever important details Helping my daughter smooth her delivery of ‘orders’ / desires to friends and family Helping my son not sound like a know it all Helping the kids work together more kindly Encouraging both kids to take on more responsibilities at home Helping the kids work on things that don’t come easily to them as well as things where they naturally excel These are some of the never ending concepts that spin through momma heads all day. Whether it is getting the kids ready for the next school year, the next social challenge or the next karate belt test – we are all keeping track of their progress on some level. I think this constant progress tracking is what makes us great at our role and what also fuels the momma guilt. How we support and encourage our children and filter out our own expectation / judgments is such a big part of thriving. I like thinking about acceptance and achievement together. How we get our kids to like/love themselves and also learn to strive for growth and improvement seems like a thriving issue that women need to model and teach. My hope is that everyone out there gives themselves credit for how far they and their children have progressed. Before setting the next goals or refining the list of to-dos, recognize their achievements and yours. While struggling to be more in the moment, I learned to let go and just be in the moment. It is funny how those simple things get rewarded in a big way. My daughter was struggling a little while ago with a reading goal I set out for her today before our picnic. It was a bit lofty and I worried that she might not be ready. I tried to hide my concern but she must have picked up on it. I had to switch gears and have her read to me a bit before lunch. It went well but she needs more cheering. So I will get to hear the end of the Hamtaro story while slicing vegetables for the picnic. She should be done about now with her lunch so I will check in for the next round. I'm really looking forward to it and I hope she picks up on that as well. When I read about the change in the air and summer expectations, it gets me thinking about my mother telling me “you never get the summer you expect”. I had been giving quite a bit of thought to the issue already.

In addition to the sweet outings, vacation and various activities, there were some pretty specific developmental goals I hoped to help my kids achieve. There were a host of things I tried to tackle / weave in over the course of the summer. On some the kids made great progress. With others they still struggle but show improvement. Some I implemented gracefully. Some they resisted and I asked for them to help me get it done. Others they wiggled out of either partially or completely and I had to accept momentary defeat.

Topics include but are not limited to…………..

Helping my daughter become a confident reader and not feel like she’s in my son’s shadow
Helping my son embrace writing and add the ever important details
Helping my daughter smooth her delivery of ‘orders’ / desires to friends and family
Helping my son not sound like a know it all
Helping the kids work together more kindly
Encouraging both kids to take on more responsibilities at home
Helping the kids work on things that don’t come easily to them as well as things where they naturally excel

These are some of the never ending concepts that spin through momma heads all day. Whether it is getting the kids ready for the next school year, the next social challenge or the next karate belt test – we are all keeping track of their progress on some level. I think this constant progress tracking is what makes us great at our role and what also fuels the momma guilt. How we support and encourage our children and filter out our own expectation / judgments is such a big part of thriving. I like thinking about acceptance and achievement together. How we get our kids to like/love themselves and also learn to strive for growth and improvement seems like a thriving issue that women need to model and teach. My hope is that everyone out there gives themselves credit for how far they and their children have progressed. Before setting the next goals or refining the list of to-dos, recognize their achievements and yours. While struggling to be more in the moment, I learned to let go and just be in the moment. It is funny how those simple things get rewarded in a big way. My daughter was struggling a little while ago with a reading goal I set out for her today before our picnic. It was a bit lofty and I worried that she might not be ready. I tried to hide my concern but she must have picked up on it. I had to switch gears and have her read to me a bit before lunch. It went well but she needs more cheering. So I will get to hear the end of the Hamtaro story while slicing vegetables for the picnic. She should be done about now with her lunch so I will check in for the next round. I’m really looking forward to it and I hope she picks up on that as well.

]]> Comment on The Book is Opening Doors! by rachel http://thrivingmothers.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/the-book-is-opening-doors/#comment-4 rachel Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:26:17 +0000 http://thrivingmothers.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-4 Congratulations, Mary and Sue! I just discovered you while tag-surfing on wordpress. I'm going to check out the dswa; thanks for the link. Are you in Colorado? Please drop by my blog and introduce yourselves. I think you'll appreciate my brand of intelligent inspiration and intriguing insight. On behalf of women and moms everywhere, thanks for your work! www.rachelsnyder.wordpress.com Congratulations, Mary and Sue! I just discovered you while tag-surfing on wordpress. I’m going to check out the dswa; thanks for the link.

Are you in Colorado?

Please drop by my blog and introduce yourselves. I think you’ll appreciate my brand of intelligent inspiration and intriguing insight. On behalf of women and moms everywhere, thanks for your work!

http://www.rachelsnyder.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on About by Sue http://thrivingmothers.wordpress.com/about/#comment-3 Sue Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:00:50 +0000 #comment-3 Hi everyone- Wow! This has definitely been a week of thriving. As Mary said, we spent a wonderful weekend together in St. Louis. We laughed and connected and deepened our friendship. We breathed in thriving and celebrated the beutiful new book. We shared it with my wonderful friend, Lynne, and I was so proud when she loved it. We also connected with the part of us that loves to teach together and talk to others about how they can thrive too. And that is the part that I have really been feeling this week. I have been living in this place of thriving all week. More about that later. I just heard a lovely, Mommy call..... Until next time- sue Hi everyone-
Wow! This has definitely been a week of thriving. As Mary said, we spent a wonderful weekend together in St. Louis. We laughed and connected and deepened our friendship.

We breathed in thriving and celebrated the beutiful new book. We shared it with my wonderful friend, Lynne, and I was so proud when she loved it.

We also connected with the part of us that loves to teach together and talk to others about how they can thrive too.

And that is the part that I have really been feeling this week. I have been living in this place of thriving all week.

More about that later. I just heard a lovely, Mommy call….. Until next time- sue

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