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Kirsty's Blog
November 2011
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Kirsty O'Callaghan: Posted on Sunday, November 20, 2011 5:35 PM
 This is one of my favourite verses. I have reflected on it many times over the years, for wisdom in raising my children, learning why sometimes I feel or act the way I do after some of my life experiences, and understanding how best to build positive and supportive personal and professional relationships. So as we are nearing the end of the year and the time of family, fun, silliness and hecticness hits, I thought it a good time to remind ourselves of how our worlds are affected and how our behaviours are shaped by what we experience. Depending on what insights you gain, how will you use them in your life? by Dorothy Law Nolte (1924 - 2005) If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If children live with fear,they learn to be apprehensive. If children live with pity,they learn to feel sorry for themselves. If children live with ridicule,they learn to feel shy. If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy. If children live with shame,they learn to feel guilty. If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence. If children live with tolerance, they learn patience. If children live with praise, they learn appreciation. If children live with acceptance, they learn to love. If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves. If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal. If children live with sharing, they learn generosity. If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness. If children live with fairness, they learn justice. If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect. If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them. If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live. |
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Kirsty O'Callaghan: Posted on Saturday, November 05, 2011 2:44 PM
 The concerns, pressures and just plain overwhelm that seemto go hand in hand with working parent’s lives will affect your whole being. It affects how you feel, how you behave and has the potential to create very real physical symptoms. At first these feelings may be just vague and unsettling, and you may find yourself saying “I just need to get used to the new routine and handing over the kids to someone else, then I’ll be OK”. However, what happens if you don’t address the real issues and solutions, and when the appropriate time has passed and you are not coping with the ‘new routine’, the kids aren’t coping with the new situation, does that leave you feeling guilty or like you can’t get it right; or worse you are a failure? So let’s get real about it now. Being a working parent creates stress triggers at some point in our day to day lives. Some of us are more vulnerable to these stressors than others, but even those who become stressed easily can learn to manage it well. It is the stress that is the problem not being a working parent. OK, so what can you do to manage the stress and feel better? · Keep an eye on pressures and deadlines and make a commitment to taking time out when you need it. · Learn a variety of relaxation techniques. Physical relaxation methods and meditation techniques really do help. · Look after your physical self. Eat healthily, get regular exercise and try to keep a regular sleep pattern. Avoid too much alcohol, caffeine and junk food. · Practise deep abdominal breathing. This consists of breathing in deeply and slowly through your nose, taking the air right downto your tummy. Visualise the breathe going right down to your tummy and say “I am calm" to yourself as you breathe in. Then breathe out slowly and gently through your mouth. As you breathe out visualise the stress and tension leaving your body with your breath. · Learn to replace "negative self-talk"with "coping self-talk." When you catch yourself thinking something negative like "I can't do this, it's just too hard," try to change it to something more positive, like "This is hard but I can get through it." Being a working parent can have its ups and downs, and comes with added responsibilities. However if you are organised, communicate positively to your family on a regular basis, laugh and have an awareness of your needs your will certainly be on the right track to feeling back in control, confident and finding the elusive work/life balance you have been seeking. |
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Kirsty O'Callaghan: Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 8:38 PM
 Every now and again I re-read the great speech from Martin Luther-King. It gives me inspiration as well as perspective on how to have a dream, pursue it and also do it with 'grace and style' or in his words, dignity and discipline. Today a certain part struck me: ..."You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with
the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive." I began to think about this powerful statement. The words creative suffering first; as I thought how can suffering be creative? Then it dawned on me that we could replace creative with original or even unique, which led me to understand it as rather than feel vicitmised by the suffering in our experiences, why not accept that our reactions to that suffering are our own creations, so therefore we can re-create that reaction and possibly get completely different outcomes more in line with what is desired. I then continued to wonder about 'unearned suffering is redemptive'. Immediately I knew this to me meant that anything that may feel unfair or unjust, has a way of allowing me to choose to be released from the feelings of suffering and then begin to experience more liberation and freedom that what I may of before the situation came along. In turn this redemption, or liberation from the suffering often provides me with the drive and determination to make a difference for someone, something or even globally. I have always resonated with the saying 'adversity breeds greatness' and I feel that it is from the darkest times that the light has the opportunity to shine the brightest. |
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Kirsty O'Callaghan: Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 8:10 PM
Through these blogs I am commited to supporting our service of helping people get the results they desire from home to workplace. It is also a platform for you and me to share opinions, thoughts, ideas and suggestions. We all have 'stuff' happen to us, and through these blogs I hope I can create a place that is about moving past taking it so personally or feeling limited because of it; and move forward, feeling healthier and being happier and most of all creating and enjoying the results. |
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