People Pleasers and Parenting
You have a lovely family, a family you put time and energy into, a family you care deeply for. Yet something just isn't right.
You wonder why you are spending every evening arguing about homework, chores and how much time your child has spent on their devices that day.
Are you worried there is a serious underlying issue, yet don't know how to verbalize it?
Or because you sense that your teenager is image-obsessed and troubled, but they no longer confide in you?
Words you promised yourself you would never use come flying out of your mouth. You see the hurt on your child's face and you vow to not let it happen again. But it does — and just the next week.
You are not sure how you ended up here. You love your family, yet your constant irritability, anger and frustration with them are eroding the peace, trust and affection between you. These negative feelings are stealing joy and affecting your relationship with your partner.
You are keenly aware that the ramifications of a child being unhappy or not doing well at school extend well beyond the school walls.
Something must change. And you know it is up to you to determine what exactly.
You need a calm, safe space in which to figure out how to up your parenting game — so that you can offer your child the support they need to reach their full potential. So your face lights up at the thought of home.
Come explore with Orla what is preventing you from being the parent you want to be.*
(*If you have a sense of humour and enjoy an Irish accent, all the better.)
You wonder why you are spending every evening arguing about homework, chores and how much time your child has spent on their devices that day.
Are you worried there is a serious underlying issue, yet don't know how to verbalize it?
Or because you sense that your teenager is image-obsessed and troubled, but they no longer confide in you?
Words you promised yourself you would never use come flying out of your mouth. You see the hurt on your child's face and you vow to not let it happen again. But it does — and just the next week.
You are not sure how you ended up here. You love your family, yet your constant irritability, anger and frustration with them are eroding the peace, trust and affection between you. These negative feelings are stealing joy and affecting your relationship with your partner.
You are keenly aware that the ramifications of a child being unhappy or not doing well at school extend well beyond the school walls.
Something must change. And you know it is up to you to determine what exactly.
You need a calm, safe space in which to figure out how to up your parenting game — so that you can offer your child the support they need to reach their full potential. So your face lights up at the thought of home.
Come explore with Orla what is preventing you from being the parent you want to be.*
(*If you have a sense of humour and enjoy an Irish accent, all the better.)
