Here’s my Dare To Love Yourself Challenge Video Day 2 – I share with you my “This Too Shall Pass” Moment:

I have tried affirmations in the past without a huge shift – but I never did stick to it every day for 3 weeks. When I do them I feel like I am lying sometimes. When I’m not in a good mood I can’t possibly believe that many of those phrases could ever be possible.

A friend of mine on Facebook, Nancy Barry-Jansson has taught hundreds of people how to get the most from affirmations and is a coach. Her comment to my Day 1 Challenge video yesterday was “Be kind to yourself, Andrea. If affirmations were *true* you wouldn’t benefit from saying them ~feeling like a stretch means they will stretch your consciousness (if you stick with them). If they are too much of a stretch, you can baby-step them.” The part I bolded really helped me feel better.

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My book review that I just posted on Amazon.com:

“When I first met Heather T Forbes, I interviewed her on my weekly parenting
podcast. I was so impressed that I then read her books and it was like
a light went on inside of me. Finally after 32 years of being alive
someone could explain to me why I was the way that I was.

I had many of these behaviors growing up (lying, stealing,
hoarding, gorging, aggression, defiance) in private. To the outside
world I was beautiful, highly accomplished and friendly. However, my
first marriage crumbled, and only because of my second husband’s
unconditional love and understanding was I able to finally stop
stealing. But when I became a parent I was horrified at how reactive I
was to my daughter (our IVF biological child, no trauma).

Reading this book lead to so much self understanding and healing
for me – it was a GODSEND. Heather puts on a Mom’s Conference several
times a year that I went to in May of 09 and my life did a 180 from
then on. I was able to heal and forgive deep abandonment issues from my
childhood. No longer am I reactive the way that I was before I shifted
to the Beyond Consequences parenting paradigm.

Several years ago I was diagnosed with Bipolar and put on meds. I
do not feel that it was accurate, and I am no longer on medication to
deal with my moods.

Granted I have also changed my diet so that I eat more raw dark
leafy greens and fruits daily, something I didn’t before and that has
impacted my outlook on life tremendously. But as Heather says in her
online parenting classes based on this book, all the good food in the
world can’t help you if you don’t truly love yourself, deep down
inside, unconditionally.

Heather’s work will help you understand what that truly means and how to give it to your children.

I have used this understanding and these methods with my almost 3
yr old for the past 5 months with huge success. I think this book
should be retitled to apply to all human beings! Thank God I have the
tools to give my precious child the most loving and respectful
upbringing while respecting and loving myself as well.

I can’t recommend this book enough.

THANK YOU HEATHER!”

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“In order for children to open up to their past trauma memories, the parent has to be willing to be a ‘parental sponge’–acknowledging, absorbing, and experiencing every feeling, every tear, and every fear associated with the trauma. Now that is connection!” Heather Forbes, LCSW [Read more →]

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