Energy-Wise LIVE call 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟴:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 (𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧) Something I’ve become fascinated by is the tiny gap between 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 and 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀. * A child ignores an instruction. The parent thinks, “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦.” * A child rolls their eyes. The parent thinks, “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦.” * A child melts down over something small. The parent thinks, “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.” Often we don’t even notice that we’ve interpreted the situation. It simply feels like that’s what happened. But our children are doing exactly the same thing. They are experiencing moments with us, at school, with siblings and with friends - and creating their own personal meaning from those experiences. And sometimes a meaning can become something much bigger: * “𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵.” * “𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨.” * “𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦.” * “𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥.” At our next 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆-𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹, we’re going to slow this process down and explore the space between: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 → 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 → 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 We’ll look at how easily we create meaning ourselves, and then turn our curiosity toward what a child may be experiencing beneath the behaviour we see. This is for parents of sensitive, ADHD and neurodivergent children who want to understand those confusing or disproportionate reactions at a deeper level, without assuming they already know what the behaviour means. 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟴:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 (𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧) Bring along a real parenting moment if you have one. We may discover that the most interesting question isn’t simply, “𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?” It might be: “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺?” Join the Energy-Wise Parenting Hub