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I (don't) know what you're feeling, child!

August 20, 2018 Birgit Becker
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One of my parenting resolves is to raise my child to be in touch with his emotions. This means letting him experience good and so-called bad emotions and giving him the emotional vocabulary to identify what he’s feeling. This is a challenge for me, since the little one is way more in touch with the full range of emotions than I am. A recent incident helped me to better understand what my little son might be feeling when he is having a full-blown tantrum. 

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In My Journey Tags Emotions, Parenthood
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Compassion - the secret to being productive when motherhood brings you to your knees

January 13, 2018 Birgit Becker
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... while trying to kick myself in the butt only resulted in procrastination and further exhaustion.

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In My Journey Tags Parenthood
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Jesper Juul - Being seen for who we are

November 17, 2017 Birgit Becker
Photo by Amanda Dalbjörn on Unsplash

Photo by Amanda Dalbjörn on Unsplash

Being seen for who we really are is one of the ingredient for healthy self-esteem.

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In Coaching Tags Being seen, Parenthood
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Letting daddy be dad - and not making him a version of mommy

November 12, 2017 Birgit Becker
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Even though mommy knows best, there are perks to letting daddy be daddy. There are perks in stepping back from wanting to do everything ourself.

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In My Journey Tags Good enough mom, Parenthood
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Too cool to care

September 27, 2017 Birgit Becker
Photo by Greg Ortega on Unsplash

Photo by Greg Ortega on Unsplash

Who knew breastfeeding would be such a b!#@h. 

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In My Journey Tags Good enough mom, Communication, Parenthood, Emotions
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Saying ‘no’ - yes, but consciously!

May 11, 2017 Birgit Becker
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Image by Alex Jodoin (adjusted)

Consciously saying ‘no’ - as opposed to just saying ‘no’ - has several benefits on a personal and organisational level.

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In Coaching Tags Communication, Choice
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'Good enough' mom

April 17, 2017 Birgit Becker
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Photo by Yaoqi LAI on Unsplash

Needing to prevent myself from child-proving my edges away.

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In My Journey Tags Good enough mom, Self-Imposed Rules, Parenthood
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My Coaching Philosophy

February 16, 2017 Birgit Becker

I believe that when we get clear on our values, our wants, and our needs, we are able to  take conscious choices and stand firm in our decisions and to clearly communicate what we want and what we stand for. 

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What I wish I had known before and during IVF treatment

February 10, 2017 Birgit Becker

These tipps would have made the IVF process less stressful for me. Maybe they'll be helpful to you. 

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In My Journey Tags IVF, Parenthood
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Self-imposed rules --- the rules we make up

January 26, 2017 Birgit Becker
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Picture source: http://www.fantashion.de/mittelalter-lexikon/mittelalter/burggraben.html

Growing up, we learn (or assume!) what behaviour is acceptable and what is not and we create rules around those learnings. As adults, with much better self-control, those rules may be too tight and may not serve us any longer, but rather hamper our development and restrict us from accessing our full capacity. 

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In Coaching Tags Self-Imposed Rules
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When you talk to people, you may realise that you’re not alone

January 13, 2017 Birgit Becker

How opening up about fertility treatment (IVF) deepened my friendships and de-stigmatized the experience. 

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In My Journey Tags IVF, Communication, Self-Imposed Rules
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On "Should" and Its Side-Effects

January 12, 2017 Birgit Becker

Who do I really want to be? What do I really need? If you are grappling with those questions, you’re already a step ahead! Most of the time, we don’t even ask these questions and just operate on autopilot and unconscious “should” rules that we have made up based on societal expectations and/or parental upbringing and role-modelling.

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In My Journey Tags Communication, Self-Imposed Rules
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Emotional Layer Cake with Jealous Filling and Righteous Coating

October 27, 2016 Birgit Becker

How realising that I am capable of petty jealousy and righteousness brought me a feeling of elation and may potentially whisk away relationship problems that may not be any problems at all.

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In My Journey Tags Self-Acceptance, Emotions
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What It Takes to Stick Your Neck Out

October 25, 2016 Birgit Becker

Don’t shy away from what you want, from opportunities, from challenges.

What holds us back holds the lure of keeping us in our comfort zone. The comfort zone is to us what the cave is to the cave man: safety. In the cave, the cave man is safe from the rough elements and predators.

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On Seeing and Being Seen

October 11, 2016 Birgit Becker

Having someone witness who we are is extremely powerful. This is my personal discovery of just how powerful it can be.

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In My Journey Tags Being seen
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Maybe Baby

July 29, 2016 Birgit Becker

How I came to embrace the wish to experience motherhood.

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In My Journey Tags Parenthood
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Running Into Problems

July 22, 2016 Birgit Becker

... and standing with the face pressed against it, is usually not the winning strategy to finding a solution. Complex problems have no linear solution; creativity is required. 

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Running Away From Emotions

July 22, 2016 Birgit Becker

... is a sure way to be chased by them. There are better ways to deal with them and to use the insights they contain.

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In Coaching Tags Emotions
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Insomnia

May 31, 2016 Birgit Becker

Sometimes, sleepnessless does not need to be a curse.

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Your Pathway to Bliss

March 30, 2016 Birgit Becker

Your pathway to bliss - is it following the four-lane highway of a predefined destination or is there another, unique, yet to be trodden path?

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