Challenges: Managing Emotions

🎓Recap (April 1, 2024)
🌟 Shift from succumbing to accepting, acknowledging that change is both possible and inevitable.

• Reviewing Peer pressure -
  • 🌿 Ancient Wisdom - 🌟 Story of Ajamila continues with him having a child with the prostitute and a Sadhu bestowing the name Narayana on Ajamila's unnamed child. In his final moments, calling out Narayana’s name rescued him.
  • 🙏 Naming articles, beings with divine names fosters remembrance of Bhagavan.
    
• Managing Emotions
  • 🌿 Ancient Wisdom - 🤔 Svayambhu Manu, contemplating his origins, faced an attack by the Rakshasas.
    • 🧘‍♂️ He maintained his focus, and was rescued by Sri Krishna who intervened and defeated them.
    • 💪 Mastery over his emotions led to meaning and success
  • 💭 Stress is just a thought, leading to exhaustion, frustration, and confusion.
    • Emotions like stress, anger, and fear stem from thoughts
    • ❌😌 If those thoughts are absent, so are the emotions.
• For us as caregivers:
  • 🕒 Establish a routine to regulate your day and boost physical, mental energy.
  • 🚶‍♂️KMF (Keep Moving Forward): Emotions are just thoughts; keep moving forward, despite others projecting their emotions onto you.
• For those we care for:
  • 🧒 Me Therapy: Teach children self-care practices, prioritizing time for themselves.
  • 👵 Mature Therapy: Seek guidance from mature individuals to manage emotions effectively. Trusted friends can provide relief. 🤝

About Parenting Culture: Season 2023-24

Buckle up, fellow parents! Our Parenting Culture is gearing up for life changing ride in the coming year, and it's all about "Solving Parenting Challenges with Ancient Wisdom.” We look forward to being inspired by Vivekji as our guide with lessons from the Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana, and more. Here's the secret sauce: To be better caregivers, we've got to start by tuning up ourselves first. The more we understand ourselves, our life's mission, and spruce up our virtues. the better we can show our mini-me's the ropes to discovering their potential. It's like we're turning into life coaches for our kids! We'll tackle the hurdles of modern parenting with a three-part plan: tweaking what we do, how we feel, and what we think. It's like going from fixing a squeaky door to renovating the whole house, one step at a time. So, get ready to embrace your inner parenting guru and join us for a year of adventure, laughs, and enlightenment!🚀🤩👨‍👩‍👧‍👦