Challenges: Managing Emotions
04/29/24 • 27 min
🎓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.
- 🌿 Ancient Wisdom - 🤔 Svayambhu Manu, contemplating his origins, faced an attack by the Rakshasas.
- 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!🚀🤩👨👩👧👦
🎓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.
- 🌿 Ancient Wisdom - 🤔 Svayambhu Manu, contemplating his origins, faced an attack by the Rakshasas.
- 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!🚀🤩👨👩👧👦
Previous Episode
Challenges: Peer Pressure
🎓Recap (March 25, 2024)
🌟 Inclusive and generous people radiate happiness and spread joy.
🌈 Openness ignites this happiness.
Here is a recap of what was shared:
- 🌿 Ancient Wisdom from the Mahabharatha -
- 📚 The once virtuous and disciplined Ajamila, witnessed a man with a prostitute in the jungle, captivating his attention.
- 🤔 Consumed by thoughts of them, he neglected his rituals and brought her home, leading to his own downfall.
- 📖 This tale emphasizes how negative influences affect choices and behavior.
- 💪 In modern life where there can be positive or negative peer pressure, negativity often dominates our experiences.
- 🌟 Our lives and relationships are custom designed for us. What others do is designed for them, not for us.
- 👥 Avoid negative peer pressure, ignore neutral peer pressure, and seek noble peer pressure.
- 🌱Nobility humbles and inspires, making us aspire to the greatness of such people.
- 💫Creating a "Sattvic Circle" - a supportive social circle promotes independence and quietness. Offer Support to one who lacks this to help prevent them from falling further due to negative peer pressure.
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!🚀🤩👨👩👧👦
Next Episode
Challenges: Education Expectations
🎓Recap (April 8, 2024)
🌟 Self-care reflects care for others.
Here is a recap of what was shared:
- Reviewing Managing Emotions -
- 💭 Undirected thoughts cause stress, while directed thinking promotes calmness.☀️
- 😌 Manage emotions to avoid becoming moody.
- 🙏 Navigate generational differences with PLEAD: Pray, Lead, Engage, Accept, and Depart if needed to avoid toxic relationships.
- Education Expectations -
- 🌿 Ancient Wisdom -
- 🕉️ In Srimad Bhagavatam, Sri Krishna (who is Yogeshwara - Master of Yogas) learns self-love and joy at Rishi Sandeepany’s Gurukula. He embodies joy, setting a precedent for us.
- 📖 In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna says - "Sattva Sanjayate Jnanam" - from quietude arises knowledge.
- 📚 Education fosters quietness (sattva); everything else is mere information.
- 🌿 Ancient Wisdom -
- For us as caregivers:
- 👨👩👧👦 Prioritize purpose, faith, and joy actively. Distinguish between engaging with fundamentals and being busy with mere information.
- 🛑 Put parameters on the functional to balance between the fundamental and functional.
- For those we care:
- 👶 Clarify if you prioritize nurturing goodness or intelligence in your child. Emphasize values and morals for long-term development.
- 📚 Teach children to fulfill responsibilities before recreation without negotiation to avoid compromise.
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!🚀🤩👨👩👧👦
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