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 Dear Friends,
We've surpassed 5,000 subscribers on the Nurturing News list. What a great way to bring 2009 to a happy close!
Please let me take this opportunity to wish you all a warm and love-filled holiday season. It's been such an incredible year for bringing out the best in intense children through the caring adults in their lives.
I am eternally grateful to all of you, whether you participated in a conference, read my book, came to a work-related inservice, were trained as a parent coach, or enrolled as a coaching client. You are all part of a powerful movement to see the enormous good in intense kids, and to guide them to success in ways no one ever dreamed could happen. The difference you make in each present moment, strengthening children from the inside, cannot be overstated.
My heartfelt appreciation goes out to each of you!
Tina |
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Holiday Cheer? How?
To bring more cheer to your holiday gatherings, help your intense child by:
-slowing things down
-reminding your child of his/her previous successes, however small
-and assigning an important job when you get to Grandma's. Maybe taking photos of the festivities?
A quick call ahead to remind the relatives about downloading successes, and supporting your child in a special task, will also be very helpful in creating your own brand of stress-free holiday cheer!
I am running a reprise of last year's holiday article about presents for kids, where I discussed overindulgence. This year, it's likely easier to avoid overindulgence, with the economy the way it is, but regardless of the situation, the Present never loses its value.
Read on.
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Anna Furbo Rewitz
Our newest parent coach!
Newly certified
as a parent coach, Anna Furbo
Rewitz is ready to coach parents and teachers on how to bring out the best in
their children. Anna holds a Master's Degree in communication and psychology and
she has been an advisor for troubled children at a
non-profit children's organization for two years. She is also a
writer and has published a book for teachers called "Children Living in
Alcoholic Families" and educational material about neglect and abuse called
"Respect - For Me and My Body".
Anna wants to use her parent coaching to inform
parents and teachers about how big an impact the use of communication can have
on their children and students' lives. She can't believe how effective a change
of thought and the use of simple techniques can be in turning things around for
families struggling with behavior issues.
Anna
says that being a parent coach just makes so
much sense for her. "Why would I want to do anything else?
This is where all of my education, my professional experience, my life
experiences, my values, my view of life, my need to help troubled children and
to care for a better future for everybody come together in perfect harmony".
Anna
will like to specialize in educating teachers to provide them with the knowledge
to meet challenging children from dysfunctional families without labeling them
as tiresome, difficult children. Instead they will meet them as understanding
and caring adults who can embrace these children's problems, deal effectively
with behavior issues, help them develop healthy self-esteem, and increase their
chances of success in school and in life.
Anna is a mother
of two strong and rivaling young children and she is using
the approach in her own house with amazing results. "Before all this they would get into
conflicts everyday because of the love, hate, jealousy and insecurity they
couldn't express with words. But my new knowledge allowed me to teach them how
to get the energy and interaction they need in healthy and safe ways without
being hurtful to each other. They are now much more relaxed because they know
what the rules and the consequences are, and they know that there is enough love
in mom for both of them. Now they hug and laugh and play doggies together
where they used to fuss." Anna and her family are from
Denmark.
Welcome aboard
Anna! It's great to
have you on the team!
Anna can be
reached
for parent coaching by phone at
612-703-9146 or by email at afurborewitz@yahoo.com
If you'd like to be a parent coach, visit Adler Graduate School or call Evelyn at 612-861-7554 to register for the January 4 start of a new certification class!
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If you would love to have coaching, but coming in to the office doesn't fit into your life, I am now offering coaching on Skype! It's very easy to sign up, and it's a free call or video conversation. We can either just talk using our Skype user names and computer microphones, or if you have a camera on your computer, we can see each other on the screen. Visit Skype.com for details.
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Don't miss Tina's upcoming presentations of Transforming the Challenging Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach, where parents, teachers, child care providers, and mental health professionals can learn to bring out the best in challenging children, even when it didn't seem possible!
January 7, 2010, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
International School of MN
9835 Beach Rd.
Eden Prairie, MN
Call 952-918-1800
Presentation for parents and professionals - open to the public!
Tuesday, January 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Lutheran Social Services Adoptive Parents
2400 Park Ave., Minneapolis, MN Room Centrum B
Tuesday, February 10, 2010, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Anoka Community Education
2727 Ferry St., Anoka, MN
Tina's book is included in registration - open to the public
Thursday, February 12, noon
Cargill Corporation Headquarters - Family Friday for employees and friends
March 24, 25, 26 All Day
Minnesota Social Service Association Annual Conference
Specific presentation time to be announced
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If you or a friend are interested in receiving one-on-one personal parent coaching anywhere in the US or Canada, or a training for your group, call 651-453-0123 or write tina@nurturedheart.com. I'm now offering coaching on Skype! If you haven't tried it, it's a free download and use (can you believe it?), and you'll need a web camera connected to your computer. Go to Skype.com for more info. There's a really easy tutorial, and you just dial me at tina.feigal for your appointment. Think "The Jetsons!" We can see each other and talk live.
Special Offer: Free book "The Pocket Coach for Parents" with 4 coaching sessions.
I look forward to hearing from you!
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Tina Feigal
Center for the Challenging Child, LLC |
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