Parenting with GRATITUDE™: A Cheatsheet
go from WTF to ‘ENough’ with gratitude:
This is your cheatsheet — a place to start — and if you are ready, go deeper here.
Wake up a bit earlier, nothing crazy, just like 5 minutes earlier.
Write down 6 to 10 things you are grateful for - this trains your brain away from the negativity bias and forces you to look over your yesterdays.
Remind yourself your children don’t know your past traumas or the emotional burdens you may carry.
Then remind yourself that they are new to this planet.
Go through your day and observe your children with the same awe and wonder they observe the world.
Start saying out loud the nice things that are already in your head.
Begin noticing when you’re upset and what your expectations are in that moment.
Before you go to bed, go to your children’s rooms, and look at their sleeping faces. Wish them well, and feel your love for them intensely throughout your body.
Mentally list three things you're grateful for as you get into bed.
Remind yourself of one magic moment or something that went well that day.
Rise and repeat.
Watch as your experience improves week over week (and it will)
Gratitude can save your Motherhood. But Parenting with Gratitude™ is not the goal - it's the method. It's the means to achieving our goal of becoming happier humans, which starts with parenting differently.
I want to parent differently than I was raised.
I want to parent differently than I did five years ago.
Let’s figure out how to become less triggered and more present…all with the help of gratitude.
