Parent Your Highly Sensitive Child Like A Ninja

“It’s ok to be sad”... until it’s not… The juggling act you play with your HSC when their sad feelings move swiftly to anger…

(towards you, a sibling, your spouse, a grandparent, the list goes on!) has you feeling completely worn out.

Trying to be all things to all humans in the household, AND prioritize your HSC’s safety decisions is impossible.

You have limits.

You have boundaries.

And when you act as if you have to handle everything at once, and be the container for both of your kid’s feelings, and that of your spouses, and that of any other observers, you can end up frying yourself.

So what do you do?

In today's episode we discuss the 3 main skills as a parent of a Highly Sensitive Child that you need to acquire in order to eliminate the meltdown cycle.

If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps

If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps_teen

If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: megghanthompsoncoaching.com/call

I have a tough, but straight forward question to ask you.

Do you ever feel like your kid deserves a “better” parent?

If you even have an inkling of a yes or a yes, but; you are not alone.

All parents – including me and my team of experts – have days where we feel like our parenting efforts have sucked the life out of us.

You can’t control the universe and what it brings in to your life,

If your child is struggling with daily meltdowns –

Hitting, kicking, screaming, running away from you,

Saying hurtful things,

Or totally shutting you out and locking up emotionally (and sometimes physically),

This is not a struggle put in your lap that you need to grin and bear.

In fact, you can break the meltdown cycle in as little as 8 weeks,

But I’ll get to that later.

First, I want to talk about how important the way you view yourself is when it comes to parenting.

Listen to learn more.

If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps

If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps_teen

If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: megghanthompsoncoaching.com/call

For many kids and teen, end of the school year means freedom and relaxation, but for highly sensitive kiddos it mean less structure and routine, along with a lot of worry of what summer will look like. Join me today as I discuss three steps to helping your HSC manage their big emotions around school ending. 

If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps

If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps_teen

If you had to write your own definition of parenting, what would you write?

The actual definition from Webster's dictionary reads:

the raising of a child by its parents.

2 : the act or process of becoming a parent.
3 : taking care of someone in the manner of a parent.

Now with that as your basis, what would your definition be if your child was NOT stuck in the meltdown cycle?

Don’t lose that thought. We’ll come back to it at the end.

For now, I want to talk about the challenging aspect of parenting a kid that may not be 100% biologically your child.

Many parents have shared with me that they feel they are at a disadvantage in this case,

Because they never developed parenting instincts.

Therefore, they are missing that connection with their step/adopted child.

Let me bust that myth right away to say parenthood is not always natural.

There is no biological advantage in terms of parenting skills when you have your child vs adopting one (metaphorically and literally).

Anyone can learn how to be an incredible parent.

Listen to today's episode to learn more.

If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps

If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps_teen

If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: megghanthompsoncoaching.com/call

Stop trying to “diagnose” your kid through the internet. I’m all for doing your own research before you talk to professionals. That’s informed decision making. What I’m talking about here is the tendency for parents to seek out a “thing” to “fix” the problem. On today's episode, I discuss the changing that can be made NOW to see the results in your home. 

As a proud owner of the human body, I think we can all agree on one life stage we’d never teleport back to.

Puberty.

The raging hormonal highs and lows,

Acne and body hair randomly popping up all over the place,

Clothes fitting differently,

Social pressures…

You can probably name several of your own personal least favorite things about your experience with puberty, but I digress.
When you have a Highly Sensitive child who is on their way to teenagehood,

And that child is already stuck in the meltdown cycle,

Chances are, you’re already fastening your seatbelt for the wild ride and hoping it’ll get better…

Or you may be on the other side of things and assume your kid will grow out of it.

The thing is – neither of those things are going to happen.

Listen to today's episode to learn what's really going to happen.

If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps

If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps_teen

If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: megghanthompsoncoaching.com/call

Join me as I discuss what to do when you and your spouse disagree on why your HSC is melting down...

If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps

If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps_teen

If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: megghanthompsoncoaching.com/call

As summertime approaches, the change in seasons makes everything feel lighter.

Until you’re hit with the realization that just because you’ve stopped dealing with school refusal, summer camp refusal is right around the corner.

Or you know that screen time for your teen is about to increase tenfold and be way harder to manage.

Let’s face it.

Being a parent is more than a full-time job and when you have a kid that is stuck in the meltdown/shutdown cycle,

It feels like you never really get a break.

But what if I told you that this summer, you can break the meltdown cycle in as little as 8 weeks?

It’s totally in the realm of possibility for your family.

I know that because it’s what we do here at MTC.

Our team of experts work with parents to eliminate suicidal thoughts and actions among kids and teens by teaching parents how to help their children manage their emotions.

And now that you know exactly what we do here,

I’m going to tell you how you can squash the summer-time meltdowns on today's episode.

If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps

If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here:

https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps_teen

If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: megghanthompsoncoaching.com/call

When you’re struggling with the daily meltdown cycle, it’s easy to feel exhausted every day.

You’re wiped out, a fraction of yourself, and you find yourself wondering: is this my future forever?

Without a plan, it’s frightening because when you picture giving up as an option, you know that thought wouldn’t actually cross your mind if it wasn’t a real possibility.

Join me on today's episode as I discuss the 3 biggest decisions parents make to break out of the cycle of feeling like giving up.

If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps

If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here:

https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps_teen

If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: megghanthompsoncoaching.com/call

Listen in today as I speak about why negotiating should NOT be part of your parenting strategy. 

If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps

If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5steps_teen

If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: megghanthompsoncoaching.com/call