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Forest Cottage Centre Email Newsletter:
October 2002
In this issue:
How to Handle Discouragement
Most months we focus on the positive, but we also want
to be realistic. Sometimes it feels like we are just
treading water, not really making progress and barely
avoiding drowning under the waves. There are weeks when
we have been spit on, punched, kicked, hit, been to
the principal’s office, the social worker’s
office, or the doctor’s office just one time too
many. We feel discouraged and hopeless.
It is at these points that we have to
be sure that we have a strong foundation to go back
to. If we have spent all of our time responding to crisis
and no time on personal and mental health for ourselves,
we probably will not be able to move forward and we
give in to despair. But if we have supports in place,
we can go back to the basics, re-evaluate and rebuild.
Building a foundation takes time. The clients who work
through the Personal Foundation Program with me take
several months to get things in order but they can handle
a lot more because their daily lives are built on a
strong base. For them, having a strong Person Foundation
means:
1. Clearing Unresolved Matters
2. Restoring Your Integrity
3. Getting All of Your Needs Met
4. Extending Your Boundaries
5. Raising Your Personal Standards
6. Eliminating What You Are Tolerating
7. Coming From Positives
8. Resolving Key Family Relationships
9. Developing a Supportive Community
10. Re-Orienting Around Your True Values
Maybe you are feeling discouraged. Hopeless?
Helpless? Want to give up? Take a few minutes to think
about your foundation. Which of the above is missing
or needs work? Maybe you need to call a friend, make
a plan, or get a coach to help you walk through it.
Regardless of how you do it, I guarantee that if you
get these elements in place your life will be better.
Wishing you a hope filled month!
- Tanya
(The Person Foundation Program is the
intellectual property of Coach U, ? 2001, coachville.com)
**SPECIAL OFFERS (To claim, send
an e-mail to fcc@fsj.net)
- First 5 parents to respond to this offer get
their first month of parent coaching for $100 (Regular
$250)
- First 10 people to respond to this offer will
be sent the Personal Foundation Checklist!
- Refer a friend! If you refer someone who completes
a 3-month contract, you get a cheque for $50.
Yep, it’s that simple.
Upcoming TeleClasses
**Email fcc@fsj.net to register and receive more detailed
instructions.
How to Get the Expert’s to Listen!
(Tuesday, October 8th, 4-5 pm PST)
Join us to learn tips to get professionals to help.
We will be joined by Dr. G. Ainsworth, a child psychiatrist
in Vancouver, to share his perspective as a medical
professional. Note – Space is Limited.
Parenting A Child with Reduced Conscience
& Severe Behaviours (Tuesday, November 26,
6-7 pm PST)
Upcoming Workshops
Call for more details.
Tanya will be speaking in:
Smithers – October 26
Prince Rupert – November 4 & 5
Terrace - TBA
Vernon – November 19
Nelson – November 22
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About Forest Cottage
Centre
Forest Cottage Centre provides
attachment-based support for parents of severe behaviour
or special needs children, attachment Disorder resources
and training and workshops for professionals working
with challenging children. Services include individual
and group sessions, workshops and retreats.
© 2003 Forest Cottage
Centre. All rights reserved. You are free to use material
from this newsletter in whole or in part, as long
as you include complete attribution and copyright
information, including live web site link and email
link. Please also notify Forest Cottage where and
when the material will appear.
Comments or questions? Contact
Tanya Helton, M.Sc., Life Coach at Forest Cottage
Centre Inc.
Phone Toll-Free 1-877-261-6361
Tanya@ForestCottageCentre.com
www.ForestCottageCentre.com
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