Commit to a mindset of positivity

What a month so far. You know it’s taken me 5 years to build my coaching business to the level it’s at and it’s going well. I’m committing every day to a mindset of positivity. I’m consciously choosing not to buy into this so-called recession, and instead to choose to see abundance and opportunity on a daily basis. I don’t watch the news, read the papers or engage in conversations about ‘the slump’ – they just make me feel down and I choose to feel up!

Talking about feeling up … have you had a look at the interviews with Single Mums on the website? www.SuccessfulSingleParenting.co.uk/products/. If you haven’t already seen them, here’s the low down …

… over the past year, I’ve interviewed 5 Single Parents (4 mums and 1 dad) with hugely different stories and backgrounds. I did this so that everyone in our community could continue to grow and learn from those who’ve been there before us. I’ve made these interviews conveniently accessible (you can download the audio instantly and a full transcript of the interview is emailed to you in seconds … So you can print it out and read it on the bus!). I’ve also made these products super-affordable because I want everyone out there to have access and I want us all to get used to sharing wisdom in this way. I’d love your feedback once you’ve listened to one or two of them. Read the introductions to see which one you might find most valuable … See what you think. Again, it’s: www.SuccessfulSingleParenting.co.uk/products/. Take a new look!

If you read my last ezine you’ll know that I was in a bit of a predicament with ‘the ex’ recently and was concerned about his reaction to me taking our daughter out of school for the last day of term (To read the whole article go to last week’s ezine (www.SuccessfulSingleParenting.co.uk/resources/). Anyway, in short the response I got was not a pretty sight … cross emails and raised voices (not mine!). Another opportunity for me to be thankful that in this age, in this country we can choose to live separately to those we once chose to live together with.

What I did learn from that experience is that 6 years on from my divorce, SO much has changed. Generally, my ex and I communicate constructively (This has taken time for us both!), respect each other’s boundaries and get on with our separate lives. When that isn’t the case, I am SO much less emotionally impacted now – and boy that feels good! It was a revelation to me to learn that post our divorce, my ex was no longer my family. He will always be part of my daughter’s family and that’s a relationship I’ll encourage, facilitate and equip her to manage for as long as she needs me there.

My Feature Article this week is called “Celebrate – You’re Great”. I thought I’d write this one to remind us all to focus on our own ‘amazingness’ and to consciously steer away from comparing ourselves and our lives to that of friends, colleagues or parents in ‘normal’(!) families!