“Fabulous Fifths” Sampler ~ Kathy White
When she visits the P4P Coaching & Care Circle, Kathy White, founder of Joyful Parents in the U.K., introduces callers to The Work of Byron Katie. It is a deceptively simple, quick, yet remarkable process that helps you explore and release the mental blocks, resistances or old habits that may be preventing you from putting P4P tools to their most vibrant use.
Kathy’s great skill as a practitioner of The Work, together with her warm, compassionate way of being offers you an amazing, fast route to achieving a harmonious and fulfilling relationship with your child, and yourself!
Here is an example of the richness you may experience when you gather with other parents in the P4P Coaching & Care Circle, and meet Kathy when she joins us for a “Fabulous Fifth” from time to time!
One parent spoke of the challenge of finding parenting information (like that contained in Marcy’s book Parenting for Peace) to sometimes be overwhelming: although it is useful, it can sometimes make parents feel like they’re not enough — or worse, that they have failed. Listen to this mom’s thoughts on that…
Kathy’s tool of inquiry is The Work of Byron Katie, which is a very simple process that involves identifying stressful beliefs and then asking a few basic questions that work in a remarkable way to free us from those beliefs. Parents often try to be peaceful, joyful, playful…but struggle with that. And they don’t know why. They may assume they’re not a great parent. Listen as Kathy shows parents how to identify the stressful thought to work on…
Have you ever had the thought that you don’t get enough space because of your children? This came up for one of the mothers on the call, and so Kathy used that stressful thought to demonstrate how to go though The Work. She asks all the parents to respond to the questions as they work through this common parenting thought: “My child won’t give me space.” This shows how it can be simply a belief that is in the way of you being the parent you want to be. Listen to this most extraordinary (and extraordinarily simple!) process in action…
As a conclusion to the call, Kathy and Marcy discuss the concept of “striving.” (It’s practically a mantra for Marcy: This is NOT about perfection, it is about striving.) What does it mean to strive, and how can our striving benefit us as parents? Where might it not be a useful concept? Listen and see how you feel about it…
