Self-Confrontation or Over-Responsibility? - Episode 34

No Empty Chairs

Send us a text

Learn more about self-confrontation: https://www.finlayson-fife.com/podcasts/conversations-with-dr-jennifer/post/3-ways-become-better-partner
Matthew 7:3-5
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy [child’s] eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy [child], Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy [child’s] eye.
https://www.facebook.com/finlaysonfife/posts/every-time-you-defend-yourself-or-minimize-some-way-in-which-youve-hurt-your-spo/818514040322931/
Some questions to ask yourself:

• What is my part in this?
• What is hard about dealing with me on this issue?
• What am I not seeing?

Learn more about over-responsibility: https://schoolofnewfeministthought.com/over-responsibility-the-spin/ (NOTE: Kara Lowentheil is a brilliant and insightful master coach who may have language practices that differ from yours, including in the name of her podcast.)
Elder Shayne Bowen: “A central part of our Father’s plan was that we would be free to choose. This gift is called agency, the power to choose. The companion of agency is always accountability. We are individually responsible for the choices we make.”
"No other success can compensate for failure in the home."
Some questions to ask yourself:

• What can I actually control here?
• Why do I sometimes act like I can control things that are out of my control?
• Do I want to keep doing that?
• Why don’t I want them to see it differently than I see it?
  

You found me! If what you heard on the No Empty Chairs podcast gives you hope for more help, please schedule a free Conversation with Candice. You can also visit candiceclarkcoaching.com for more information about how coaching tools can help you keep your relationship with your children and your faith. While you're there, be sure to pull up a chair and sign up with your email to be the first to know about news and events for moms whose kids don't come to church.
It's going to be okay, and even better!