Tuesday, August 28, 2007

First Draft

Josh Questions


What do I know?

  • Family with support and guidance is possible.

  • Change in family communication and discipline styles is possible.


How can I help?

  • By coaching a selection of alternative styles to see what works and provide support to keep them in use & working.


What things have I learned?

  • That violent, manipulative, boisterous and other non-serving, upsetting styles of interaction can be eliminated and replaced with reasonable communication.

  • I have experienced “automatics” of violence, and I have replaced them with a toolbox of behaviors to improve communication, to express approval, disapproval, to discuss, to encourage, to allow the same from my spouse and child.


What am I going to do?

  • I am going to prepare five alternate styles of response to explosion, to be immediately ready to build a new parenting tool box.


Why am I going to do it

  • I am still trying to uncover and repair internal damage that interferes with my enjoyment of my life and pursuit of projects that will fulfill me.

  • I am so proud of myself when I feel I have helped someones life be more enjoyable, easier, and successful.


How am I going to do it?

  • By offering my services as a coach to individuals and families that suspect their home lives could be more copacetic and that their current personal styles could be contributing to unnecessary upset.


What if I run into obstacles

  • I have enough inside to be unconcerned with “sales resistance” or anything else external.