For a change, I'm going to be quiet in this blog post, and handover to Kate to tell you all about her book. We'd love your comments, and for you to share this post if you get a second. Thanks - over to you Kate! x
'the gorgeous Kate Beddow
Growing Spirit Kids'
“I
am blessed”
This is a phrase which
occurs so frequently in my life and it isn’t a coincidence I’m sure. I am blessed to have a wonderful support
network and a loving family. I am blessed
to be healthy and happy after serious illness. I am blessed to have two beautiful children after I was told I
wouldn’t be able to have any. I am
blessed that I was given the gifts I was and the guidance I needed to see
that they combine to make me a unique and special person who can help many
others.
This might sound like a
very big headed statement but the same is true of all of us. We are all given a
unique combination of personality traits and life experiences which combined
make us who we are and therefore what we offer the world. This is as true for
our children as it is for us and perhaps even more so. As we grow we are
moulded by expectations, peer pressure, image, the press, our career choices,
friends, families... the list is endless but children are pure bundles of light
without a single thumb print on their soul, just wide eyes and an abundance of
love. They are pure and vulnerable and as parents and society it is our
responsibility to make sure they stay that way and protect them as much as
possible.
When I realised it was my
life’s purpose to focus my healing work on children and families it was like a
light went on in my heart, I have never embraced any “job” more passionately or
with as much enthusiasm. I have always worked with children; as a teacher, a
Brownie leader, a childminder, a Mum... and never realised what a huge part of
my life children have always been and becoming a mum made me even more aware of
how unique and precious children are.
My new ebook “Living with a
Sensitive: a guide to understanding and nurturing your highly sensitive child”
was inspired by my own children and watching how with the same gene pool, the
same parenting style and you would think therefore both nature and nurture in
common, they are like chalk and cheese
about most things.
The thing I found most
fascinating when observing their behaviour was the realisation that they are
both equally sensitive; both caring, nurturing, observant and yet so very
different. One will happily eat anything while the other is more fussy about
food, one will make mud pies all day and the other doesn’t like to be dirty and
neither like scratchy fabrics against their skin. It made me really start to
analyse the types of sensitivity and question whether they could both be deemed
“highly sensitive”. I read a couple of books but they were long and very
academic and it occurred to me that most parents would never sit down to read
something so wordy, most wouldn’t even realise that it would benefit them to do
so so I set about writing my own book. A very basic guide to explain to parents
what to look out for and how to make things more bearable for their child once
they have.
If this book helps families
and makes life a little easier for children and parents alike, I am blessed.
To buy Living with a
Sensitive: www.katebeddow.co.uk/#/ebooks/4565093129
For more information about
Kate’s work go to: www.katebeddow.co.uk.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GrowingSpiritKids
Twitter: www.twitter.com/Growingspirit
2 comments:
'without a single thumb print on their soul' - I love this! Untouched, untroubled, untarnished, bless. You can't protect children from life, but you can help guide them through it. Sounds like a really useful parenting tool. Good luck! :) xx
What a great idea for a book, I hope it sells really well for you.
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