Purposeful parent Trish Lee shares insights on several topics including how to foster a child’s confidence & self-acceptance. Trish has an inspiring background, which includes overcoming her lack of self-esteem as a child to eventually emancipate into a butterfly metaphorically and find her confidence. She’s currently a mental health & career counselor, author, and leads some powerful conversation related to mental health via social media. In this episode, Trish shares some of her purposeful parenting strategies in raising her toddler Abigail!

Trish discusses meaningful ideas such as maintaining a growth mindset as a parent, communicating the “why” to children, modeling kindness in front of children, how to raise an open-minded child, the importance of being present, emphasizing quality time w/ children, prioritizing self-care, recognizing that children absorb everything, utilizing positive affirmations, the power of standing up for yourself, how to share life experiences and start impactful dialogue with your child w/o forcing your viewpoints, mastering your own self-love before seeking outside love, viewing the “rain” as a requirement to see the “rainbow”, valuing your own opinion of yourself above anyone else’s, and realizing that our children are our best teachers!

Trish’s parenting mission statement: To understand that it’s okay to not have all the answers to everything all the time & to give ourselves grace, while giving our children our best effort.

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