Practical Parenting
The documentation below is from our Focus Groups held in 2007. Further information will be added to these pages over the coming months.
Mission Statement
It is our belief that each one of us have all the skills and abilities within us that we need to create the lives we wish to live. With this intention in mind, YOU nique Solutions' goal is to help as many people as possible to tap into their unique abilities and uncover their strengths and passions. Through new ways of thinking and education, we can all experience personal freedom.
We are so excited to welcome you to the launch of YOU nique Solutions for Parents .
Thank you so much for agreeing to participate in our focus group. You may not be aware yet, but you are now a part of a revolution in new initiatives for parents. Your contribution will not only assist us a great deal to identify the areas that parents most need assistance with, but will also help all the parents that will benefit from this work in the future.
“With vision, every person, organisation and country can flourish”. Mark Victor Hansen
We intend to start the Conscious Parenting Programs with a two day workshop entitled “Conscious Parenting”. We will also be providing the opportunity to build on the skills that you learned on the workshop with follow on days for those that wish to attend:
Exam Preparation - How to prepare your child for their exams – mentally and emotionally. This one day workshop will be a “hands on” experiential day, learning real skills and techniques for you to help your children. With ever greater requirements for our children to take regular tests and examinations, including SATs and entrance exams, this edition of the course is targeted to help with examination achievement for 11 year olds. Although this is one of the main considerations, increasing self esteem, concentration and the feeling of being able to succeed in all areas of life can be derived from the teachings of this course.
Sports Coaching - Discover the Secrets of Champions– An intensive one day workshop designed specifically for people that wish to have the mindset of a winner. You have the talent, the skill and with practice you have the potential to be a winner– So what will get you there, easier, faster and more focussed on the goal than ever? YOUR MIND….! It has been said that the formula for excellence is……….. “POTENTIAL minus INTERFERENCE = PERFORMANCE”
Learn how “interference” prevents you from being all that you can be. We will teach you the tools and techniques for you to create the mindset of a winner.
We will, no doubt, in the future be adding to these and will inform you of the new programs as soon they are launched. We would also welcome any suggestions from you if you have any ideas for future workshops.
Thanks again for being here with us at this special time.
What an exciting opportunity this is for us all!
Why do we need MORE information as parents?
After Kris and Jannine qualified as master practitioners and therapists, they began to realise that they had not only got the opportunity to begin new careers and make a difference by helping others…... but that it was going to change their lives forever.
After a short while, they began to notice, little things at first, but then more and more aspects of their lives started to improve. Relationships with others, improved personal performance and motivation, more energy and even more patience and harmony with the kids!!!! Can't be bad! Applying the techniques and learning's that they had acquired, was indeed improving their lives tremendously and immediately.
So, they went about building their new careers.
Kris had been working mostly with children on issues such as exam preparation , anxiety , esteem/confidence building , habit elimination etc, with great results and wonderful feedback about her work— ” Seeing Kris helped a lot with my self-confidence, exams and the results. She was very motivating and helped me to achieve my goals. I would love to see her again”
Jamie—14yrs (KS3). “Kris, Thanks for everything! You made me realise I could do it, and so I have!” - Erica—10yrs (11+) However, she realised that she was very limited on a one to one basis and thought about how she could help as many children as possible…….. After all it doesn't seem too much to expect to have a bit of confidence and esteem when you're a child does it? She wanted to find a way of reaching more of the children that could be helped with the skills that she had.
Jannine was in endless meetings with schools and education departments to find a way of introducing the benefits of this education to the school curriculum. Great feedback but, oh so slow! Jannine was wondering how we would get this information out there when everything takes so long to be approved and implemented. There had to be a quicker way!
When Kris and Jannine got together again, they discussed how they were feeling so great about the results they had been getting, yet still frustrated because they knew they could achieve so much more. So they sat and worked out what questions they needed to find the answers to.
Who can help us with this?
Who else would benefit?
Who else is as passionate about changing our children's lives for the better?
The answer was staring right at them – LITERALLY – It was parents!!!!
WHY?
Parents decide which schools their children attend.
Parents vote for who governs our country and its policies regarding education.
Parents always want the best for their children.
Parents don't know it all, they are not trained for the most important job in the world… they need help and support too.
Ok, they said….. “Let's empower the parents. They are the ones that will make the changes with this exciting information. After all, it's working for us”.
Don't worry, BE HAPPY!
Being a parent today is full of worry. We are reminded constantly that we are living in a world of “terror”. Each day the media inform us of children shooting each other, the dangers of drugs, teenage pregnancy, binge drinking, A.S.B.O's and cultural breakdown. We live in a world that medicates children for “behavioural disorders” with no means of predicting the long term effects in the future. Every day, there is something else to be concerned about. Childhood obesity, “the couch potato generation”. “Ok, we say, so we need them to go out and play more…….well I would, but I've just heard on the news that a paedophile has been released - and he's living round the corner! “. But don't get complacent folks. Remember, education, exams, schools, work pressure, family commitments, discipline and rewards, which are appropriate, which are not, smacking or no smacking, internet boogie men stalking our children, do mobile phones cause brain tumours?…………oh and don't forget the P.E kit for tomorrow!
Little wonder we have forgotten how to relax and enjoy raising our children.
“Doing your best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment”. Oprah Winfrey
We wear so many “hats” as parents and each hat requires of us a different skill set. How do we manage to do such a wonderful job, with no practical training, no support and mentors to help us? We are told the children are our future, so where are the resources to help us with our work?
We can read books about what to expect. There are now more programmes on TV that show parents how to deal with behavioural issues, how to communicate and discipline children. They can be very helpful, even if it's just letting us know we're not alone.
We want to help parents to be more proactive in their role than reactive. We think parents would like to know how to prevent these behaviours. Interestingly, most of the programmes on TV are actually working on changing the parents' attitudes and behaviours before any change can be seen in their children. They are really just educating parents.
We don't have to wait for the rest of the world to catch up. Every minute of every day, babies are born, parents are made. Each year that passes, opportunities are being missed to improve people's lives. We can't wait….. Can you?
Awareness is the key…..
We believe that you already have all that you need to learn and apply our principles, ideas and skills to your life. In fact you may find that some of the information you already know but just need help applying it to your life. We will not be asking you to do anything that you don't already know how to do. So, would you like to know .......?
How people learn
How behaviours are learned
Preferred learning styles - how people process information
How our thoughts affect our biology
What science is saying about the mind/body connection
The conscious and subconscious mind and how to get them into alignment
Solution focussed problem solving
The effects of language on behaviour
How to negotiate effectively to get more of what you want, more of the time
How to evaluate and enhance your communication skills
Techniques for relaxation and stress reduction
……. And much much more!
“I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than for any other ability under the sun”. John Rockefeller
And Finally…
We have taken the most useful information and teachings from some of the worlds' experts in the field of human excellence, applied them to parenting and packaged them into an exciting, fun, informative and practical 2 day workshop.
Our wish for you and your families is to lead happy, balanced and successful lives. We believe that we can give you the tools to achieve that.
When would now be the right time to change your life? After all,
anything less than being the best you can be, isn't feeling great,
isn't it?
“If we all did the things we are capable of, we would literally astonish ourselves”. Thomas Edison
“Once you see a child's self image begin to improve, you will see significant gains in achievement areas, but even more important, you will see a child who is beginning to enjoy life more”. Dr Wayne Dyer