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Maintain your own identity: The key to mental well-being in parenting

Maintain your own identity: The key to mental well-being in parenting

Discover Your Uniqueness! Each of us has unique strengths or hidden abilities that we can use to become better parents. Maintaining our own identity is crucial for our mental well-being and our ability to raise children.

In this module, you will learn how to preserve your individuality and strength in the parenting process. We will focus on techniques and strategies that will help you find a balance between parenting responsibilities and personal development.

Self-awareness – you will learn how to recognize and appreciate your own abilities.
Embracing your identity – you will discover why it's important to be authentic and how it affects your children.
Setting boundaries – you will learn how to establish healthy boundaries to protect your mental well-being.
Supporting personal growth – you will find out how personal development can positively impact your family.
Creating a positive environment – you will learn how to create a family environment that supports the individual development of both your children and yourself.

Conclusion: Don't miss the opportunity to discover and strengthen your identity. Try this module and secure better mental well-being in your parenting journey!

Imagine that you have half a day just for yourself. What will you do with that time first? I will start doing something creative that I have put off for a long time.
I will call someone I haven't heard from in a long time.
I'll sit down and just do nothing for a while.
I will start planning how to use that time as efficiently as possible.
I don't know, I just wander around for a while until I decide.

If you had to compare your days to a painting, what would it be? An orchestra in which each instrument plays its part.
A canvas full of spontaneous colors.
Hourglass.
Map with arrows and notes.
Silent lake under a cloudy sky.

How do you feel when your child disagrees with your decision? Surprised, but curiously I ask what he thinks.
Slightly irritated, but I'm trying to stay calm.
I feel like explaining it again and again.
It freezes inside me and I think about what I did wrong.
I am glad that he/she expresses his/her own opinion.

When you think of yourself before you had children, what do you feel? Inspiration, as if it were another person that I can rediscover.
Sorrow for what is no longer.
Pride, how much I have grown since then.
The guilt that I have distanced myself.
Nostalgic warmth, but nothing dramatic.

Imagine your child saying, "I want to be like you when I grow up." What comes to your mind first? I must be a better role model than I am now.
That's nice, but let him be himself above all.
It scares me a bit, I don't feel up to it.
I am touched and proud.
I will start to think about what exactly they mean by that.

What space does your "self" have in everyday life? One that I actively create.
Very small, I often push it somewhere.
Sometimes it appears when I get lost in music, a book, thoughts.
I feel like I am protecting him like a treasure.
I don't even know exactly where I end and others begin.

Which word best describes your everyday decision-making? Responsibility.
Intuition.
Strategy.
Doubts.
Service.

If you had to describe your inner strength, it would be... Quiet and deep like the roots of a tree.
It is not constant, but when it comes, it is strong.
Logical and systematic.
Creative, changing like the wind.
Dependent on how others treat me.

When the child is playing and you have a free moment, what do you do? I am looking at it and thinking.
I will quickly dive into my duties while there is time.
I will open something that personally interests me.
I think I should do something "useful."
I will either fall asleep or completely shut down.

What does the word "I" mean to you? Something that is constantly evolving.
Something that occasionally gets lost in others.
Clear compass.
Sometimes a secret that I do not yet know.
A foundation that needs to be cared for like a child.