Episode 14: What Gets In The Way Of You Being Present With Your Family? with Therapist Don Bennion

You are a parent who wants to be more present with your family but things just seem to get in the way.  Sometimes we worry, and there are so many things we worry about.  Finances, family issues, work issues, our own insecurities, what people think when your children act up, and the list goes on and on.  In this episode I continue my discussion with therapist, Don Bennion on the internal workings of being present.  All of this works for you whether you are at home, work, church or any other situation. 
In this episode you will learn:

• What you can learn from your Panic Attacks.
• How to work with your own inner child
• How your own childhood trauma shapes the adult you become
• The danger of ego identities
• How to deal with huge feelings of other adults and our children.
• The power of observing

During the conversation Don mentions 3 authors.  

• Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology and How You can Heal, by Donna Jackson Nakazawa.
• A New Earth; Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Ekhert Tolle
• Gabor Maté has done some great work on stress and attention deficit disorder.  A couple of his books that might be of use to you are: Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It.   When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress. 
• All of these books are available on Amazon and other places you buy books.

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