More experiences of conscious language ...

I have a list with me, called 101 Things to Say to Praise and Encourage a Child. Some of these are :

- Way to go!
- Well done!
- Super star!
- Looking good!
- Nice work!
- Now you've got it!
- Good job!
- That's incredible!
- I like what you do!
- I'm impressed!
- You're clever!
- Atta girl!
- Atta boy!
- Spectacular!
- You'e very creative!
- You're a treasure!
- What an imagination!
- I trust you!
- That's correct!
- You did your best!
- I'm glad you're my kid!
- You made my day!
- You're awesome!
- I love you!


I'd like you to stop now, and think how your life might have been different if as a child, a significant person in your life had said some of these to you? If you, indeed, had been praised this way, how might that have changed who you are today, or what you do today? How might your life have turned out?

To use this as an exercise for yourself, read each praise, close your eyes, and 'hear' someone significant say it to you. One by one. Take your time with each praise - truly feeling it in your heart. Work of this nature often brings up intense emotion. If that should happen, allow the emotion ... if there are tears please, please just let them flow. Don't swallow them. Most people have a lifetime of swallowed tears that just keep choking us up, especialy at very inconvenient moments. It's time to release them. It's time to use the above to praise yourself!

A demain ... until tomorrow,

Kiki ;-)