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How to Get Your Kids to Behave
Patricia asks…
“My 5 year old son is constantly challenging my husband and me. He does not listen when I ask him to do something. When I take him shopping with me he constantly runs about the shop, picking things up and dropping them on the floor. When I ask him why he did it, he just says ‘because I wanted to’.
Mass on Sundays is another battle — constant standing, sitting, moving, talking, then roaring, annoying others who want to hear the mass. When someone talks he keeps interrupting, even myself and my husband. When he eats, he drops foods he doesn’t want on the floor and I end up cleaning it up.
I am at the end of my tether with him, I am constantly stressed out over it… If you have any guidance or help I would most welcome it.”
© a natural thing
How to get your kids to behave — it’s a problem every parent faces. The answer is good habits… that’s the key to everything.
Get everything you want into good habits so they know and expect what’s coming…
“Talky-time” at bed-time is a great example of a good habit for children. Start with a short story and then talk about the day.
Keep in mind what you want to say to him but don’t force it — let it come in the conversation naturally if you can. Use talky-time to talk about how you feel about the day and get him to talk about how he feels. Over time, this will give you an amazing bond… Read more
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
Mary asks…
“I was recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I am 39, and in great health otherwise. I am not interested in taking any prescription drugs until I have no other choice. Do you have any suggestions for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis?”
© pinkangelbabe
Yes, I recommend throwing yourself into the Habit Guide lifestyle in a big way. Any disease ending “itis” means inflammation.
What you need to do are all the things that are “anti-inflammatory” and get rid of all the things that are “pro-inflammatory…”
Rheumatoid arthritis diet
The first step diet-wise is to stick to the Habit Guide diet for a few months and monitor things. Then we may decide to go further, to remove even more acid-forming foods and further increase the alkali-forming foods… Read more
I Feel Useless
Louise writes…
“I feel useless.”
© Ashley Rose
Well nobody is useless :-) Everybody has the right AND the potential to be happy and feel good every day.
I see only forces, causes at work; wrong priorities perhaps, wrong focus, wrong ideas — wrong in the sense that they produce bad feelings in the long-term…
A good thing = creates good feelings
A bad thing = creates bad feelings
Are you wanting to start putting your health first? Read more
How to Take Control of Your Life
© Andi
It’s so easy to feel that you’re not in control of your own life…
One of the biggest reasons is a subtle but powerful force that controls and directs our actions.
This is one of my favorite quotes of all time. In fact it takes pride of place in
Habit Guide…
“We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.”
None other than the great philosopher Aristotle said that.
Another of my favorite sayings is “Once you know something, you see it everywhere.” You know, I’d never come across the Aristotle quote before writing Habit Guide, or at least I wasn’t aware of it.
I’m now hyper aware of habit, and the fact that it’s the underlying force behind all the outcomes in our lives… Read more
How to NOT Do Something
Like riding a bike
Everything that comprises a healthy and happy life involves taking action — getting to bed at a reasonable time, exercising, preparing healthy food and so-on.
But getting there often involves stopping some behavior that you currently do.
Of the two objectives — starting a new thing or stopping the old thing, the “stopping” is way harder.
Doing a new thing is mainly about motivation and giving it sufficient attention to make it a habit, whereas stopping the old thing is akin to “unlearning” how to ride a bike say…
The fact is it can’t be done easily. If you learned to ride a bike when you were young, as most of us did, then you’ll always be able to do it. It’s like, well, riding a bike… Read more
