Meghan Phillips
L-MSW
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Parenting Expert
Meghan Phillips Quick Facts
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- Parenting and raising children in alignment with their true purpose
- Career Focus
- Author, blogger, speaker
Meghan Phillips, L-MSW is a school social worker in an elementary school where she works with kids ages 5 to 11 and their parents. Meghan is currently writing a book about how parents can make small shifts in parenting that will help children to become in-tune with their authentic selves and live in alignment with their true purpose and desires. Meghan lives on Eastern Long Island, NY with her husband, Dan, and two children, Maura 13 and Nolan 10. Visit her website and blog: Meghansphillips.com
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Empathy: Your Child's Most Important Gift
I spent the latter part of my thirties searching for my purpose and the answer to the question, “why was I put on this earth?” At the time, I was recently divorced and trying to raise my two little kids as a single, working, divorced mother. I wasn’t feeling joy. I wasn’t feeling fulfilled. I was barely getting by. Something felt missing and something had to give. I started reading all the self-improvement books I could get my hands on, because feeling like I was wasn’t serving me.
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Are You Parenting from Fear?
I blogged about parenting from fear recently. Since writing about it, I have become acutely aware of how much of my anxiety is driven by fears about what might happen to my kids. I read a quote recently by Alan Cohen that stated, “Anxiety is a sign that you have made up a story contrary to reality. Love does not fear.”
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Basic Manners And Why They Are Important
Talking about manners seems sort of redundant and well… obvious. But it’s not as obvious as one would think. I work in an elementary school and I am surprised, almost daily, at the lack of manners. Many kids do not reciprocate when they are greeted with “good morning!” or “hello”. IF they even look at you, they don’t miss a beat and continue on the their way. I, myself, stop them and remind them that when someone greets you, the polite thing to do is respond back. But this gets me thinking. Why do they think it ok to just ignore someone that is speaking to them?
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Practical Ways To Instill Accountability In Kids
One of the chapters in the parenting book I am writing is on accountability. If I had to pick one thing that I see parents not instilling in their kids these days, it would be this. Being accountable is so much more then just taking responsibility. It shapes the adult you become. Is your child going to be the adult who does the right thing even when it’s uncomfortable? This doesn’t always come naturally. Responsibility and accountability need to be developed and instilled.
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Making Gratitude a Daily Practice in Your Child's Life
Gratefulness and thankfulness are both positive feelings and important factors when it comes to raising happy, responsible and authentic kids. When we think positively we attract more positive, which leads to attracting more abundance. And who doesn’t want a little of that? Getting in the space of feeling grateful can help develop the habit of naturally seeing the silver lining, despite what you are going through. Surprisingly, it didn’t dawn on me until recently to start talking to my kids about the practice of gratitude.
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Improve Overall Well-Being Through Love
In looking forward to 2016, I believe our intentions should have to do with altering the lens through which we view our life and ourselves. It is so important to experience and view life through the eyes of love and not fear. It is equally as important to see yourself through the lens of love and forgiveness. This will help us all become better people and, in turn, better parents.
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I am writing a book currently titled, What I Wish For You: Helping Our Kids Discover Their Authentic Selves. It is a guide for parents, showing them how to raise children that are in alignment with their true purpose and desires. I cover topics like gratitude, empathy, manners, spirituality and the importance of diversity, What I Wish For You offers advice and exercises that draw from my own experience working with families and being a parent myself. Readers will learn how to incorporate these lessons into their parenting, helping them to jumpstart the process of discovery in their children so that they can live lives filled with joy and abundance.
I am an L-MSW and have worked as a school social worker for over 12 years. I am a contributor to Best Self Magazine and my articles have appeared on Intentblog, Dr. Laura, Hitched, Galtime, Diet.com and Momiverse.
"Small shifts in parenting, can awaken little souls...."
~Meghan S. Phillips
"Empathy is the impetus to awakening your life's purpose"
~Meghan S. Phillips
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Meghan S. Phillips
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I am the founder of www.meghanphillips.com where I offer free empathy exercises and write a weekly blog. I also have a facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/meghansphillipsparenting/ and an instagram page, https://www.instagram.com/meghansphillips/
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