What Do You Stand For?

January 2016

What Do You Stand For?

What My Daughters Stand For

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What Do You Stand For?

I would love you to ask yourself this question and ponder on what comes to you. If you are like me, it will take you more than one go. As you go deeper and deeper you can do it alone, with your family and children depending on their age, or with a friend(s). Write it down rather than keeping it in your head or typing it on your computer. There is no right or wrong answer, and there is no judgment. Allow this expression of what is truly important to you to be your Compass. It is so helpful to have a Compass!

About Beverley Pugh

"Every joy is gain. And gain is gain, however small."

- Robert Browning

Beverley has been a practicing counsellor for over 30 years. She has worked extensively in Canada, Australia, Japan, and Thailand. Beverley currently has a full-time practice on the North Shore. Beverley has a highly intuitive ability to help people uproot core issues that are holding them back from moving forward to where they want to be in terms of their own self-growth. She works extensively with couples and families and individuals with numerous presenting issues.

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What Do You Stand For?

"Our true legacy is how we live our lives...not what we leave." ~ Anonymous

This was a tough newsletter for me to write because once I wrote down what I stand for, four days later I realized "no, that's not it." I rewrote it four times! This simple inquiry really got a rumble going. So, this is it for now.

What we stand for is different than what our goals are. For me, what I stand for emanates from the deepest part of me. It is how I desire to be rather than to have.

When I became a parent my life changed overnight. It became really important to me that I gave these beautiful children a full spectrum of opportunity to value themselves, value others, and live a life to their fullest potential. I wanted to somehow contribute to that.

But how do we do that as parents?

What My Daughters Stand For

I asked each one of my daughters what they stood for. At first, they rolled their eyes and said "Oh mom, here you go again." I nodded and they sat back, took a deep breath and mentally moved into reflection. I asked them how they wanted to live their lives rather than what they wanted to do.

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Wishing you the best for 2016!

Bev

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