Episode 59 - Dawn Geschiere: Living Authentically
This week, Samantha sits down to talk with empowerment coach and general badass, Dawn Geschiere about living authentically. Dawn talks about her experiences in raising her own 5 children and the things that she learned that can help all of us currently in the craziness of raising kids. Dawn explains that we are all, including our children, naturally creative, resourceful, and whole, and that we, as parents, need to have a healthy detachment from our kids to allow them to grow into the individuals they are. Finally, Dawn talks about our own self-care and how we can't provide for our own families as we should if we aren't taking care of ourselves. So, listen in as Samantha and Dawn "Flush It Out!"
This week, Samantha talks with empowerment coach, Dawn Geschiere about authenticity. Dawn opens up about her struggles while parenting her 5 children (now grown) and how she realizes looking back that she had created a container to shelter her kids that didn’t allow for authenticity. Dawn discusses one of the four cornerstones of her coaching model; that people are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole, and what a liberating thought that can be for people that hold it. It’s the thought that anybody, and especially our own kids bear the image of God and already have all the tools they need.
Dawn explains that the most important thing to do for your kids is to listen to them, but also how hard that is as parents. She explains that children may be the most authentic human beings and that they can teach us a lot about how we, as adults, should be living our lives. Then, she explains what “healthy detachment” is and how we should be practicing that with our children, as well. We need to detach ourselves from the “should’s” in our lives so that we can avoid putting those same “should’s” on our children and creating unhealthy expectations because of that. All of this, Dawn explains, creates a safe environment for our children to feel seen and heard.
Dawn continues to explain that if we end up ceasing to see our children as ‘beautiful’ when we interact with them, that’s the first sign that we ourselves need self-care. If we can’t be a ‘mama-bear’ or a ‘papa-bear’ for ourselves, we can’t give our kids, our friends, or our family the most we have to offer. Listen in as Samantha and Dawn “Flush It Out.”