Picture this:
Scene 1:
You’ve finished breakfast and, in the time it takes you to clear the table, the kids have already disappeared off to start a new game. You find them and say
 

You’re completely ignored and, after you’ve raised your voice and got quite cross, they reluctantly drag themselves away... You just know it’s going to be hard work all the way today and you wonder why your children make it all so difficult...

Scene 2, a couple of days later:
Once again, you’ve finished breakfast and, in the time it takes you to clear the table, the kids have already disappeared off to start a new game. You find them playing “Catching the train”,

so you ask
You tell them you’d like to catch the train to the bathroom, so they give you a “ticket”. You encourage them to take you to the bathroom on their train and you continue to include their imaginary train game throughout the mundane washing and dressing tasks. Before you know it, you’re all ready, and in record time! You wonder if these are the same children who were being so difficult the other day.

The fact is, they ARE the same children… And actually, on both days, their behaviour has been exactly the same. So what’s the difference that’s made the difference?...

The results you get are determined by the mood you’re in. So it’s really important to look after YOU so that you can genuinely be in a good mood. Whatever you can do that you know makes you feel really good, that you can see has a really positive effect on your mood… Well, now you know that it’s good for everyone else too!  So you can do more of it and everyone benefits!

You are the expert on YOU, so you know what makes you feel good. And then there are all our basic needs that we tend to forget about… like enough sleep, fresh air, exercise, good wholesome fresh food... So there’s plenty to go at!

And just pretending to be in a good mood can really backfire:
 

So look after yourself! Put yourself at the top of the list because
You’re only as good as your mood!
 

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