If you’d like a refreshing outlook on parenting, you’re in the right place.
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Bounceback Parenting® will help you see the challenges in parenting as opportunities for growth and building resilience. You’ll discover why connection, not perfection wins the day, and you’ll be relieved to find that you can be a work in progress and still be a fantastic mom or dad to your kids.
Hi, I’m Alissa Marquess Zorn, a mom to three and the Founder of Bounceback Parenting.
I always wanted to be a mom and thought it would all come easily to me. It turned out, once I had my first child I was overwhelmed by the emotions, exhaustion and uncertainty. I had a mistaken belief that if I didn’t automatically know what to do, I was a bad mom.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
I started opening up to the idea that I didn’t need to be perfect.
Over time I discovered I could enjoy parenting more and develops strong bonds with my kids by shifting my thinking. I began to develop a growth mindset about parenting – realizing that as parents we’re always learning. There’s no shame in not knowing the answer yet, and the only thing you want to avoid is closing yourself off to growth. I like to say: I am a work in progress, I am home.
Why Bounceback Parenting?
What I didn’t know at the beginning of this journey is that parenting would be the ultimate training in resilience. I had to learn to bounce back over and over again when I would stumble, and I’ve stumbled a lot.
Sometimes bouncing back has been extremely humbling, I’ve had to reexamine my assumptions and change my perspective. Sometimes it’s been invigorating when I can bounce back with more knowledge, a new parenting tool or a deeper commitment to building the connected relationships I treasure. Either way I’m always learning and to me, being a Bounce Back Parent means that I strive to see the challenges in parenting as our best chances to grow.
You can be a work in progress and a masterpiece at the same time.
If you’re a glorious work in progress, and a messy masterpiece when it comes to parenting, you’re in the right place. If you’re willing to be curious, keep learning and keep looking for those moments of joy and connection even if chaos abounds, then you’re a Bounceback Parent too.
What I didn’t know at the beginning of this journey is that parenting would be the ultimate training in resilience. ~Alissa Marquess Zorn
How to connect with Bounceback Parenting:
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Together we’ll remind each other to notice the joy in the ordinary chaos, and find gratitude everyday. We’ll strive not to live perfectly but to live with connection, humility and the knowledge that if we stumble we can bounce back having learned something new and grown a bit more.
