Memories of my Grandmother

“A grandmother is a mother who has a second chance.”
― Author Unknown

Why is it important to recover from CEN? (Childhood Emotional Neglect)

• The way you are treated emotionally by your parents determines how you will treat yourself as an adult. This has been proven over and over again in study after study.
• Emotion is an undeniable part of your biology. If you ignore your emotions, you will feel ignored on some level, no matter how much care you give yourself in other ways.
• Emotion is the substance of all relationships. If you are not attending to your emotions, you are by-passing a vital source of connection and joy.
• Emotional Intelligence has been proven to be more valuable to success in life and work than general intelligence. It’s extremely vital that you know how to name, use and manage emotion, as well as how to deal with it in others.
• People who received emotional validation from their parents in childhood are generally able to provide it automatically to their own children. People who didn't receive it enough themselves will likely struggle to provide it as parents. It is vital to recognize what you didn't get yourself so that you can make conscious effort to learn the missing skills, fill your own blind spots, and give your children what you didn't get.

​Dr. Jonice Webb
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ACTION STEP: ​Embrace the memories you do have. If your having trouble ask God to give you a memory and wait for it. If we ask God for a fish he doesn't give us a serpent. If we ask the Lord for bread He doesn't give us a stone. God is a Father--a good, good, Father. Learn to embrace and care for your inner child. He or she is still in there. They may have a few wrinkles and cried a few tears, but that little child is still in there. Be good to yourself. Take care of yourself. Applaud yourself when you don't interrupt others, or give them a dismiss you card when they didn't ask for one.  Tell yourself "Good job" when you finish the tasks you started. Give others the gift of your time. You can do this. I believe in you. I need you to believe in yourself.