My NVR coaching was helpful and supportive, I can already see the impact it is having on my family and my own mindset shift. Before the course, my husband and I often felt overwhelmed, stuck in a cycle of conflict and alone with the constant behavioural challenges from our two teenage adopted sons. It often felt like we were constantly reacting and never taking time to review or address challenging behaviours in the home and our own self-care was almost non-existence, we felt exhausted and very alone!
Through the training, I’ve learned how to stay calmer and more present, even in really tough moments, although this is a learning curve! It’s reassured us as parents how to take a firmer, more respectful stance without shouting, bribing or losing control. We now feel more confident setting boundaries whilst still showing we love our boys and are still there for them even when things are difficult.
For me personally, one of the biggest changes has been feeling less alone, hearing almost identical patterns of behaviours from other families has added to our understanding and compassion to the difficulties our adopted children carry as they navigate their teenage years.
We still have challenges, but NVR has given us some really useful new tools and reaffirmed some of our parenting practices that we had already started to use.
Overall it has renewed our energy and hope that through these NVR practices we will pull through and reconnect as a family.
