The Things That I Wish I Could Give My Child Is a Gift, Right?

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i want to have a conversation with my daughter about the things that she's doing, some may see is a waste of time. But really, she wants to be a film maker. And i don't know a single feam film maker who doesn't spend hours and hours and hours watching video movies. So these these impulses, i feel like are are actually creative. They're tempting because they feed to what she wants tobe doing and creating. Of course, everything needs to be am you know, deliberateAbout these things. You want to be deliberate about these things. But i want her to stop beating herself up for being pulled into things that are a natural interest to her. Jus

Anna McKeown joins Greg for a candid conversation on identifying your unique strengths and recognizing innate impulses as gifts meant to be awakened and developed. They discuss embracing what can be perceived as weakness, as well as creating a culture of resilience and the courage to allow for failure. They talk about the value and importance of applying these insights for ourselves and as parents to our children.

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