Kyra Bell Coaching

Hello Again!

It has been some time since I last posted. My mind was literally immersed into learning phonics rules, word division, theory and practicum with the Orton-Gillingham approach. I was challenged in ways I had not anticipated. This is my last week of the 12-week course and my mental energy is celebrating!

A friend and I had coffee and conversation recently. We both agreed the time frame of late summer 2021 until now has had been the most difficult for us since COVID became a household name. Maybe we are tired of the unknown, the politics surrounding it nationally and locally, or wondering what the new normal will be? We just know we are feeling it.

You can probably relate to changes, negative and positive, in your life since March 2020.

This diagram shows the range of emotion me and my family have experienced, many times in one day!

A reminder we are not alone. If you feel like you are, please send me a message to connect. It will be kept confidential.

I am borrowing this as the message is so important!

Many people I know have had a loved one die this year. The holidays can be the most difficult time of year for them.

Send a note, a card, pick up the phone, or meet in person to let them know you are thinking about them.
Say something you remember about their loved one-positive words please.

As a person who has had a child, both parents, and a nephew who have died in the last 19 years, it doesn’t make me more sad when they are mentioned.

It makes it “normal” (whatever that is)
to talk about them. They did have lives before they passed and to stop talking about them is like they are now less important.

Of course if the person asks you not to mention them, please respect that too.

Let me add it doesn’t have to be a death. It may be a job loss, poor health, mental health, or finance problems.

Remember that saying nothing may make you feel better; we need to put aside our own feelings and think how kind it is to give to others. 🎁

This hit home!

I am a 2nd generation female who has learned to be the “helper” but thinks it is weird to ask for help in return.

When someone offers to help me, like a friend or close acquaintance, my knee jerk response is “ No thank you. I got it.”

Over the years I have improved by being vulnerable with professionals and asking for help for me or my family.

Maybe it is because if I pay for it and I don’t think I am “bothering them” with my problems.

My kids, though, are being encouraged by me to reach out to friends and family for help. I see the benefit of having the skill to be comfortable with reaching out and not always inward.

At 52 years old I am still learning and am willing to change.
Like the saying, “ old dogs can learn new tricks. 😊