Two Minutes At Night
February 22, 2010 by Steven Diamond
Filed under Daily Blog, Guest Bloggers, Nurse Nancy, Uncategorized
A few months ago I heard the story of a nurse who had developed a very unique method to help make changes in her own children. It was such an amazing story that I tracked her down myself to see just what the real story was. I was impressed. “Nurse Nancy” as she is now known has developed a simple yet truly effective way to help parents encourage positive behaviors that some children may resist. The results speak for themselves and I applaud Nurse Nancy for having the courage to try something different.
Now, she is the author of a series of books and spends her free time teaching other parents to do what she has developed. Nurse Nancy is our newest guest blogger here at StopStressingNow.Com and I simply couldn’t be any more thrilled to have her!
With great pleasure I give to you…
“Nurse Nancy”
It only takes two minutes at night to have a happier family!
I realize that my story is profound and yet unusual because every parent can learn from it and use the information to enhance their family life. When my children were very young I worked long hours as a nurse. They were asleep when I left and when I returned from work. Who knows where they thought I was. When I got home, I would always go into their room and give them a kiss and tell them, “I love you,” whether they were awake or not.
At the time my daughter Sarah was almost two years old. Even though she was talking, she had not used the words “I love you.” She was also calling her older brother Michael by the name “Getty.” Incidentally, there was a little girl named Gracie in Sarah’s daycare who was just a couple months younger than Sarah, and Sarah would not let Gracie play in her pretend tea parties. I had an underlying nagging concern that this behavior was related to my work schedule.
I had good fortune coming. Since my personal focus in nursing was on the mind-body-spirit connection I was able to put together some information I learned and create what I call Pillow Talk. The very first night of enlightenment I went to Sarah while she was asleep and said…
“I love you… thank you for being in my life… I am the luckiest mommy in the world to have such a wonderful daughter as Sarah… my heart is filled with joy and the world is a better place because you are in it… I love you with all my heart… “
After I had been giving the above affirmation for just a week, my daughter was saying, “I love you”; she was using Michael’s name; and she was inviting Gracie to play with her in tea parties.
Reflection: I have learned when you focus on LOVE you receive LOVE. I cannot begin to imagine how different our family life would be if I had not learned about Pillow Talk and the beautiful happy results it brought to my life, and can bring to yours. Let’s face it there is never too much LOVE! I can feel the energy from my children when I walk into their rooms to give them a Pillow Talk. My son calls it “giving me my praises.”
It took me three years of experiencing Pillow Talks with both of my children before I came forward to present the gift of Pillow Talk in a book called “Pillow Talk: loving affirmations to encourage and guide your children.”
By using Pillow Talks my husband and I have been able to help our children through events that our waking conversations have not been able to resolve such as doing better on test, getting over fear of bugs, having a three year old sitting still for the dentist to have a tooth pulled while in the office. I have many more examples in my book. Each example explains the events going on for my children, the Pillow Talk I spoke, the results the children had, and a reflection of what I learned as a parent all to help you learn from my successes and my mistakes. I also include some guidelines to help you to form your own affirmations to fit the needs of your family using your own values.
I have been hearing many heart warming stories, and I look forward to hearing from you. May your life be blessed with much love, joy, and happiness!
Love,
Nancy Beck
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That sounds unbielivable…is it true?
Anne,
I understand the skeptisism, and I want you to understand it is absolutely true. The concept of Pillow Talk has been so powerful for myself and my family I have devoted a lot of time and personal cash to be able to provide the information to you. It is simple to learn and to implement. Please continue to ask your questions, and leave your feedback.
Nancy Beck
I have read Nancy’s book and and I love her simple, yet profound theory that talking to your children while they sleep can transform their lives. I use it especially for my son, Eli, who is now 5 years old. He has always been challengingly unique, and the usual tricks found in typical parenting books don’t work as well for him. Recently, I confessed to my son that I talk to him every night while he sleeps before I go to bed myself. He was very intrigued by that, and couldn’t figure out how I could do that without waking him up! Talking to Eli while he is asleep is most useful on those frustrating days when I have not expressed the love I meant to at the time.
Besides Nancy’s gentle but strong insight, I love her book for the amazing layout and illustrations. I keep it near my bedside, and often will open it to a random page, and read it. I love that she has taken the taken the time, the huge amount of time, to share her wisdom with us. I look up to her, and am so proud of her book!
Jennifer,
Thank you for your kind words. It is very heart warming to hear you success with Pillow Talk. My husband uses his Pillow Talks in a similar way, and is one of my favorite uses of my Pillow Talks.
Blessings,
Nancy