5 Key Steps to Emotion Coaching Your Child

Emotion coaching is process by which we can support our child's emotional intelligence. It's a fabulous parenting tool with proven benefits for emotional health.

Emotion Coaching isn't magic wand! It takes time to see the results and effort from parents to implement. However, working on our personal development and growing as a parent so that we can become our children's emotion coaches brings huge positive outcomes for the whole family. Not only do we heal and become happier, but our children are more likely to be successful, resilient and emotionally intelligent individuals. Furthermore, our connection with our children is stronger and our relationships benefits. 

Click here to download our FREE prompt sheet which sets out the 5 main steps for emotion coaching.

To emotion coach your child through challenging feelings you need to:​

1. Interpret the emotion.​ 
2. Choose your mindset. 
3. Label the emotion.
4. Empathise.
5. Set limits and problem solve.

I'm a huge believer in emotion coaching, but it will expose you in ways you may not initially feel comfortable with. For example, and most likely, you might find it challenging to stay calm enough to work through the process.

If you find this is the case, you can choose to work on responding over reaction and learn to be an active listener. It's perfectly OK to find this hard because you probably weren't taught how when you were a child! If you're interested in learning more you can discover how to implement emotion coaching in more detail through our downloadable 35 page Emotion Coaching Parenting Workbook, which you can find in the For Mama shop.