Article for moms (and dads) wanting to heal the past
May 9, 2008 | Nurturing Family
I hope you’ll check out a great article on cbn.com today. I was interviewed by Belinda Elliot of Christian Broadcasting Network and it ran as a feature on their site.
Here is an excerpt of Be The Mom You Want to Be:
PARENTING
Be the Mom You Want to Be
By Belinda Elliott
CBN.com Daily Life Producer
CBN.com – How can I be a good mother? It’s a question that most moms struggle with as they raise their children. There are many reasons that moms question their parenting skills. Some may have experienced childhoods filled with pain and abuse, and they want something better for their children. Others may have picked up unhealthy parenting skills because of how they were raised, and they don’t want to repeat those patterns.
Regardless of how good or bad your own childhood was, good parenting isn’t something that just happens. Author Suzanne Eller wants to help women be the best moms they can be. Her book, The Mom I Want to Be, shows women how to break free from the mistakes of their past and give their children the gift of a great future.
In her book, Eller shares about her own struggles with motherhood and speaks candidly about the importance of forgiveness, how to let go of the past, how to set boundaries, how to identify generational patterns, how to deal with past hurts or failures, and how to develop practical parenting skills.
She recently discussed the book.
Why did you decide to write this book?
I have taught “Pushing Past Your Past” workshops and keynotes for the past few years. I was approached by a great moms organization (Hearts at Home) and encouraged to write the book. I had spoken at their events several times, and the response to the workshops was amazing.
They wanted me to put this in book form so that it could reach women beyond the conference setting. My first thought was, “No.” I loved that a book could help thousands of women, but feared that it would harm my mother. It just wasn’t a good trade.
But something phenomenal happened. I told my mother about it, and she said, “Suz, you need to do this.”
Click here to read the rest of this in-depth interview to explore how to push past the past, how to forgive, how to let go, and more.
Suzie
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I like the new website! Great article on CBN!
May 13th, 2008 at 11:27 pm