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Wendy McDonnell Hons. B.Sc., Master Family Communications Coach
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Wendy McDonnell Quick Facts
Main Areas: Family Communication, MediationCareer Focus: Life Coach, Facilitator, Educator, Radio Show Host
Affiliation: Certified Coaches Alliance, Waterloo-Wellington Collaborative Family Law Association, Toastmasters, Hospice Wellington, Community Justice Initiatives
Wendy McDonnell, Hons. B.Sc., MFCC, is a Master Family Communication Coach and the Host of Family Matters Radio every Sunday morning, 8 to 9 AM Eastern, on CFRU 93.3 FM Guelph’s Community Radio Station. She is trained in Coaching, Psychology, Nonviolent Communication, Restorative Circles, Mediation, Collaborative Divorce, Grief and Bereavement, Reiki, and Teaching.
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Wendy McDonnell
"..nothing is impossible when we follow our inner guidance, even when its direction may threaten us by reversing our usual logic." Gerald Jampolsky
"The path to enlightenment is not a path at all, it's actually a metaphor for the time it takes for you to allow yourself to be happy with who you already are, where you're already at, and what you already have - no matter what...The "no matter what" part is big." (http://www.tut.com/resources/notes/)
"Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse?" Jane Nelson
"How we feel about our kids isn't as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the way we treat them." Alfie Kohn
"The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them." Ralph Nichols
"We have the power to chose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in the world." Jill Bolte Taylor
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new" Albert Einstein
"Parenting is not about fixing your child, but about waking up to this amazing moment with her. Doing inquiry, validating, listening and empowering, are not tools for change; they are their own joy." Naomi Aldort
"Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to." Alan Keightley
"No one can say the job of bringing up children is easy. There are no perfect rules that will work or are even correct for all children." unknown
Contacting Wendy McDonnell
Wendy McDonnell, Hons.B.Sc., MFCC
Master Family Communications Coach
wendy (at) compassionatesolutions (dot) ca
Voice mail: 519.829.5042
Articles: http://compassionatesolutions.wordpress.com/
Family Matters Radio Show: http://cfrufamily.wordpress.com/
Communication and conflict Resolution...one family at a time
