We were away last week in North Wales and as you can imagine, our holidays are always pretty active.
Lots of time on the beach, in the sea and in rivers.
When our kids moved in, almost 9 years ago, they were petrified of water following an early traumatic experience.
K remembered what happened and as a result, was
easier to coach through it; by easier I mean it only took around 3 years for her to feel confident with water on her face.
It happened precognitive memory for A, so it was more primal. It took the best part of 7 years for him to put his face underwater and maybe another year after that for him to be comfortable washing his hair.
Last week, they were both diving through waves in a rough sea, jumping off piers and bridges, we even
abseiled down a waterfall to find there wasn’t enough rope and you had to drop the last 10 feet.
The joy they had in every water activity made me emotional when I thought about how they were when they joined our family.
I’m not amazing with heights but had to change my story to keep up with the jumps A was prepared to do when we went gorge walking.
In fact, he jumped off a higher step than me from the pier, 18ft to
my 12ft. Although, I’m blaming that on the water being too shallow for my mass from that height, I’m a grown up and made the decision based on physics not fear 😉
The point of this message is to point out that you can change your internal stories with the some support and guidance. It might be a long process but you will get there and we can help.
Darren “how high will he go?” Checkley