This Will Make You Rethink Your Parenting with EksAyn Anderson

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He is a speaker and author and has also been featured on Forbes, TV shows, and business blogs. In this episode, we will uncover how he has been able to make successful shifts happen. </span></p> <p><strong>[3:30] Why should I listen to you?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I was eight years old when my mum died. I knew what life was like before she died and what life was like after she died. There are tiny little things she did when I was young that still profoundly affect me today. </span></p> <p><strong>[4:40] How did you handle that experience at that age?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When I was a kid, I drew trees with branches, but I changed my style at one point. I started to draw them in the way that the other kids did. I followed them just because I wanted to fit in. There was also a time when I went out to play league with the other kids, and when I got back home, mom suffered from a severe headache. I remember hugging her and telling her that I loved her. I was scared and anxious till the following day. The next morning, when I woke up, I saw only my dad with many friends and neighbors. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What happened was that mom had a cerebral hemorrhage, and a blood vessel in her brain had burst. She was declared dead and was on life support. The life support was taken off, and she was declared dead. How do you think I draw trees now? I pull them the way my mom wants. I draw them in a way my mom would have loved if she had been alive. I've learned that what we do in our homes as dads or parents in our families will be more profound than what we do at work. Our grandkids won't care about what we did at work but what we did as a father and a parent. Our roles as parents affect us so much that the generations will do them.</span></p> <p><strong>[14:50]  Do you think there is a part of her that still lives in you through how you parent your kids?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Well, I hope s