Hi, I’m Mary Reynolds.
I am the founder of Heart Productions, author, counselor, coach, speaker and co-parent to three amazing, fully grown children.
As my parent’s “problem child,” I’ll never forget that pivotal moment at age 17 when my mother was into her full-on rant and rave lecture – when she screamed, “You just wait until you have kids of your own, and then we’ll see how you treat them.” To which I replied, “I will never treat my children the way you’ve treated me!” And then she slapped me, sending me across the room. Looking back, the gift of this was that it anchored my promise to myself to never treat any child the way that I had been treated physically and attitudinally. I feared and hated her daily suspicious, demeaning, hyper-observant energy, vibes and tone with me. I ruminated constantly and had high levels of anxiety at home and school.
So in my first year of teaching, when I heard her full-on rant and rave lecture starting to stream out of my mouth, I stopped myself mid-sentence. My students waited for what was going to come next. When you realize you are not going to use tactics once used on you, the realization sets in, “Well then what will I use to get control!?” In that moment, the next thought we’ve all heard in our minds is, “Well, it worked on me, and I didn’t turn out so bad!”
This is that pivotal moment where we either take the road less traveled or we JREDD (Justify, Rationalize, Explain, Defend & Debate) our way to continuing to use the old, worn-out, hurtful and harmful tactics of the past. Needless to say, Teaching Energetics is not your typical “fix bad behavior” course! Energetics is the cornerstone to absolutely everything standing between you and the results you want.