Kids hate chores. Of course, they do. I don’t prefer doing them much, either! I’d rather relax and do fun activities with my friends. Luckily, because of my life experience, I’m able to see the long-term and short-term benefits of chores that young people usually haven’t learned yet. This helps me do them because it […]
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Are you sick of dealing with difficulty and conflict between you and your teens when it comes to doing chores or anything deemed as hard? I am. If I had a dime for every gaslighting comment about what a terrible mom I am, I’d be rich. In this blog post, I will address how you
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Here is my TEDxWilmington talk on anxiety in kids and teens and how it is exacerbated by kids not learning cause and effect. Watch the talk and read the written version below. We have a crisis on our hands: Anxiety among children and teenagers is growing to epidemic proportions. To solve it, let’s first understand
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I am so sorry… Chances are, if you’re reading this, then you have recently had your heart broken. ?? We have all been there and we know there is no pain like it. When faced with healing a broken heart we can start to say things to ourselves like: Maybe if I’d been prettier, he would
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This is a big one, guys. Like huge. The fear of public speaking is often larger than the fear of death for many people. Even the thought of having to say a few words in front of a group of people- small or large- can be incredibly panic-inducing. “Everyone will be looking at me!” “What
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One of the biggest complaints I hear from clients all over the world is this: “I can’t get to sleep!” Insomnia is a huge problem in modern life and we all know that almost nothing is more important to our general well-being than a good night’s rest. So one of the tools I recommend to
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In researching for my upcoming TEDx talk at TEDx Wilmington’s 7th annual conference on September 27th, I have watched a lot of TEDx talks on anxiety. Here are some of my favorites: Calm Anxious Kids with Simple Chores | Jodi Aman |TEDxWilmington (Of course, I had to include mine in here!) High Functioning Anxiety Jordan
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Many of us struggle with healing. It just seems so out of reach and we’re already so exhausted. Can you relate? We try so hard to be good people, to help others and make them happy. So often we are the last ones on our list. But why? Why do we struggle with healing? I
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