Understanding worry, fear, and anxiety problems and learning what to do about them.
When you want to know the things kids need to be happy, you have to first look at what makes them unhappy. When I gathered a teen focus group to help me come up with a title for my upcoming workbook for young people, this is what they listed as the major problems they were […]
4 Things Kids Need To Be Happy – Improve the Mental Health of Your Teen Read More »
Since my recent TEDxWilmington talk was only 10 minutes, I wrote a few blogs to cover what I didn’t get to share in it. Today, I am expanding on kids’ resistance and complaining when asked to do chores because that shizzle is real! You can check out some of my other TEDx blogs here: Dealing
#1 Reason Why Kids Complain – How resistance breeds anxiety Read More »
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
How to get your kids to do chores and why it is important Read More »
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
Teaching Cause and Effect – How Chores Empower Kids to Face Difficulties Read More »
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
Fear of Public Speaking – Does Stage Fright Stop You? Read More »
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
Sleep Anxiety Meditations – YouTube Videos to Help You Rest Read More »
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
Best Tedx Talks on Anxiety, Panic, and Negative Thinking Read More »
Do you wish you could crush self-doubt before it crushes you? You know, we wouldn’t dream of speaking to our enemies as harshly as we speak to ourselves. And most of the time it is crap and lies we are telling ourselves. (Even though it sounds very logical and evidential… You never get it right. It