Welcome to the Hand and Heart Somatic Experiencing Meditation. Hands are intricately connected to the heart. For example, your hands express the love that is in your heart. They welcome, comfort, hold, and assist. Alternately, hands protect the heart. They block, guide, and circumnavigate whatever is or can be harmful to you. This hand and heart somatic […]
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Dr. Jodi: (Voice over) This role-play was created as a sample of the Interview with Anxiety activity from the COMPASS Curriculum. In it, Elton, the WCALM news anchor, interviews Anxiety, in attempts to expose it for the fraud it is. After a few minutes of challenging Anxiety, Elton turns to Sonic, a higher schooler, to
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A growth mindset empowers you to develop your skills and abilities. Everyone has the power for growth and development. However, people with a fixed mindset don’t see that. A “fixed mindset” is thinking you are who you are and cannot change. People with a fixed mindset are more likely to: Alternately, people with a growth
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There is a growing problem in the world today. Our young people are feeling out of control, unworthy and powerless. This causes so many problems for them and for our culture as a whole. Here is what teens say they are up against: That’s why I wrote Anxiety…I’m So Done with You! To empower teens
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How are you handling holiday stress? One definition of stress is feeling a big responsibility for something, while you also feel like you have little to no control over it. Like with many of the things that come with the holidays: Family or work parties you are expected to attend. Dealing with old traumas related
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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. We have a crisis on our hands: Anxiety among children and teenagers is growing to pandemic proportions. Watch the talk and read the written version below. To solve it, let’s first
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In researching for my upcoming TEDx talk at the TEDx Wilmington’s 7th annual conference on September 27th called “Suck it up! Reduce Kids Anxiety with Simple Chores,” I have watched a lot of TEDx talks on anxiety. Here are some of my favorites: Suck it Up! Calm Anxious Kids with Simple Chores | Jodi Aman
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Do you feel caught up, boxed in, spinning your wheels, trapped, stuck in a rapid tumble of cyclic thoughts about the same thing? Do you feel like you will never ever feel good again? In other words, do you feel stuck? It is possible to get unstuck and free yourself! In fact, if you are