Our comfort zone is an artificial mental boundary that we create based on our belief systems.
Our belief systems are what we believe about ourselves, our world, and how everything works – it’s what we think is right or wrong and true or false about life. There are two types of beliefs – supportive beliefs and limiting beliefs. Continue reading Your Comfort Zone
Being January, the beginning of a new year I thought it would be good to introduce “Vision” and “Goal Setting” to the youth group that I’ve been working with. These kids are between the ages of 12 and 15. One week I introduced “Vision” and had them decide what they wanted in their life, what they were really passionate about. Then the next week we worked on “Goal Setting” to make these visions become reality and had them go through the steps.
Once this was completed and they were happy with what they had, I told them to take this home and hang it up where they would see it every day.
Two of the girls in my group had very sad statements about how their parents would react seeing their goals….. Continue reading I’m the Greatest! Am I Good Enough?
I attended the Westman Wellness Show in Brandon, MB yesterday, which was Sat. Jan. 14th. A big thank you to Robin Chant and all her helpers. You guys did an amazing job making sure everything was in order and helping whenever needed. Again, thank you and looking forward to next year.
Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed and to thank everyone who stopped by to talk to me at my booth with Confident Kids. From many of the conversations I had, there are a number of kids struggling with confidence in our Westman area as there is everywhere.
My goal is to help as many of these kids learn critical life skills for developing strong self-esteem and powerful self-confidence, to overcome challenges such as fear, disappointment, and change as well showing them how to create a vision for their lives so they can achieve their goals. The program is designed to be easy, fun, and to create action!
To contact me use the contact form on this site, email, or phone me and I will be happy to sit down with you to see how I may help you and your most precious children.
The winner of the gift from my table is: Kezia Douglas from Brandon. Congratulations!
Does Your Child Have Yo-Yo Self-Esteem?
Part 2
In the last article we asked the question, does your child have yo-yo self-esteem? Recall that Yo-yo self-esteem occurs when children’s self esteem rises and falls with the ups and downs of their lives (i.e. how they did in school, played in their soccer game, etc.).
We talked about how important it is for children to base their self-esteem on who they are and not on what is happening outside of them so that their self-esteem remains intact no matter what is going on in their lives.
Today we’ll learn three additional tips for supporting your kids in developing solid self-esteem that doesn’t rise and fall with the ups and downs of life: Continue reading Self Esteem
According to the Global News Winnipeg dated, September 14, 2016 that while smoking rates continue to drop among students, more kids are experimenting with prescription drugs. Marijuana was much more widespread, with 17 per cent of students in Grades 7 to 12 confirming they had gotten high within the past year.
Another alarming trend is the use of of synthetic cannabinoids. These are man-made chemicals designed to mimic marijuana. Reported use of synthetic cannabinoids jumped from one per cent to four per cent year-over-year, and the drugs now have the third-highest prevalence of past 12-month use among Canadian students in Grades 7 to 12, after alcohol and marijuana.
The other popular way to get high is through the abuse of psychoactive pharmaceuticals (sedatives/tranquilizers, stimulants and prescribed pain relievers), with reported use among highschoolers also sitting at four per cent.
Almost nightly on the news we are hearing about one of the most dangerous drugs to hit the streets, Fentanyl.
Now more than ever it’s time we have open dialogue with our kids. Kids with high self-esteem are a lot less likely to cave into peer pressure regarding drugs, alcohol, and smoking. I have included the news article which you can log into the Global News Winnipeg website to read the complete article to show you that kids are starting these risky behaviors at very young ages. Continue reading Kids and Risky Behaviors