Category Archives: Self Responsibility

Our Thoughts and Feelings Our Responsibility

Anxiety, Failure, Fear, Self Responsibility, Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem, Uncategorized

Feelings – Good or Bad

We all have many feelings some are happy, joyful, sad, angry, frustrated, scared, and anxious to name a few. It’s how we view them or think about them that make them good or bad.  It’s what we do with these feelings that will determine whether we live in a world of possibilities with high self-esteem and powerful self-confidence or not.

It’s perfectly okay to have and to feel each and every one of our feelings. However, none of these feelings should be considered good or bad.

Another way to understand these feelings is to look at what events we feel caused a particular feeling.

The events that happen are neutral. Continue reading Our Thoughts and Feelings Our Responsibility →

Brain Development and Your Tween/Teen

Belief Systems, Change, Goals, Integrity, Self Responsibility

There has been much scientific study on the brain. A few decades ago, scientists believed that the brain was finished growing around the age of two. It was thought that after the age of two, the child’s brain was like “data entry” and the child just absorbed and continued learning, that the brain was fully developed. Through advanced medical imaging techniques, it is now known that the brain has another large growth spurt around the age of 12 and finishes up in the early to mid 20’s.

As anyone who has, or has had a child in their tweens know they get hit with a lot of changes, body, hormones, behaviors, and interests. Many of these changes have been blamed on hormones but as science has discovered most of the changes are due to the growth spurt in shiny new neurons and hard-wiring going on in your adolescents brain.

Understanding the three main areas of your adolescents brain that are affected will help you, so you can help them navigate this time in their life with skills that will go with them into adulthood. Continue reading Brain Development and Your Tween/Teen →