Childhood Fears: Helping Calm Their Anxiety
What makes children so different? Some children are fearless, and as their parents, we wish they had more fear. Other children, however, are extremely cautious and fearful of many things. I have one of the fearful children, and his fears sometimes baffle me. The other day I read that human beings are only born with two fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. That means that every other kind of fear is learned…fear of the dark, fear...
Read MoreMinimizing Worry and Anxiety
Yesterday I helped out in my son's first grade class. Two students at a time, I was helping them with a science project where they were learning about objects that sink and float. Ian (my son) and his friend were the first children to test out this experiment. Each of them had a bag full of objects that would either sink or float in a bucket of water. Their job was to predict what would happen when they put each of these objects in the water. One of these...
Read MoreThe First Time is Always the Hardest
This week I have been faced with two “first times” as a mom. My teenager got his first “real” job this week and my six year old is having his first non-family sleepover (he doesn’t do sleepovers well). Inside, I’m working at calming my anxiety. My teenager was late for his first two days on the job because of football practice. As he is flying in the door to take a 5 minute shower, I am wanting to take the darn shower for him. As he calmly brushes his...
Read MoreConfidence, Sir!
Last week I took my six year old son Ian to a Tae Kwon Do class. He’s always been a somewhat shy guy who struggles to overcome his fears. So I thought perhaps martial arts could help increase his confidence, in addition to many other positive character traits. The first class was a little rough. One of the kids purposely pushed him down, causing him to cry. And Master Lee was working the kids pretty hard. Ian was challenged, to say the least, and on many...
Read MoreWhat is Your Comfort Zone?
How do you know what your current comfort zone is? Everything you are experiencing in your life right now is directly proportional to your comfort zone. If you are making $50,000 per year, $75,000 per year is outside your comfort zone. If you are living in a mediocre marriage, a great marriage is outside your comfort zone. Many of us are accustomed to staying comfortable because expanding our comfort zone means we have to do things differently. We might have...
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