Teen Moods - What Can We Do? a blog by Shelley Carppe
Thoughts Are Like Items on a Menu! 🍔🥗🍕 Just like when they're ordering food at a restaurant, your teens can choose what thoughts they want to "order" from their mental menu. Imagine their minds as a menu filled with various thoughts and emotions. They have the power to pick and choose which ones to "taste" and savor.
Reflecting On Resilience ... blog by Shelley Carppe
I'm an optimist. You will mostly see me searching for silver linings, finding the message in the madness, laughing at my troubles, and drinking from a cup half full. I preach and teach the importance of raising resilient kids - that life will knock them down, that's normal, and they need to have the strength and skills to get back up again. Well I've had to practice what I preach in the last ten days, as I've been visiting and caring for my Mum, whose health is declining and will continue to do so......
3-2-1 JUMP! I'll Never Bungy Again ... blog by Shelley Carppe
My toes are curled around the edge of a cantilevered platform, 47m above the Waikato River. Around my ankles, a rubber band is tied. The staff are gently encouraging me to jump - they tell me they've had no major incidents, and never lost a client ..... yet.