My four year old granddaughter, Natalie, is playing soccer for the first time this fall.  She spent the first game running around with all of the other kids on the field not even looking at the ball.  While she hadn’t grasped the objective of the game, she was having a...

In this video I explore these three areas: 

• Making amends for past episodes where you acted out of anger
• Strategies for regaining composure in the moment
• How to reinterpret the circumstance so that  you don’t get angry the next time. 

You Family Enrichment...

In this video, I share a story of frustration and three steps for managing anxiety or frustration in the moment.

• Change your state
• Change the story
• Focus on growth or serving others

Your family enrichment coach,

Jim White

Part 1 - Shifting Mindset:

• What comes up for you as the parent?
• Let go of the impulse to rescue your teen and shift to the goal of helping them develop resilience.  
• Shift to a love based mindset by focusing on compassion and gratitude

Our mission is to empower parents to...

Part 1 - Shifting your mindset:

•  Develop awareness of your state of mind
•  Shift to a love based mindset by focusing on compassion, forgiveness and gratitude
•  Provide a safe place for your teenager to release their negative energy

Our mission is to empower parents to...

A few days ago as I was driving down the street I noticed that the leaves on the trees were starting to come out—a sure sign that spring is here. Springtime is a time for growth. The grass is growing, flowers are blooming, and everything seems to be coming alive. Growth is a sign of life....

Sometimes as a parent you can find yourself feeling overwhelmed. Your teenager is out of control. They don’t listen. They don’t help. And they don’t appreciate anything that you do for them. On top of this, there are the demands of your job and a seemingly endless list of tasks...

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My journey in personal development started at the age of 20 with the goal of being a better golfer. In 1981, I found a book called The Inner Game of Golf by W. Timothy Gallwey. Reading this book certainly provided some insight into my golf game, but more importantly...

There are a few different topics we could explore when it comes to taking care of yourself. For example, in my post Improve Your Energy and Health by Stacking Small Wins, the focus was taking care of your physical health. In this post, however, the topic is going to be centered on your journey to...

One of the traps of parenting a teenager is the urge we feel to share our wisdom. We see our son or daughter heading down a path that we know from our own experience is not going  anywhere good. So we sit them down and tell them how we have been there before. How they need to listen to our...