When you are going through difficult times, when the news is negative, or when you are simply tired and discouraged, it can be hard to summon optimism.
Success & Personal Development
Develop a Night-Time Routine for Better, Deeper Sleep
A good night’s sleep is essential to our health and wellbeing. Adults need seven to eight hours of sleep every night...
Grit and Your Career (for Musicians and Other Creatives)
Being able to withstand criticism (super important when you’re in our industry), get creative, and solve problems that others can’t or won’t solve will catapult you to new heights, leaving the others back on the ground to watch in amazement.
6 Tips To Help Your Child Through Transitions
Transitions are a part of growing up. The older they get, the more complex the changes are that happen around children. As a parent, it isn’t easy to see your child go through challenging times. It’s also hard at times to avoid taking their behavior personally, but it’s important to remember that they are going through many changes and need your support.
Here are six techniques that can help your child to move through transitions easily and successfully:
1. Understand what they are going through
2. Don’t take their behavior personally
3. Let them know you are there for them
4. Help them find their support network
5. Encourage them to stay connected to hobbies and interests outside the home
6. Keep the lines of communication open
Transitions can be difficult for everyone, but especially for children. By understanding their situation and supporting them in finding their support network, you, as a parent, may help your child through these changes.
Why Music Is Even Better for Your Health Than You Think
Listening to or playing music is a terrific way to unwind and explore your creative side. However, not many people...
Word of the Year
Just found this resource for choosing a word for the year. I thought it was pretty comprehensive. I’ve chosen a word for the year for the last 4 years and I like the focus it gives me.
How To Help Your Child Stop Negative Self-Talk
All children occasionally criticize themselves. However, if their inner voice consistently uses poor language towards them, it may have a negative impact.
Negative self-talk can take many forms. It can seem realistic, such as “I’m not that good at this, so I shouldn’t really bother trying it,” or it can sound outright cruel, like “I can never do anything right!”. It may appear to be a realistic assessment of a situation at hand (e.g., “I barely passed that test. I guess I’m really not good at math.”), but it can quickly turn into a terrible declaration (“I’ll probably fail this class and never get into university”).
This negative self-talk disrupts our children’s productivity and life goals. If they constantly have negative thoughts in their head throughout the day, these thoughts might make them feel disappointed, angry, helpless, or depressed.
Parents should take it seriously when negative self-talk becomes frequent and causes issues at school or with friends. Eliminating negative self-talk is one of the most critical mindset shifts you can make in your child’s life. Although everyone seems to understand the importance of this change, the majority of people still struggle with it.
Grit Is the Strongest Predictor of Future Success
Grit is the strongest predictor for future success in an individual; grit overcomes wit and ability every time. Studies have proven that given a group with equal IQ scores and ability, those with grit will beat out their counterparts.
You can use your past experiences to influence your current or future situations by calling on the skills you created when you had to fight to overcome so you can rise out of a difficult time…
✔Bounding back after a bad audition or performance
✔Finding out you didn’t the get the role or job when you really wanted it
✔That time you had to say goodbye to someone you loved
✔That season you didn’t sleep when your baby was small and you had to be at work
✔Being in boot camp or on tour during your military career
✔Working menial jobs and creating a budget with little income
✔Being a single parent with no support
✔Overcoming a medical event
✔Bringing your credit back after bankruptcy
If you have endured loss and came out the other side, you have undoubtedly developed grit.