Teenagers are going through a lot. They are shifting from being a child with little to no impacting responsibility towards becoming an adult with a lot of impacting responsibilities. I use the word impacting because an 8 year old who forgets to feed the dog effects their life and those around them d...
While complaining is a powerful tool our brains use to keep us safe (stuck right where we are and avoiding change of any kind), Celebration is the powerful counterattack!
Celebration is one of the simplest ways to speed up your progress towards your goals. (Goals could be anything from the goal of ...
Yesterday's blog talked about the power of complaining and how our brain uses complaining to keep us "safe". "Safe" to our brains are stuck right where we are, protected from any kind of change or uncomfortable situations.
Read that again, our brains want to keep us away from any kind of change or ...
Complaining is one of the most powerful things we can choose to do or not do. People who live by chance often automate complaining and do not realize how often they are doing it.
Complaining forms neurological brain pathways in your brain.
Complaining creates and reinforces negative and restrictiv...
The average person complains about 15 to 30 times a day. However, complaining is bad for mental and physical health. Complaining also stunts an individual from reaching their full potential. A sister to complaining is excuses. Excuses aren't an exact out right complaint, but they are a reason for wh...
A powerful way to help a teenager develop confidence, be more positive, enjoy life more, and be more focused on positive goals is to guide them into automating living by CHOICE instead of living by CHANCE.
Living by choice vs living by chance is a concept that many adults still struggle with. The ...
In our parkour classes we help students learn to live by choice, not chance. This starts with taking responsibility for movement and personal safety. Our brains need to get familiar with a concept before we use it regularly. Learning to think before acting helps youth develop deeper thinking skills ...
Our Rise-N-Lead Internship is one of the few leadership opportunities in East Texas that starts with elementary students. The program has many different elements that allow for each student to be successful while also being challenged.
While the program is a coaching internship, the lessons our int...
In our classes students are encouraged to be creative as they solve challenges. There are often multiple solutions and students get the opportunity to work together and decide which option they will use. Often times the personal or team challenges in a class are unique and not something a student ha...
Adolescence is a challenging time for the teen themself, friends, parents, and anyone around. There are so many changes, so many new things, and so much growth and development with MANY lessons that are still to be learned.
While it is not helpful to shield our teenagers from challenges and strugg...
The second pillar in helping your teen prepare for success and in giving them tools to be ready to make massive impact in life is Freedom From Fear.
There are two big ways a parent can help prime their teen to have freedom from fear. These two ways are: interact with fear openly and understand the ...
The first pillar of preparing your teens for success and equipping them with tools to help them make massive impact with their life is HOPE. A person without hope is not motivated. A person without hope is not consistent. A person without hope has no reason to be responsible. A person without hope h...
A powerful way to set your child up with tools to become the best version of themself they can be is to help them create brain pathways that automate confidence and hope even among setback, failure, and challenges.
We help our kids create these pathways by allowing them to fail in a safe environmen...
One of the powerful ways you as a parent can help your child step into the best version of themself is by your words.
By the words you choose to use as a parent you are creating brain pathways. You are creating a belief system from which your child will create automations from for the REST OF THEI...
As parents we want the best for our children. We want them to see the greatness we see in them. We want them to know that they are capable of so much. We want them to be successful and have a life they enjoy and have great purpose in living.
All too often it seems like the world has a completely s...
In life, sports, business, school and everything we do the quickest way to improve is to learn from the mistakes of others instead of making them yourself for years. This takes a humble and coachable heart. In our parkour classes at Parkour East Texas we openly talk about what a coachable attitude i...
Our Rise-N-Lead Internship is at the heart of our program and community. This is a year long program that meets once a month in the school year. In the summer students get to participate in hands on coaching opportunities in locations that fit their schedule. Students that have already participated ...
Our parkour classes are way more than learning how to jump on things and move like Superman! The culture and community atmosphere of our classes and events is extremely important to us. One of the driving factors in creating Parkour East Texas in our community out here was the desire for a high-qual...
As students show up regularly and see their skills progressing this leads to a confidence boost. Our classes help children and youth understand the growth process and that messing up is a good thing because it means you are doing something challenging and learning new things. This interaction with t...
One of the many benefits of being part of a strong parkour community is a child's growth with emotional regulation skills. Our coaches at Parkour East Texas carefully and strategically create an environment that gives each individual child room to be challenged and encouraged in a positive manner wh...
MAND stands for Modified and NeuroDivergent. These classes provide parkour instruction in a smaller setting with more room for modifications for activities as well as additional verbal prompts and support for redirection.
Who would be a good fit for Low Support MAND?
- An ADHD student who is work ...
Parkour offers a unique environment that many individuals that have felt left out and like a "misfit" in other settings quickly feel at peace with. It often becomes a safe place for these individuals.
Parkour attracts people who do not fit the mold. There is a lot of out of the box thinking and a l...
High Support MAND classes (Modified And NeuroDivergent) are for students who benefit from physical modification due to physical abilities and/or class modification due to mental abilities.
These classes are capped at 2 students allowing for a lot of one-on-one coach interaction. Parents are asked ...
The Parkour East Texas community is not for you if you love competition and thrive on working towards being first place. Because we encourage students to compete against themself, there is rarely an opportunity to compete for a 1st place award. Our coaches are also trained at helping every student s...
