As a parent/guardian there is nothing you can do to insure a certain outcome with your child. No perfect parenting, no fully present completely loving and perfect environment you can create, nothing you can do as a parent/guardian to insure your kid turns out a certain way. Just writing this is...
Rules and guidelines are extremely important for parents/guardians to lay out for their teenagers. However, if this is the deepest we go there is an uncomfortably high chance that once the teenager is out of our house and rules they will make choices that are out of line with the way we thought...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Parkour is mindset. It’s a lens through which we see life and challenges. It’s a mindset through which we interact with others and ourselves. This is “Why Parkour”.
Parkour helps us learn to give ourselves grace. It helps us understand when we first try something we will...
