Adult vs. Childhood Trauma Adult trauma is the experience of a bodily or emotional event, usually negative, as an adult verses a childhood happening. A traumatic episode can have a lasting psychic effect on both an adult or child, but
Sing Away Sadness, Anxiety and Worry
Sing Away Sadness, Anxiety and Worry. Huh? You have got to be kidding? Come on stick with me here. This really will work, at least for 3 minutes at a time. What do you have to lose? Climb every Mountain..
Body Language – Model Confidence
Hello from beautiful Montana: Body Language is the communication of relationships. Verbal language is the communication of information and is really only processed and remembered about 20% of the time. Model confidence in your posture, gestures, facial expressions and approachability and you
Manners for Children- What Can You Expect?
Hello from Montana: Can Young Children be Expected to Have Manners? We have a house full of visitors this summer and lots of children running in and out of the doors, and lots of fingers grabbing for food. I am
Character is Developed Through Practice- Like Any Skill
Hello from beautiful Montana: Character is the set of qualities that makes a person distinctive. It is an outward manifestation of what you believe inside your mind and spirit. It is your nature, personality and moral fiber. Your character is
Re-Frame Your Thoughts and Memories
Hello from beautiful Montana: Do you have pictures in your mind of past experiences? Are they all pleasant and pleasing or do some of them make you sad, angry or resentful? I collect art work based on the theme of
Positive Attitudes Are Contagious-Spread a Smile Around to Others
Hello from beautiful Montana: Have you ever heard an infectious laugh? People start giggling in the movie and pretty soon everyone is smiling and laughing along with them. Just as cold and flu germs are spread from person to person,
Ask and Ye Shall Recieve-Eventually
Hello from beautiful Montana Teaching, training, speaking, writing, giving, giving, giving. For the last 25 years I have been active as a family educator, writer, and community volunteer. The amount of wisdom I have gathered from research and observation of