Our Brains & Negative Thinking: Today’s Resilience Building Tip with Dr. Jen
Today's tip is a resilience-building conversation you can have with your child. Sit down and discuss with them how our brains are more prone to focusing on the negative than the positive. Conversations with your kids are a great way to shift their perspectives about...
Set Aside 10 Minutes a Day: Today’s Resilience Building Tip with Dr. Jen
Today's tip for building resilience is to set aside 10 minutes of dedicated, uninterrupted time with each of your children. When we are out every day taking on challenges, we need a safe space to come back to. This allows us to recharge. For your child, it also means...
At Home, Create a Safe Space to Share: Today’s Resilience Building Tip with Dr. Jen
Today's tip for building resilience is to create an environment in your home that's safe for your children to share what they are going through. The psychological research tells us that a refusal to share our daily experiences and vulnerabilities contributes to a...
Focus More on Self-Care: Today’s Resilience Building Tip with Dr. Jen
Welcome to the new year and a new skill at the Umbrella Project! We are excited to be kicking off the year by building the Resilience skill. Resilience is our ability to bounce back from challenges that we face and come out stronger on the other side. To start...
Tie to Intentions (Not Outcomes): Today’s Self-Compassion Building Tip with Dr. Jen
Today, Dr. Jen shares a very vulnerable and important message. That message is to tie our self-esteem back to the intention behind our actions. Not the outcome! Listen in to learn more. You might end up thinking a little differently or find something to add to your...
Suffering is Not Failure: Today’s Self-Compassion Building Tip with Dr. Jen
When we suffer, our brains tend to associate this bad feeling with failure. The more we recognize that the experience of suffering is normal and disconnect it from failure, the better we will be at being kind to ourselves. Listen in with Dr. Jen to learn more and...
Instill the Learner in Your Child: Today’s Self-Compassion Building Tip with Dr. Jen
At a recent conference, Dr. Jen was inspired to hear Tom Bilyeu share his life lessons. Tom is the co-founder of Quest Nutrition and an American entrepreneur. Tom shared that the only type of person whose ego is resilient to failures and bumps along the way is the...
All About Our Inner Commentary: Today’s Self-Compassion Building Tip with Dr. Jen
Today's tip for building self compassion in your kids is to remember that we all have an inner commentary, our kids included. This commentary tells us what’s good and what’s bad. Our inner commentary is also very informed by our parents. Listen in as Dr. Jen explains...
It’s Not a Weakness: Today’s Self-Compassion Building Tip with Dr. Jen
A very common belief in our society is that we can effectively motivate ourselves to do better through CRITICISM. This is wrong. Having an inner critic who notices the things that we don't do well is like having a bully in our lives. It hurts our wellbeing and our...
Be Incident Specific: Today’s Self-Compassion Building Tip with Dr. Jen
When we feel like we have done something wrong, we can take ownership for it and move on. When we feel like we are a bad person, it is much harder to take ownership. This perspective also sinks deeply into our sense of self, damaging our wellbeing. Listen in as Dr....