Raising A Dragon Slayer

Tag: growth

  • Confidence Is Key

    Confidence Is Key Do you feel like you struggle with your confidence? Some days you feel like you can conquer the world, and other days you feel like you can’t do anything right?Guess what? It’s not just you. We all struggle to feel confident at times – which is why so many people are struggling…

  • Anxiety in Teen Athletes

    It seems like the word anxiety has become a common part of everyday conversations. This physiological and psychological diagnosis can be found everywhere, and we attach it to just about everything. I feel like anxiety was very rarely mentioned when I was growing up, and I feel like people were a lot less stressed 20…

  • How To Have A Good Relationship With Your Growing Child

    As the Mama of a teenage boy it’s been a heck of a journey to build a healthy relationship with my kiddo, especially considering the family I grew up with. To say I don’t have a healthy relationship with my family would be a gross understatement. The road to a healthy relationship with our kids…

  • 7 Qualities of a Dragon Slayer

    As I work on the book I’m writing, and the subsequent companion books that I envision will accompany it, I’ve had to dig really deep to define for myself what I think a Dragon Slayer is. I have to be able to define what a Dragon Slayer is to know whether or not I’m successful…

  • 10 Things To Tell Your Teens When Their Heart Gets Broken

    I’ll never forget the first time my heart was broken. I’m talking about that I just got punched in the gut and I think my heart actually ripped apart feeling. I was a junior in high school. A girl I thought was one of my best friends was driving me home after we left the…

  • Your Kids Do Want To Talk!

    I don’t know about you, but as my child becomes a teenager there is part of me that is reminded of the toddler stage. They have minds of their own, they have strong opinions about everything, they question everything, and sometimes they have a hard time communicating what they want or need. Sometimes it can feel…

  • You are more than what you do

    Parents put so much time and energy into developing their children’s talents. I can’t help but wonder what their lives would be like if we put the same time and effort into developing our children’s hearts. I often find myself telling my son that he is who he is, he is not solely defined by…

  • Focus Matters

    I had an interesting experience the other day, and it prompted me to write this blog post. It actually worked out perfectly that I was researching and writing part of my book that complimented this situation well. It’s funny how you always find what you’re looking for!  Dude had an inline hockey game the other…

  • Friendships Matter

    As our children grow up, their friends will be a huge part of their lives. We may adore some of the friends they choose while not being the biggest fan of others. The best thing we can do for our children is to help them understand how the people they surround themselves with will impact…

  • Helping Your Teen Build Confidence

    Being a teenager is hard. Being a teenager in this digital, overly connected world is even more difficult than being a teenager when I grew up in the 1990s/2000s. As I’ve heard others my age say, at least we got to go through our growing pains without cell phones and social media. Being a teenager…