As we seek as adults to relate well with teens, whether they are in our family, our church group, or our practice, we can use the DISC System to give us another layer of understanding and strategies. As we go through the Adult to Teen DISC Series, the combination we will discuss this week is the [...]
It’s easy to go there... your Teen has pushed all your buttons, repeatedly. They should know how things are done around this house by now. Right?! Maybe... In moments like these, it is so difficult to step back, assess emotions and keep in perspective what is important. As we go through the DISC Style Adult to [...]
Here is the situation: you have only a few years left with your teen before they “fly the nest”. You desperately want these years to be full of wonderful memories, close times together, laughter, sharing, caring... but it seems like most of your days with your teen are spent in knocking heads. For the next few [...]
Perhaps you’ve had the experience of figuring out what works the best when relating to your first “child to become a teen”, or to several teens in your practice. Then along comes the next teen, or the next group of patients, and they respond completely differently. Our family included a wide variety of DISC Combinations. The [...]
Are you concerned about the upcoming teen years with your child? Or do the teens you work with baffle you? Do you want to do all you can to improve your relationship with your teen? This period in a teen’s growth is amazing! They are developing into a mature adult, ready to take on adult responsibilities. [...]
At some point in your life, I hope you have relished the fun of roasting marshmallows over an open fire, then taking that golden (or burnt) piece of ooey gooeyness, placing it on top of a graham cracker topped with a chocolate bar, adding the top layer of graham cracker (or MORE chocolate bar) and letting [...]
