For the people-loving, high-energy adult, it is often a challenge to “tone things down” to better relate with a teen who is more quiet, slow-paced and must have alone time for renewal. As we go through the Adult to Teen DISC Series, the combination we will discuss this week is the High I-Style Adult and the [...]
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 [...]
Most of us, at any age, are involved in daily activities that require lots of interaction - whether it is in an office, school, job, activities, etc. For the High C-Style person, this can be very draining. As a reminder, the C-Style person tends to be: Precise Conscientious Systematic Slower paced Task-oriented A lover of details [...]
As many of you tend to do, I have a propensity to push myself, enjoy activities with family, then try to get that one more item done on my ever-present To Do List... and keep going... until I crash. One of my goals as a High S-Style person is to do a much better job of [...]
When our children were growing up, we had our home and orthodontic office in the same building, the home on top of the office. Since our High I-Style daughter often had lots of extra fun-loving young people over, with lots of energy, my husband had to often call up to me to “stop the Elephant Stampede [...]
We all know the essential importance of caring well for ourselves and maintaining balance in our lives. A simple, yet effective way to achieve these goals is to make self-renewing a habit every day. The important thing to consider is that we are all so different - what renews one person can be a huge drain [...]
