Thoughts to Ponder...

Teenagers confront challenges, pressures, stresses, and temptations in their brain (which is not yet fully developed). Teens have not had the time nor experience to acquire a wide sense of the world. Simply stated, their brains have not yet physically matured.

When you mix in insecurities and a lack of experience, all of that produces quite a challenge! 

This is why it is even more important to give teenagers the skillset and training needed to understand themselves and others. We aim to help them by giving them the needed and necessary tools to be able to confidently stand up in front of a group of people and give a dynamic presentation!

According to research, WHAT you say to an audience isn’t nearly as important as HOW you say it. Studies suggest that effective presentations are 38% your voice, 55% non-verbal communication, and only 7% your content. 

That means that you should spend even more time preparing your delivery (HOW you say something) than you do developing awesome content (WHAT you say).

Self-confidence is the belief that you’ll be successful in a particular situation or at a specific task. Your teens self-confidence is related to their self-esteem, which is feeling good about yourself and feeling that you are a worthwhile person.

Self-confidence can vary throughout life, particularly during major life changes such as adolescence. It is estimated that up to half of young people will struggle with low confidence levels during the early teenage years. Self-confidence helps teenagers make safe, informed decisions. 

One of the things that "DISCover Greater" does is to help teens understand why they do what they do - and why others do what they do. As Dr. Robert Rohm often says "If I understand you, and your understand me, doesn't it make sense that we will be able to have a better relationship?"

\When schools first began closing, many experts agreed doing so was necessary for public health and safety. But concerns about the impact on children’s social skills were still raised.

Now, enough time has passed that we’ve been able to see whether or not those concerns were warranted.

“I am seeing the impacts of the past 18 months of challenging schooling situations,” Kelly Smith, RN, an integrative behavioral health nurse and founder of Movement Matters said recently. “Many of the educators and parents I work with are looking for support with social skills for children.”

“The routines of families were disrupted, there was added stress in many homes, teachers and students were impacted by limited resources and long days in front of screens, not to mention the abundance of fear,” she explained. “All these things can and have likely contributed to the regulation and communication challenges that many children appear to be struggling with at this time.”

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Kids feel totally disconnected from each other and most do not have the skill set to have an actual conversation (even with a friend!) when conflict arises! They feel much more comfortable texting about it than having an "in person" conversation. 
But, that's not how life works. Personal relationships and real connections are not made over the phone....or via texting....or on a zoom call.


Kids spend hours a day at school learning Math, Science, History, English and all of these things are absolutely important! But so are skills to learn how to better communicate....how to understand your own personality and others, how to relate to people in a better way, how to see situations from someone else's point of view, (not just your own) and how to be more confident and self assured! 

Did you know that Warren Buffett (the 5th richest person in the world!) says had he not conquered his fear of public speaking, he may have never become the billionaire we know today!