When I watch football players take penalties (I like football), they take several deep breaths so as to control their body and emotions. It's just an example of what we can do in our lives before any stressful moment. Often we can't predict when a stressful moment will come in our days so it is up to us to take several small pauses each day to close our eyes, get connected to our bodies and our feelings/stresses so that when compounding stresses arrive (triggers) we are already "destressed" from the other tentions we had in our bodies and minds beforehand. What do you think? How do you do this?

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I have known some people who have many talents and have not excelled over time. I think most of us have multiple talents. It could be empathy, humility, mental toughness, artsy stuff, rational mind stuff, high IQ, etc. However, whether we have one talent or many there is a problem that we need to be able to face. What happens when things get hard? Talent alone is not enough. Hard work alone is not enough. Connections alone are not enough. What do I mean "when things get hard". When the boss that hired you leaves the company, and you are no longer top of the list. When your team don't respond the way you expect them to respond. When "you fill in the blank". All your talents will get you "into the room". What will keep you there (When things get hard)?

While this space is about Parenting, it's best if the community members name what they actually see as needs in themselves or those around them. Please make a vote, and feel free to put something in the "other ideas" area even if it doesn't pertain to parenting per se. Thanks for your thoughts.

1 minute to change EVERYTHING about your children's thinking, including their self-esteem. Cambia el pensamiento negativo: cambia tu vida y la de tus hijos 1 minuto para cambiar TODO sobre la forma de pensar de tus hijos, incluida su autoestima.