This is the sixth step of an ongoing series of articles based on helping struggling teens find success.
New Year’s Resolutions for Parents and Troubled Teens
Ken Rabow
There is something powerful about scratching out one old period of time and making room for what’s ahead. Here are New Year’s resolutions for parents and teens in Ken Rabow’s Life Coaching Outside the Box column.
On the 12th Day of Christmas My Troubled Teen Gave to Me . . .
Ken Rabow
What can parents do in the December holidays to stop the self-denial trends that their teens and young adults seem to wallow in and offer these children a chance for turning their lives around in the new year.
Teen Problems Into Teen Success – Going Out Into The World
Ken Rabow
A client of mine in his early 20′s recently told me that he really loves his room. It had come to him that he had created a “box of safety” and that he understood that it represented both good things and bad things. On the bad list was that everything and everywhere else that was not his box of safety. We decided to see if we could help him create portable “boxes of safety”out there in the real world
Meditation and Visualization for Teens
Ken Rabow
Most of the people I meet in my role as a life coach truly believe that they are incapable of meditation.
That it is close to impossible to “think of nothing” for more than a moment.
Within 10 minutes I have them extending that time; some for 30 seconds, some for a minute and some for 5 to 10 minutes,
often for the first time in their lives.
10 Secrets to A Calm Mind in Troubled Teens
Ken RabowNo matter how much you are convinced that your mind is incapable of slowing down and incapable of eliminating that inner chatter, I promise you that I have seen people with zero attention, 100% energy and zero belief in this process take control of their conscious minds and begin a path to self-enlightenment that comes from quieting the mind.
