This is a great article (below) about what you can do as a parent about bullying. Don’t let it happen to your child. Whether it is Cyberbulling or bulling on the playground it is far too prevalent and must be stopped before your child’s self esteem becomes affected! Children need to be taught how to be kind to others from the earliest age possible. It is the kids who don’t feel good about themselves that bully others. Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures or videos.

Kids who are bullied are more likely to: Use alcohol and drugs, skip school, be unwilling to attend school, receive poor grades, have lower self-esteem and have more health problems.

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children. The behavior is repeated and includes actions such as spreading rumors making threats, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.

Help your child understand what may happen at school. Talk about what bullying is and how to stand up to it safely. Tell your child bullying is unacceptable. Make sure your child knows how to get help. Check in with your children often and keep your lines of communication open. Listen to them. Know their friends, ask about school, and understand their concerns. Help your children to do what they love. Special activities, interests, and hobbies can boost confidence, help kids make friends, and protect them from bullying behavior. Show them in your behavior how to treat others with kindness and respect.

Have your child listen to a self esteem MP3 on how to not succumb to bullying. It will relax them and teach them how to instantly feel better and access a calm place inside of themselves. It will teach them how to appreciate themselves and pick good friends that will support them.

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It is great to be able to just download an MP3 and listen to the recording in the comfort of your home without having to go anywhere but to a comfortable place in you house, put some head phones on and everyday do a little work on yourself.

Good Luck and enjoy your New Year!

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So everyone is asking themselves the same questions right about now. How could we ever have come to this point? What am I doing on this crazy, violent planet? What causes a person to have so much pain in their life that they could even begin to think of committing such a heinous crime to such beautiful innocent children and their families. Many questions are all swirling around our heads as fellow Americans, surviving this unspeakably tragedy that cannot bring back those beautiful children and their teachers.

After a 1996 mass shooting, Australia enacted strict gun laws. After the worst mass murder in Australia’s history. Australia’s government did something remarkable, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half later, the results of these policy changes are clear. They worked extremely well! Australia hasn't had a similar massacre since!

We also need to look at the mental health of our youngsters and the way they grow up constantly in front of a computer screen and violent computer games, TV shows, etc. There are mentally ill children out there that desperately need help. Some of the names of the illnesses are: Autism spectrum, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant or Intermittent Explosive Disorder. We as parents can't ignore kids who are displaying violent and aggressive behaviors. We need to get them psychological help even at a very young age if need be. The right medications can do wonders for a child!

Sometimes it comes from peer pressure or bullying that has gotten out of hand and these kids need to know they have a place to turn, someone they can talk to. Too often they bottle up their anger until it explodes out of the blue one day and we wind up with a situation like Newtown, Conn.

If you have a child that exhibits unusual, violent behavior or is very withdrawn. Don't just let them sit on the computer alone in their room. It is your responsibility as a parent to look into other activities for them, friends, social groups, sports, etc. They probably don't know how to tell you how withdrawn they feel or how depressed they are and they may not know how to define what it is they need. Self esteem is usually a big part of the problem and helping a child gain confidence and self esteem is one of the most important things you can do for a child!

Teachers can try to include them in the group and tell the parents if there is unusual introverted behaviors.

Kids can reach out more to those considered different or unpopular and invite them to do things. These kids need to be raised by the whole community not just a busy single mom or dad who are at a loss as what to do with their child!

It takes a community to raise a child!

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Giving birth naturally can be a rewarding experience. It creates a bond between you and your child because you are welcoming your child into the world with feeling. Instead of being numb, you can experience the birth of your child in a profound way – the way nature intended it to be. 

If you are a mother-to-be, you take great care to prepare a comfortable, healthy physical environment for your baby in the months before the child is born. You eat healthy foods, take care of yourself and prepare the baby’s nursery with great love and anticipation. You can prepare in the same way for the birth experience as well. 

If you are going to give birth naturally, hypnosis can help prepare you so that the birth experience is a truly blessed event with minimal pain and discomfort.

With hypnosis, you can be ready to feel that profound physical and emotional connection as you welcome your baby into the world. You can learn to relax your body and separate from the physical pain of childbirth.

Listen to this u-tube to find out more about it.

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The holidays are not filled with joy and happiness for everyone! Holiday songs,T.V. shows and commercials make us feel like there's something wrong with us if we are not in the holiday spirit but don't feel bad if you're not because more than likely you are one of millions of people who feel mostly anxiety and stress around holiday time. A number of factors, including unrealistic expectations, financial pressures, and too many commitments can cause stress and anxiety at this time.

The colder weather and shorter days cause many to feel depressed. Overeating and drinking, headaches and insomnia all come with the territory of poorly managed holiday stress. Financial pressures are usually a factor when your heart is bigger than your pocketbook. When you have to balance the demands of parties, shopping, family obligations, and house guests it's no wonder you feel overwhelmed and tense!

If you are suffering from any type of holiday depression or stress it would be good if you could limit your commitments and activities to make sure that your are not overdoing it. Make sure you share in the responsibility with family members and make shopping and cooking a fun activity together. Don't try to do it all yourself! Agree on financial limits for gifts if that helps. Get the spiritual and social support you need with friends and community.

Counseling or support groups are another way to relieve some of the burdens of holiday stress if you are experiencing an abundance of sadness and feel very alone. Know that others feel the same way and by sharing your feelings, it can help you feel more connected to others and give you that social support that you really need. Especially if you are grieving the loss of a loved one.

Above all remember to get enough sleep, eat well and exercise!

Take time out of your day for power nap!

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The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and do it!

Once you do it, you will feel better about yourself and your self-confidence will grow. We all experience fear when in unfamiliar territory, the key is to push through the fear and do it anyway! Once through it you will feel fantastic! You will feel on top of the world knowing you conquered your fear about something that you know has been holding you back and allow yourself to move from a position of pain to a position of power!

Love and power go together learn to play with life instead of fight it let your love and power come out. Take the words "I can't" out of your vocabulary and replace thoughts like, life's a struggle with life's an adventure or, it's a problem with it's an opportunity. Say yes to opportunities that come your way! Replace the question, "what will I do?" with "I know I can handle it" or the statement, "it's terrible!" with "it's a learning experience." Change I hope to I know. Take a risk a day one small or large risk that will make you feel great once you have done it!

It's been said “The best way out is always through”

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Do you feel like your whole personality has changed since you had your baby and you feel like you are going crazy and don't know where to turn? Most new mothers have some thoughts of concern about their babies, but if your thoughts are constant and you feel out of control, scared and depressed you could have, post partum OCD or postpartum depression? The condition includes intrusive thoughts and constant fears about the baby. In order to control these unpleasant thoughts, the mothers develop rituals or other behaviors, like checking the baby excessively or washing a baby's things over and over, much more than necessary.

OCD is a very prevalent and very unusual disorder. Many women experiencing these symptoms are not getting the help they need because they don't even know that what they are experiencing is something that can be helped. They may think they are just more neurotic because they have a new baby to take care of. Post partum OCD is severely overlooked and without brave women like Brooke Shields who wrote a book about her struggle with postpartum depression it may continue to go unnoticed. The problem with OCD or depression is that left untreated it gets worse and infiltrates your whole life until you are a bare shadow of what you once knew yourself to be.

Having OCD is like having a danger button in your brain stuck on and you can't find any way to turn it off without creating some kind of ritual that only brings short term relief until the next episode. Sometimes it is explained as having to withstand constant traffic noise in your head. Demands to do this or do that until you are exhausted and you will do anything to get peace of mind!

The new mother may be overwhelmed with trying to keep her baby clean or safe to the point of it taking over her whole life!

Doctors and psychiatrists have not come up with the root cause of the disease. However, most tend to believe that the hormonal imbalance occurring after giving birth can be the cause.

Behavioral therapy and medication is the treatment of choice although many do not want to go on medication and would rather try other methods of dealing with the anxiety. Listening to MP3 recordings for Deep Relaxation, OCD and Post Partum Depression can be another way to help yourself.

Most importantly talk to your doctor about what you are feeling and talk to a therapist to discuss any fears or anxieties you may have with becoming a mother. 

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Have you had enough stress and anxiety lately? Whether you were hit by Hurricane Sandy, are still without electricity, reeling from the recession, can't find a job, are worried about the fiscal cliff, not able to retire, or something else, no matter what, life has changed!

You may not have enough money to distract yourself the way you used to, so you are eating home more, watching a lot of T.V. and just trying to get by, sound familiar? Too familiar I'm sure. What are some things you can do to alleviate the stress? Some known things that people tend to do are yoga, listen to soothing music, take a walk, get a massage, read a book, all these things are good things to do but an inexpensive way to deal with your stress levels that you may not have thought about are listening to MP3 downloads on your i-pod or i-phone. A deep relaxation recording or a de-stress recording might just be the ticket. Just to lay down for 30 or 40 min and let your body and mind get a complete rest from all your worries can be just what you need to get your strength to get up and get going again. 

Maybe you're depressed and drinking or eating too much to try to deal with the stress even though you know this isn't the way to deal with it.

Sometimes anxiety explodes into a panic attack, which is marked by a general feeling of terror. A person experiencing a panic attack usually experiences a racing or pounding heart, sometimes even pain or heaviness in the chest. Breathing becomes labored and the hands turn clammy. The person may notice tingling in their hands and feet, sometimes in their arms and legs. They may start to feel light-headed.

People suffering from this feel like they are going crazy. Panic attacks are so frightening that sufferers wonder whether they will survive the episode!

If you are suffering from depression, anxiety or panic don't let yourself fall into a worse funk, try an MP3 download and feel the relief immediately!

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You will create your own inner sanctuary, a place in your inner mind. It is very important that you connect with this internal feeling so that you can create your birth experience from a place of trust and peace of mind. You will be able to go to your sanctuary during the labor and feel more comfortable and relaxed during your contractions. You will learn ways to create natural anesthesia and release the fear.
Listening to Hypno-birthing audio recordings during pregnancy and birthing can help the mother to relax and get much needed rest!

Journeys Inward Hypnotherapy has just released a new recording in Spanish "Hipnoparto"  Relájate Y Únete A Tu Bebé

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