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5 Tips To Help Your Teen Deal With Anxiety

Parents! As we are now a couple weeks into the school year, have you noticed your young one still suffering from anxiety? Whether itโ€™s social anxiety or nerves about being back in school during the pandemic, we understand the struggle! โฃโฃโฃ
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๐—ช๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ“ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ฑ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ: โฃโฃโฃ
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1๏ธโƒฃ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜น. What the body really needs is daily practice of a relaxation technique. This could be yoga, meditation, or even as simple as taking some deep breaths. ๐Ÿง˜โฃโฃโฃ
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2๏ธโƒฃ ๐˜š๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ. Making sure your teen is getting the proper amount of sleep (6-8 hours) is key. ๐Ÿ”‘ Helping them to choose fruits, vegetables, and whole grains is great for long term energy. Exercise is a necessity so their brain and body can operate at its best! โฃโฃ
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3๏ธโƒฃ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. Spending time with friends or family can be crucial to a teenโ€™s mental health. Organized activities are great, but even just hanging out and spending quality time can help make them feel supported and secure! ๐Ÿ’™ โฃโฃ
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4๏ธโƒฃ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. Taking a hike in the woods or even a quick walk in the park can help your teen feel peaceful and grounded. Have them choose somewhere they feel safe so they can relax and enjoy their surroundings. ๐ŸŒณโฃโฃโฃ
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5๏ธโƒฃ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ. One of the best ways to keep their minds from worrying is to focus on the good stuff! Remind them to be thankful for the blessings they have in life, small or big, and to not take any of it for granted. ๐Ÿ’ซ โฃโฃ
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We understand how tough anxiety can be, especially as we see it in our children. Got any other tips to help teens who may be struggling? Leave it in the comments below! โฌ‡๏ธ We know it takes a village, but luckily weโ€™re a pretty big one! โฃ

Happy International Women’s Day

March 9, 2022

In honor of #internationalwomensday we wanted to give a shout out to all the women who are a part of the Yunion! ๐Ÿ’™โฃ โฃ Nicole Wilson has served as the Yunionโ€™s Executive Director since the beginning, has more than 17 years of management experience, ๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜‹…

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Understanding & Engaging Gen Z

March 8, 2022

Calling all parents! ๐Ÿ‘‹โฃ โฃ Join us this Wednesday ๐˜–๐˜•๐˜“๐˜  for a free live webinar on ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐ž๐ง ๐™ with Quan Neloms! โฃ โฃ This discussion with be available via Zoom and Facebook Live, 6:30-7:30 EST. โฃ โฃ We will cover all topics…

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Nothing Beats In-Person Training

March 3, 2022

@cave313 Is so glad to be back in person trainingโ€”thereโ€™s nothing like it! #TeachTrainTransform

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Self-esteem

March 2, 2022

๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง-๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.โฃ โฃ Positive self-esteem for teens is so important! It allows them to try new things, take healthy risks, and solve problems. Their desire to learn opens the door to creating healthy habits, and sets them up for…

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Be What You Didn’t See

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Our CEO and Founder @mrjasonowilson is truly honored to be selected as one of @GymSharkโ€™s heroes for #BlackHistoryMonth! โœŠ๐Ÿพโค๏ธโฃ โฃ He talks about the Cave of Adullam, his journey, and so much more! โฃ โฃ “๐˜‰๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ!”โฃ โฃ Show him some love…

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Wellness Wednesday!

February 24, 2022

Happy #WellnessWednesday! ๐ŸŒฑโฃ โฃ Did you know that by paying close attention to what your children eat, you can improve their mood, memory, and attention span at home ๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜‹ at school?โฃ โฃ There’s a clear relationship between food and your state of mind. When you…

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3 Parenting Books

February 22, 2022

3 Parenting books our Program Director Mr. Ron is reading. ๐Ÿ“š โฃ โฃโฃ 1๏ธโƒฃ ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Š๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ – Redefine Success for You and Your Child by Dr. Tim Kimmelโฃโฃ โฃโฃ 2๏ธโƒฃ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐Š๐ข๐๐ฌ – How to Balance Screen Time, and Why it Matters…

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What Age Do You Think Their Brain Has Fully Developed?

February 16, 2022

Parents, I know you don’t understand why your teenager occasionally behaves impulsively, irrationally, or recklessly. At times, it seems like they don’t think things through or fully consider the consequences of their actions.๐Ÿšซโฃ โฃ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ! Studies have shown that the…

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Speak Blessings And Life Into Your Children Always

February 15, 2022

โ€œ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ.โ€โฃ โฃ Parents, we have had many conversations about how you are your childโ€™s biggest influence. The way you talk, how you act – to them and…

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Good Parenting’s Impact On A Child is Significant and Undeniable

February 9, 2022

๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. โฃโฃ โฃโฃ Yes, there are some things that come from nature that we cannot protect them from, but most of who they are and how they grow comes from us as parents. We are…

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The Cave of Adullam is Back in Person

February 4, 2022

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง! โฃ โฃ This Transformational Training Academy is for the young men in the Detroit area. This video shows a little sneak peek at these guys putting in some work! ๐Ÿ’ชโฃ โฃ After joining this program, parents have…

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It’s Okay to Say “I’m Sorry”

February 2, 2022

Wise words from our founder and CEO @mrjasonowilson: โฃ โฃ โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ตโ€”๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.โ€โฃ โฃ Itโ€™s our job to teach our children when…

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We Can Build Our Youth for the Future

February 1, 2022

โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.โ€โฃ โฃ As parents and caregivers, it is imperative to equip our children with the knowledge, skills, and the support they need to make their world a better…

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High School Students Vape Or Use E-Cigarettes Daily

January 28, 2022

Hey parents, did you knowโ€ฆ? ๐Ÿค”โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž-๐œ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ. โฃ โฃ In 2021, 11.3% (1.72 million) of high school students and 2.8% (320,000) of middle school students reported current e-cigarette use. Among current e-cigarette users, 43.6%…

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Quality Time Is Very Important To Both Your Child And Yourself

January 27, 2022

Our children desire a connection with us as their parents. Spending uninterrupted one-on-one quality time reduces tension and unwanted behaviors. โฃ โฃ Although we see our kids often (some more than others), we may not be spending the time that fosters deep connection. It is…

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“Every Home Is A University And The Parents Are The Teachers”

January 25, 2022

“๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐€ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ”โฃ โฃ Parents, it’s important to understand that we are our childrenโ€™s biggest influencers! They learn more from us than teachers, friends, social media, the list goes on. โฃ โฃ We are teachers indirectly and…

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