by Eagle Ranch Academy | Feb 28, 2019 | Health and mindfulness, Help your child, Parents Troubled Teen, Teen Boot Camps, Teenage Grief, Trauma, Traumatized Teens, Troubled Teen Stories
Trauma – Sexual Abuse “When you look at the original word trauma, it’s a Greek word for wounding. Wherever we’re wounded, there’s scar tissue that forms, and scar tissue is always harder, less resilient, and less flexible than the tissue that it replaces.” No...
by Eagle Ranch Academy | Dec 20, 2018 | 12 Steps, addiction for teens, Developing brains, Health and mindfulness, Help your child, Parents Troubled Teen, Resources, Teen Boot Camps, Teenagers Acting Out, Troubled Teenager, Uncategorized
What is an addiction? It’s no surprise that teens are impulsive making them a little more susceptible to developing teen addiction. What can start as just simple curiosity can turn into physiological dependency. Often times parents will see this trend occur and...
by Eagle Ranch Academy | Dec 12, 2018 | Developing brains, Health and mindfulness, Help your child, Parents Troubled Teen, researching teen behavioral programs, Teenagers Acting Out, Tips and Tricks, Troubled Teenager, Uncategorized
What is self-esteem? “If self-esteem is the health of the mind, then few subjects are of comparable urgency.” Self Esteem is the confidence in our ability to think and cope with the basic challenges of life. It is the confidence in our right to be successful and...
by Eagle Ranch Academy | Dec 3, 2018 | Developing brains, Health and mindfulness, Help your child, researching teen behavioral programs, Resources, Teen Boot Camps, Teenage Grief, Teenagers Acting Out, Troubled Teenager
Teenage Grief: “I lost my brother when I was 13. I wish I would have had someone to tell me to stay positive and to grieve but not let my grief consume me. The goal with the grieving process is to be able to let go and move on. To honor the people we lose, we must...
by Eagle Ranch Academy | Nov 27, 2018 | Health and mindfulness, Help your child, Parents Troubled Teen, Resources, Teen Boot Camps, Teenagers Acting Out, Troubled Teenager, Uncategorized
It’s common for teasing and bullying to be mistaken for one another, but they aren’t the same thing. The difference is found less in the official definition of the terms and more in the direct effects of each one individually. Though both behaviors have negative...
by Eagle Ranch Academy | Nov 26, 2018 | Developing brains, Health and mindfulness, Help your child, Parents Troubled Teen, researching teen behavioral programs, Resources, Tips and Tricks, Troubled Teenager, Uncategorized
The developing brain has been a fascinating area of study for many scientists in recent decades – partly because of the development of new technology – it’s much easier for us get a look under the hood of consciousness to see what factors are creating our...
