Taking Care of Your Hygiene
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
22 min. Showering, washing your hair, brushing your teeth, and more. It all seems so simple, doesnât it? But there are a lot of reasons why a person doesnât always do these basic things. However, there are even more great reasons why you should, including your good health. In this video we talk about why good hygiene is important, how to do it, and what to do if you struggle with circumstances in life that make it hard for you.
Topics include: â˘Hygieneâ˘Showeringâ˘Washing Hairâ˘Brushing Teeth
â˘Hand Washingâ˘Cleaning Clothesâ˘Good Healthâ˘Good Habits to Teach Kids
Š2019
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Screen Time and You
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
21 min. Phones, tablets, and gaming consoles. Social media, chats, texts, and apps for EVERYTHING! Life has never been more efficient, funâŚand distracting. Is technology improving our lives or is it taking us down a slippery path? In this video we talk about what the REAL problem is and how to enjoy your screen time while taking care of the most important things in life. It doesnât have to be âgame overâ, man!
Topics include: â˘Screen Timeâ˘Balancing Technology Timeâ˘Good Technology Habitsâ˘Technology Goals & Boundariesâ˘Time Management
â˘Technology Dangersâ˘Valuing Relationships over Technology
Š2019
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Depression and Suicide
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
25 min. Depression is more than just feeling down occasionally. Itâs more intense, and lasts longer. Nearly one in 12 Americanâs over the age of 20 suffers from it, and women are twice as likely as men to become depressed. Left untreated, depression can lead to suicide. In this video we talk about what depression is, how to know if youâre experiencing it, the warning signs of suicide, and how to get help and manage your depression.
Topics include: â˘Depressionâ˘Suicideâ˘Feelingsâ˘Emotionsâ˘Depression Screeningâ˘Mood Disorderâ˘Re-engage with Lifeâ˘Reconnect with Others
â˘Consider your Dietâ˘Self-Careâ˘Keep a Scheduleâ˘Keep a Journal
â˘Suicide Prevention
Š2019
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Home Health
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
18 min. Who loves to clean and manage a home? NOT ME! And likely not you either. But itâs important. Keeping your home clean and organized doesnât have to be a monumental task, unless you make it one. In this video weâll give several habit-forming housekeeping tips so that you can easily maintain your home and have lots of time left over for the other more fun things in your life. Donât be buried under your mountain of mess. Plant a flag in it and call it conquered!
Topics include: â˘Home Healthâ˘Housekeeping Tipsâ˘Maintaining Home
â˘Good Habitsâ˘Simple Goalsâ˘Make A Housekeeping Planâ˘Schedule Cleaning Timeâ˘Break Goals into Small Tasksâ˘Use Music or Audio Book to Motivate
Š2019
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Anger Management
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
24 min. Everyone gets angry once in a while. Itâs a normal emotion for when we feel attacked, threatened, or shamed. Anger causes us to fight or run. When it gets out of control, it can hurt others and damage relationships. But, we have the ability to manage and control this intense emotion. In this video, we talk about understanding the triggers to your anger and how to handle them in a positive way.
Topics include: â˘Anger Managementâ˘Get Behind Your Angerâ˘Define Underlying Emotionsâ˘Anger Management Strategiesâ˘Breatheâ˘Lean into Truthâ˘Walk Awayâ˘Act Calmlyâ˘Communicationâ˘Learn Your Triggers
â˘Keep an Anger Journalâ˘Stop Yourself from Ventingâ˘Be the Example
Š2019
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Fighting The Impulse to Spend
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
18 min. Ever feel like you just canât let another day go by without buying those sparkly Jimmy Chooâs to adorn your feet? Or maybe you canât get through the checkout line without grabbing the snacks placed right at your eye level. Or when you feel like life is dealing you nines and tens in a hand of Show Low, does a little retail therapy call your name? Well sister, youâve been played by the sneakiest of sneaksters! This video looks at how marketers keep us buying more stuff and spending all of our hard-earned cash before it even hits our bank account. You will learn tips to keep from being manipulated at the checkout line and how not to become a victim in retail marketing wars. Yes, you CAN fight the impulse to spend! This DVD coincides with Life Skills Module L2. It covers the basics of money management when a client is working on becoming an independent individual.
Topics include: â˘Impulse Spendingâ˘The Truth about Marketingâ˘Real Costs
â˘Wait on Purchasesâ˘Using Cashâ˘Avoid Temptationâ˘Donât Shop Hungry
â˘Donât Shop While Emotionalâ˘Money Managementâ˘Define Needs & Wants
â˘Make a Shopping Listâ˘Saving Your Money
Š2018
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The Monster of Debt
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
18 min. Have you ever found yourself with too little cash and too many bills? The stress, worry, and restrictions of being unable to pay our bills brings can be simply overwhelming. Do you know this feeling? Debt is like being locked up in chains that are stronger than you and keep you tied up. You no longer have the freedom to do the things you want because you are chained to your debt. Have you become a prisoner to all the money you owe? Are you ready to do what it takes to be financially free? This video shows you how YOU can slay the monster of debt.
Topics include: â˘Monster of Debtâ˘Debt Collectionsâ˘Donât Spend Money You Donât Haveâ˘Make More Moneyâ˘Pay Off Your Debtâ˘Change Your Spending Habits
Š2018
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Credit Cards, Friend or Foe?
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
18 min. Are credit cards your best friend or your worse enemy? Can they make you or break you? Do they love you or hate you? Are they the bane of our existence or the salvation to our money woes? Is it possible that they can be both? This video puts credit cards in their proper perspective. And it talks about how if you are in debt or tempted to overspend because of them, then credit cards are just another tool being used to separate you from your hard-earned cash and financial goals!
Topics include: â˘Credit Cardsâ˘Savings Versus Creditâ˘Paying Off Credit Cardâ˘Credit Scoresâ˘Financial Troublesâ˘Financial Choices
Š2018
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Financial Emergencies
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
16 min. Just when everything is going well, and you have your finances in order ÂŹâ BAM! Disaster hits! It may rain inside your house instead of outside. A pipe may burst, giving you the indoor pool youâve never wanted. Your fine ride loses its glide. In the financial biz, we call this Murphyâs Law. âAnything that CAN go wrong, WILL go wrong, at the WORST possible time!â But did you know that you can Murphy-proof your life against financial emergencies? This video looks at how to plan for financial emergencies and what a financial emergency really is. For example, are bald tires REALLY an emergency or just poor planning?
Topics include: â˘Financial Emergenciesâ˘How to Save Moneyâ˘Open a Savings Accountâ˘Keep an Emergency Fund Accountâ˘Cut Extra Spending
Š2018
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Budgeting 101
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
14 min. Stay out of debt. Save for the future. Plan your big purchases. Live within your means. All great ideas, but how do you do it in reality? After all, you have monthly expenses, semi and annual expenses, and unforeseen expenses along the way. How do you plan all of this within a fixed monthly income? The answer is the budget. In this video we will look at how to make and maintain a simple budget and plan for most of your expenses so that you can avoid those unpleasant financial surprises at the end of the month. Topics include: ⢠Budgeting 101â˘Budget Controlâ˘Fear of Budgeting
â˘Procrastinationâ˘Brighter Futureâ˘What is a Budgetâ˘Making a Budget
â˘What is an Emergency Fundâ˘Why Do We Avoid Budgeting
â˘Why Should You Budgetâ˘Budget Apps
Š2018
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Credit Scores, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
14 min. What exactly is a credit score anyway? Whatâs it for and why do I have to worry about it? Is it even important if I donât plan on buying a house? This video explains what a credit score is, how to maintain a good credit score, and why it might be important, even if you canât buy a house yet. Topics include: â˘Credit Scoresâ˘What is a Credit Scoreâ˘How Your Credit Score is Calculatedâ˘Buying Wantsâ˘Credit Score Versus Credit Reportâ˘Paying off Loans
Š2017
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Buying a Car
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
19 min. There are two ways to buy a car, the smart way and the not-so-smart way. The smart way can net you a car that meets your needs. The not-so-smart way can drive you to a load of debt and expenses you may not be able to afford. In this video, we will look at how to buy a car, pick through needs vs. wants, and how to avoid being taken for a ride.
Topics include: â˘Buying a Carâ˘What Can I Affordâ˘Car Valueâ˘Kbb.com
â˘Car Historyâ˘Insurance and Registrationâ˘Repair Expensesâ˘How to Pay for a Carâ˘What is the Best Car for Meâ˘Car Needs Versus Wantsâ˘Buying Used Versus Newâ˘Certified PreOwned Carsâ˘Do Your Car Buying Homework
Š2018
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Career or Job? Planning for More
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
16 min. When you close your eyes and dream, what do you see yourself doing to provide for your family? The first step to achieving your career goal is looking forward to where you want to be. The next, listing the steps it takes to get there. In this video, we will unpack what it takes to get the future you want, how to divide up the steps to get there, and how to start. Topics include: â˘Careersâ˘Jobsâ˘Jobs Versus Careersâ˘Where Are You Going at Workâ˘Trajectoryâ˘Getting Started in a Careerâ˘Career Goals
Š2018
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Staying out of Debt
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
15 min. Youâve worked hard to get there, and now youâre finally out of debt. Does life now just go on as usual? Or do you need a plan to stay out of debt? In this video weâll look at the behaviors and habits it takes to stay out of debt and spend purposefully.
Topics include: â˘Staying Out of Debtâ˘Bad Spending Habitsâ˘Free of Debt
â˘No Spending Goalsâ˘Healthy Financial Habitsâ˘Overspendingâ˘Impulse Buyingâ˘Credit Cardsâ˘Paying with Cashâ˘Making a Budgetâ˘Living Within Your Budgetâ˘Savings
Š2018
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Your Financial Future
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
14 min. Youâve gotten out of debt, managed your budget, put away the credit cards, and gotten control of your desire to spend. Whatâs next, you may ask? Is there something more to your financial future? In this video, we will simplify how to build a healthy financial future, take the confusion out of 401Ks, IRAs, and provide other tips on planning for financial stability. Topics include: â˘Your Financial Futureâ˘Impulse Spendingâ˘Budgetâ˘Debt
â˘Credit Scoresâ˘Credit Cardsâ˘Buying a Carâ˘Financial Emergencies
â˘Stay Out of Debtâ˘Careerâ˘Financial Peaceâ˘Financial Chaosâ˘Financial Freedom
Š2018
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Helping Children Process Change
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
18 min. Change is difficult for children. They may not show it immediately, but inside they are trying to protect themselves from the hurt that so much change brings. This video will help you talk through these hard issues with your children. Helping them sort through and understand their confusing feelings goes a long way. In this video, you can learn to go further as you help them to process their emotions and to make healthy choices on how they express them. Give your child the tools they need to understand what they are feeling and to work through them to acceptance.
Topics include: â˘Helping Children Process Changeâ˘Movingâ˘New Baby
â˘New Marriageâ˘New Relationshipsâ˘New Schoolsâ˘Divorceâ˘Military Deploymentâ˘Angerâ˘Regressionâ˘Prepare Children in Advance of Change
â˘Talk & Listenâ˘Support Your Childs Feelingsâ˘Involve Your Child in Decisionsâ˘Stay Connectedâ˘Check Out the New Townâ˘Teach Children to Use Words
Š2018
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Family Stability Inside Change
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
21 min. It has been said that you should only undertake a single major event in any given year. Whoever said that was a bit out of touch with daily reality. Major events come and go; changing jobs, moving homes, adding to your family, getting married or breaking up. These are major events, and there needs to be a sense of who your family is and how you can keep them stable through these tumultuous times. This video can guide you and help you understand that change is what it is - but your family can weather it together! Topics include: â˘Family Stability Inside Changeâ˘Change
â˘Familyâ˘New childâ˘Job Lossâ˘Movingâ˘Broken Relationshipsâ˘Death in Family
â˘Focus on Positivesâ˘Identify Fearsâ˘Set Good Boundariesâ˘Self-Care
â˘Routinesâ˘Emotionsâ˘Reactionsâ˘Spiritual Valuesâ˘Gratitude
Š2018
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Getting Established In a New Area
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
21 min. Itâs time to move, again, and that means getting established in a new area. How do you help your children adapt to a new school and make new friends while still encouraging them to maintain current relationships? How do you get them excited for a new area? You may even find yourself feeling anxious with the idea of establishing your family yet again. This video will help parents support, listen and encourage their children through a difficult transition. It will also prepare parents with a plan of action for getting involved, connected and thriving in a new area.
Topics include: â˘Getting Establishedâ˘Movingâ˘New Friendsâ˘New School
â˘Preparing Heartsâ˘Preparing Mindsâ˘Create Moving Checklistâ˘Make Move Calendarâ˘Create a Binderâ˘Stay Flexibleâ˘Research New Areaâ˘Visit New Townâ˘Involve Kids in Decisionsâ˘Connect with Organizations
Š2018
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What Is a Family
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
18 min. A family is who we do life with. Most of the time they have our backs. They are there in the good times and the bad, and they are there in the times of our deepest pain or greatest joy. But a family represents more than just parents and children. For your children, it represents a lifelong relationship, a shared history, and a place to go back to.
Topics include: â˘Familyâ˘Lies about Familyâ˘First Classroomâ˘Securityâ˘Faith
â˘Empathyâ˘Compassionâ˘Sense of Belongingâ˘Connectionâ˘Purposeâ˘Family Traditionsâ˘Toxic Family Membersâ˘Unconditional Loveâ˘Create Togetherness
â˘Compassionate Listeningâ˘Working Togetherâ˘Celebrate Accomplishments
Š2018
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Successful Family Living
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
22 min. Family is our most precious gift. They are not perfect. They are made up people who struggle, come from imperfect backgrounds, and often are figuring life out as they go. But successful families share one thing in common, they are committed to each other and purposeful in living life together. In this video we talk about what it takes to create a successful family-life for your children, how you can build rich experiences that shape their character, and the most important things a child needs to build good life skills.
Topics include: â˘Familyâ˘Family Livingâ˘Loveâ˘Constant Loveâ˘Consistent Love
â˘Listeningâ˘Communicationâ˘Routinesâ˘Securityâ˘Eating Togetherâ˘Family Fun Timeâ˘Setting Limitsâ˘Shared Workloadsâ˘Choresâ˘Social Connections
â˘Serving Togetherâ˘Spiritual Connectionsâ˘Game Nights
Š2018
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Preparing for a Job - The Hard Truth
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
19 min. We all want that perfect job that pays the bills and provides for our families. And one that we can love going to every day. But how do you find it? The answer might surprise you, but the place to start first is with you. In this video, we help you take a closer look at yourselfâthe type of person you are, your habits, your personality, and your motivationâto help you determine the kind of employee youâll be; the type of job youâll do well in; and the âwhyâ that will get you up and off to work day after day.
Our everyday habits, likes, dislikes, and personality all factor into the type of job thatâs best for you. Hereâs how you can find out more about yourself and narrow down the opportunities you search for to best support yourself and your family.
Topics include:â˘Preparing for a Jobâ˘Jobsâ˘Responsibilityâ˘Honesty
â˘Dependabilityâ˘Good Habitsâ˘Good Personal Hygieneâ˘Timeliness
â˘Stop Gossipingâ˘Get Better Sleepâ˘Decision Makingâ˘Power of Positive Thinkingâ˘Consider Personalityâ˘What Drives You
Š2020
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Finding a Job
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
18 min. Ugh! Finding a job is SOOOO HARD!! Itâs one of those things we donât love but have to do. So, where do you start? How do you find good jobs out there, let alone great ones? In this video, we will talk about what to look for, where to search, and how to apply for great jobs. Weâll even talk about the things you can do first to make yourself more successful. And then what you can do to better your chances of getting hired.
Searching for a job can become very discouraging, very fast. Finding the right fit and becoming successful; it's something everyone wants! But how do you do it? Here's how you can learn to better your chances of being hired and land that job you've been after for so long!
Topics include: â˘Finding a Jobâ˘Getting Readyâ˘Cleaning Up Social Media
â˘Important Documentsâ˘Reliable Childcareâ˘Previous Employment Informationâ˘Where to Searchâ˘Applying for a Jobâ˘Writing a Cover Letter
â˘Follow Up
Š2020
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Preparing for the Interview
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
16 min. You did it! Youâve applied for some jobs! And now youâre waiting to hear back for an interview. But what IS the interview? Is it just a formality? What kinds of questions will you be asked? And are you allowed to ask questions too? Itâs a lot to think about. In this video we will talk about what you can do to prepare well for your interview, including some things you can take care of beforehand, so that you have the best chance at bagging that job!
Before you go in for an interview, there are many different things you need to be ready for! Here's how you can prepare yourself for almost any question or situation in your interview and land the job you have been hoping for! Topics include: â˘Preparing for an Interviewâ˘The Interview
â˘Interview Questionsâ˘Appearanceâ˘Healthy Habitsâ˘Online Appearance
â˘Research the Companyâ˘Practice Interviewingâ˘Strengthsâ˘Weaknesses
â˘Employment gapsâ˘Overtimeâ˘Start Dateâ˘Your Questions
Š2020
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At the Interview
THREE MINUTE RECAP.
17 min. Youâve done your homework, practiced, and you have the perfect interview outfit on. You are ready to head out to your interview. But all the preparation in the world wonât help you sell yourself if you donât follow a few easy guidelines when at the interview. In this video, we talk about when to arrive and what to do when you do arrive, what manners and etiquette you should use, what is and isnât appropriate, and some tips on answering questions. We also talk about why itâs important for you to ask questions, and what you should do after the interview. Do these things, and you will be more relaxed at the interview and stand out as a strong candidate to your future employer.
It's time for your interview! After all your preparation and hard work, now is your chance to prove you have what it takes to your potential employer! Even still, here are a few tips on etiquette, how to answer questions, how to dress, and more helpful advice to help you make a good impression! Topics include: â˘At the Interviewâ˘Be on Timeâ˘Be Preparedâ˘Be Courteous
â˘Be Professionalâ˘Be Confidentâ˘Be Alertâ˘Mannersâ˘Eye Contactâ˘Take Notes
â˘Ask Questionsâ˘Send Thank You Noteâ˘Follow Up
Š2020
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