Evon Thornton Coaching

10/26/2022

Happiness is a choice.

Oh, Mr. Jordan - your life was spent just giving out happiness. Thank you for your gift of laughter.

Gone entirely too soon.
Leslie Jordan
1955 - 2022

08/31/2022

Stop comparing yourself to others

It's natural for your 6-12-year-old daughter to compare herself with others. This can create anxiety and feelings of self doubt.

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The sun has a purpose to keep our planet warm
Rain has a purpose to give us water

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If the rain wanted to be just like the sun, we would have no water.
If the sun wanted to be just like the rain, we would not be warm.

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Just like the sun and rain every single person on this planet has a purpose or special talent.

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-Help your daughter keep a journal of the things she is good at.
-Help her to appreciate her looks by the things you say about yourself.
-Set boundaries and explain to her the benefits of taking care of yourself first.
-Help her make a list of what she likes about herself.

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Leave a comment below. How do you help your daughter recognize her gifts and talents?

08/30/2022

Three ideas to boost your daughter's confidence

Allow my daughter to fail; I was shocked the first time I heard this. Now I wish I had listened to this sooner.

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When we allow our children to fail and make mistakes:
– They learn independently
– They can make corrections without external help
– Develop Problem-solving

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2. Praise Perseverance. Acknowledge the little wins, not just the successes.

– Perseverance teaches you how to handle failures
– Praise the effort, not just the wins
– Perseverance helps you reach goals and keep trying

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3. Embrace Imperfection: No one is perfect. If we embrace our imperfections and acknowledge them in ourselves, we help our children to embrace theirs

-This allows a child to be kind to themselves when they make mistakes
-Imperfection allows a child to grow and appreciate themselves instead of beating themself up for mistakes.
-This allows them to be okay where they are

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I AM Enough

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07/27/2022

What are you teaching your daughter about her body image?

If you want your daughter to love herself and feel confident in her body pay attention to what you say to yourself.

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Children are like sponges they absorb everything. If you’re not happy with your body image, or you have thoughts like the ones below.

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I’m fat
I’m getting old
My lips are too thin
I’m too short

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Your daughter is going to have those same thoughts.

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Think about the things you say to yourself, that beautiful sponge beside you is absorbing everything you say.

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07/13/2022

By following your bliss, you encourage your daughter to follow hers.

In other words, what is your passion? What do you love to do? What makes you bounce out of bed in the morning? What is something you do that makes you smile and get excited?

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Is it painting, drawing, writing, dancing, singing, teaching, owning your own business, or helping people?

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When I taught martial arts, I spent many hours with class planning, training instructors, doing the books, marketing, leadership training, bullying seminars, and marketing. Did I love it all? Of course not.

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What made my business worthwhile was to see a child change a belief from I can't to I did that! I impacted 1000's children.

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By going after your dreams, you become an inspiration to those around you. What is possible?

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What do you love about your work lately? Let me know in the comments!

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07/12/2022

s there any better feeling than when you get feedback like this from your amazing clients? This was a testimonial I received recently from a child I worked with in martial arts.

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At the age of 7 my son took classes to deflect his anger and hurt from our divorce. Ms. Evon really worked with him and helped him to focus on his manners and taught him discipline towards his elders, and within himself.



With that experience and structure, as a young adult he went on to become a personal trainer and worked at a gym teaching people fitness programs. He participated in over 15 Savage Race Endurance Obstacle Course Races and took home several top ten medals.

I can't thank MS. Evon enough she gave a 7 year old boy from a broken home the confidence and discipline he needed to excel in life!

07/11/2022

Big Aha moments that changed the path of my journey.

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Most business owners can divide their entrepreneurial journeys into three paths:

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The Before Path: When they don’t know what they’re doing or where they’re headed

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The Middle Path: When they “kind of” know what they want but there’s still twists and turns up ahead and its still more of a hobby.

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The After Path: When they have experienced some success and are clearer on their direction. Our paths are always changing. When we experience something for a while it helps us grow taller and the path continually changes.

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Now, I’ve had some major “aha” moments (some would say blunders, lol) in each path that have guided my journey and helped me get where I am today:

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1- My “before” moment - The day I started my new job, after closing my martial arts business, I felt lost and questioned what have you done. This job is not my passion.

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2- My “middle” moment - My aha moment when I realized I was staying in my comfort zone at the health department and I needed to step through that fear. I went back to school and started training as a life coach. I also became a certified WISDOM coach and did some group coaching with kids.

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3- My “after” moment - By reaching out to others to improve my business skills I hired other coaches that could help me make my business better.

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What’s a big “aha” moment that changed your Path?

07/08/2022

My 5 favorite Tools To Help Kids Control Emotions

I love finding new tools that help kids deal with their emotions. There are so many tools out there to help with this. So I thought it would be fun to share some of the must-haves I regularly use to help my young clients.

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1. En-Vision: Using all senses and thinking of a happy time brings a sense of calm to a tense body.

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2- Deep Breathing changes the brain's chemistry, allowing you to calm the body.

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3. Use a pinwheel. Some kids have a hard time sitting still. Blowing air on a pinwheel has the same effect as deep breathing. You must take deep breaths and blow air out to make the wheel move. You can also blow bubbles.

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4. Play a skittles game to help kids understand their emotions. They get to share a memory based on the color of the skittle they choose. This game is not only educational, and you get to eat skittles too!

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5. Teaching children to squash ANT's. Don't worry I'm not taking about live ants. The ANT I'm talking about is Automatic Negative Thoughts. By paying attention to thoughts children can change their emotions.

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You don't need a gazillion tools, just the right ones at the right time!

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What tools are you using every day to help your emotions? Leave a comment below.

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07/06/2022

Gratitude Wednesday

I am grateful for your enormous help, remarks, and likes. It’s an honor to everybody for viewing my content on Instagram. If you want to share any advice or have an opinion, then I’m open to receiving your feedback.

Who are you grateful for today?

Thank you for your immense love! 💌💌💌

07/05/2022

Unexpected Benefits of Martial Mindset

Sometimes you really do get more than you asked for!

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Most Coaching programs will get you halfway to results but not all the way. They either skim the surface and don't go deep enough, or they're not personalized enough to your unique needs.

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As a Confidence Coach for Girls who has worked with hundreds of children to help them ignite their Inner Lioness boost confidence and blast away anxiety. I 've learned that success only comes when you have these 3 things:

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#1. Belief In Yourself
#2. Resources to stop anxiety
#3. Awareness

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Curious? Send me a DM to learn more!

Parenting

07/04/2022

Happy 4th 🇺🇸 💥

To all my friends and family.

07/04/2022

How failing my first martial arts stripe test gave me the confidence to succeed.

My instructor sat next to me on the bleachers and said: Your self-defense technique needs work; I can't pass you yet.

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I felt embarrassed, and my first thought was I wanted to quit. I mean, I was a white belt. How do you fail your first stripe test?

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My sons both received their yellow stripes and were quite proud of themselves. I was incredibly proud of them also; however, that old feeling returned to haunt me "you can't do this," "you are not good enough."

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The good news is that I learned a lot from martial arts, especially that first year.
The biggest thing I learned was to be kind to myself, especially my inner child. I was overweight, had never participated in any sports before, antisocial, and had high anxiety.

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Once I saw that fear was holding me back – not my skills or competence as a human – I committed to passing my subsequent test.

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Deep down, I was proud of taking martial arts and loved doing something with my boys. But, it was just my nerves and the thoughts I chose to think. I pictured myself getting my yellow belt and catching up with my children, which is what I did.

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Five years later, I received my 1st Dan Black Belt Vroom, Vroom.
We all have tipping points when a blunder or mistake makes us look within and grow.
What was a significant tipping point for you?