Jeanie Cisco-Meth states “We all have the ability to choose our response to what’s happening around us, and so often it’s really easy to blame someone else for the junk that’s going on in our lives. However, when we go down that path, we lose all control, and we’re not able to manage what it is that is going on around us. Whereas, when I realize that thoughts are things and I pull that back in and I take that space between the stimulus and response … And I realize that it is my choice that is creating either the order or the chaos around me. So that’s what I mean by managing the weather in my space.”

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In this episode, Jeanie Cisci-Meth talks about Viktor Frankl and how his book Man’s Search for Meaning influenced her work. She shares her first encounter with bullying growing up and the reasons why she was bullied. You will learn how she helped her children deal with bullying. Then you will find out how as a teacher she became intrigued with why some students are devastated by being bullied while other students simply dismiss it. You will understand why Jeanie strongly disagrees with zero tolerance policies. Discover how God guided Jeanie’s purpose and hear her commitment to affirm God as she fulfills her purpose. You will learn two Bible verses Jeanie frequently leans on. She shares statistics on bullying in school and asserts why she firmly believes the statistics are too low. She explains what she means when she says they are mute and we are blind. Jeanie acknowledges she was blind to the seriousness of her daughter’s problem. You will learn about the internal bully, the one that lives in your own head.  You will understand how Jeanie’s experiences as a parent and a teacher are the foundation for her book, a home-study course, where she teaches: Bully Proofing You: Improving Confidence and Personal Value from the Inside Out.  She provides a free workbook to help you apply what you learn.

If you want to learn more from Jeanie, you can visit her website: https://bullyproofingyou.com/. You can listen to Jeanie’s weekly Bully Proofing You podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/al/podcast/bully-proofing-you-improving-confidence-personal-value/id971908617?mt=2. You can reach Jeanie by email: [email protected].  

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