Denise Giambalvo
Phone: 503-351-4750
Portland, OR 97202 Life Coaching focusing on:
Parent Coaching
Family Coaching
Teen Coaching
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Ethics in the Home
As I earn my Masters in Human Resource Management, I am continually reminded of the fine line between following the law and behaving in an ethical manner. One can follow the law yet one’s conduct can be unethical. Much of our country’s current financial situation is due to ethical lines being crossed.
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Brain Fitness
Brain Tips from Dr. Merzenich and his colleagues at PositScience:ONEThe task: Add some dark chocolate to your diet.The reason: When you eat chocolate you activate the systems in your brain that pump dopamine, an important brain chemical. These systems enable learning and memory, and help keep your brain sharp and fit.TWOThe task: Go on a guided tour of a museum or another site of interest. Pay careful attention to what the guide says. When you get home, try to reconstruct the tour by writing an outline that includes everything you remember.
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Raising Successful Students
Back-School-Basics Parents are celebrating having their children back-to-school. They are saying that they are happy to be back to their school-in-session routine. What is that routine? How are parents setting their children up for success? There are very basic things to be done as a parent to contribute to your child’s success as a student. 1. Make sure your child/teen has breakfast before leaving for school. According to scientific
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Is Being a Teenager Easy
The short answer is “No,” being a teen is not easy for the teenager or for the parent. Many parents feel they’re not needed when their child enters into adolescence. Parents have cried with joy over the first steps taken, recorded first words, brushed off scraped knees, assisted with homework, coached your child’s soccer team. You’ve shared so many firsts with your child and suddenly you wake-up one day and they’re no longer that sweet child who would lovingly wrap their arms around you, ask for a kiss to feel better or ask you to join them with their friends for a game of catch or a bike ride. So, okay, you’re work is finished, right? Wrong!
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Father and Teenage Daughter
My dad passed away last Fall and with Father’s Day coming up I made a donation in my father’s name and received fuchsia plants in return. I’ve planted them in a pot that rests on the rail of my balcony. I find myself fussing over these plants—have I watered them too much, are they getting enough sun or is it too much, would they look better positioned somewhere else. As I fuss I am reminded of how tenuous all relationships are -- particularly as parents.
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Stressed?
Are you Stressed?Is your inner voice going a million miles an hour while the kids are screaming for your attention? Maybe the dog is barking in the background on top of the screaming kids, the phone is ringing, you’ve had a long day at work and you just want to crawl in a hole. Have you had a day like this?
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Being Accountable
How many times have you asked your child to do something and the task does not get completed? How many times has this happened to you at work or with your partner? Would you like to know how to move past this situation? Read More... |
A Time for Change
…if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?Barack Obama A Time for Change Barack Obama says this is “the time for change” and the United States of America has responded that we are ready for that change; our first step to change was in electing Barack Obama to office as our President. We have spoken. Read more... |
Lessons at Dinner
As a single mother with a child of one the dinner table is a little different than the one I grew up eating at. My daughter doesn’t have to fight to be heard, no one is picking on her and there’s a lack of built in entertainment. Dinner at the Giambalvo house was always entertaining. On any given night at about 6:00 you could find the entire family in the kitchen seated around the table. The family consisted of my parents, my father’s parents, my 3 brothers and 2 sisters. In case my name hasn’t made the connection for you, my heritage is primarily Italian, from New York no less. Read More.... |
Time To Enjoy
As a coach, I am hearing a lot of people saying that they don’t have enough time. And I have to say, how are you spending the time you have? If you enjoy creating projects for yourself, do you enjoy the process? Is that all that matters? Or is the end result enjoyable too?I was walking down the street last Sunday and my neighbor was refinishing his front porch. Read More... |
What's Your Story?
My life is a story with many chapters. Some chapters are wonderful and I’m happy to share them, others are a little embarrassing, although, I prefer to think of them as my opportunities to learn, so, I sometimes share those with hesitance.Recently, I decided to rewrite my current chapter. Read More... |
What are Good Qualities for a Parent to Possess
What are Good Qualities for a Parent to Possess?
Recognizing and respecting your son’s qualities will encourage confidence within your child. An example of respecting a quality is “Wow, Johnny, your time and effort put into studying for this exam really paid off. Congratulations on earning an ‘A’.” As opposed to, “Johnny, I’m proud of you getting an ‘A’ on your paper.” Start using this at a young age and your child will develop into a self-motivated, confident adult. Good news! It is never too late to start respecting your son’s qualities.
Listening beyond the words. People listen at 3 levels. The first level is what is most often used in conversation which is responding to what a person says...
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Tools in Your Toolbox
You’ve decided you want to add some art to your home. So, you go shopping and find a couple of pieces of art that you really like and buy them. When you get home, you decide where you’re going to hang the photos and you pull out the toolbox for supplies. You find a hammer, picture hooks, and tape measure (because you want to be precise). The pictures get hung and you step back... Read More... |
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