The BEST Advice for Parents of Wayward Children
What is the best way to help a wayward child? Michael J. Merchant, the President of Anasazi Foundation, suggests that “our love is irresistible,” and that it will eventually invite our children home. Transcript of The Best Advice for Parents of Wayward Children: Parents often ask me what can they do? Even if they don’t send their child to Anasazi, what could they do to actually help a child that they’re concerned with and struggling with. And I always tell them: “Look, you’ve got to find a way to connect with them. You’ve got to find a way to make sure that they know that you care about them deeply.” And so, too often we’re focused on correction. We’re just, we’re at that correction level all the time and I say: “Mom and Dad, let’s move a little bit deeper. Let’s listen a little longer. Let’s try and build a…
Forget Your Labels – See Your Greatness!
What if, instead of concentrating on the negative, we concentrated on the positive? What if we ignored labels and instead focused on our seeds of greatness? Ezekiel Sanchez, the co-founder of Anasazi Foundation, talks about a different approach to seeing ourselves… Transcript of Stop Seeing Your Labels | See Your Greatness!: There is hope for a new beginning. Because Anasazi is not configured, or designed, like the regular therapeutic approach. We don’t concentrate on labels. We concentrate on their seed of greatness and what they can become. We don’t concentrate on the past either. What we do, is we take a child where they are and then we invite them to become better. And the only way to invite them to become better is by concentrating on their seed of greatness and seeing the good in them and not being judgmental or to blame them, or to make them do…
The Two Wolves | A Native American Legend
Nathan Mitchell, the co-director of Anasazi Foundation, shares the Legend of the Two Wolves—a Native American Legend about the epic battle that takes place within each of us… Transcript of The Two Wolves | A Native American Legend: So, there’s this old legend of a Cherokee grandfather telling his story to his grandson… And describing to his grandson this great battle that occurs within each one of us. He said: “Inside of each of us there’s this battle between these two wolves. One wolf is faith, and goodness, and openness and the other is fear. The other one is doubt, despair, and all these things are happening within each one of us—this fight between fear and love. And it’s a great battle. It’s epic in its proportion that we fight this battle within us—all through our lives. And eventually, one will win.” And then he stopped talking. And his grandson…
How to Make Primitive Fire | Hand Drill
Skilled Trail Walkers from the Anasazi Foundation demonstrate how to make primitive fire using a hand drill. To learn more about Anasazi Foundation click HERE.
The Paradox of Parenting
Kira Roerig, a Family Therapist at Anasazi Foundation, talks about the “paradox of parenting” and how parents can best help their children. Transcript of The Paradox of Parenting: When a child is really struggling, parents often wonder: ‘Am I good enough? Am I doing enough as a parent?’ And I think, one of the great paradoxes of parenting is that your influence as a parent matters so much and yet, at the same time, no matter what you do—even if you are the perfect parent—you may or may not be able to—your child may not change in a way that you’re hoping, or at least in the timing that you’re hoping. And often the journey is a lot longer than we hope to see some of those changes come. It’s a little bit like a seed. We talk at Anasazi a lot about Seeds of Greatness. We feel like our…
POWERFUL Native American Wisdom | Good Buffalo Eagle
Good Buffalo Eagle, co-Founder of Anasazi Foundation, talks about the Sacred Gift of Choice, given to all the Two-Legged Beings. From the book The Seven Paths Transcript of The Sacred Gift of Choice | Native American Wisdom: I am Good Buffalo Eagle. Hear my words. The Creator gave all two-legged beings. We call this the Gift of Choice. Regardless of where we are born, all come to earth with this gift. Along with the Gift of Choice, all Two-Legged beings have a sense of knowing right from wrong from the one Who Stands Within. Therefore, the Gift of Choice allows us to choose knowingly. My Pauline, the Woman of my Heart, states that in her Navajo language, life is a walking, a journey. So, if life upon Mother Earth is a journey, there are two ways to walk. By applying the Gift of Choice, we can choose to walk forward…
How to Make Primitive Fire | Bow Drill
Lori Guthrie, from Anasazi Foundation, demonstrates how to make primitive fire. The fire making method she uses is known as the “bow drill.” To learn more about Anasazi Foundation click HERE.
Is Pornography Harmful?
Is pornography harmful? The research they’re finding now shows that “pornography interacts with the brain in a way similar to the way that drugs interact with the brain.” In the video below, Kira Roerig, a Family Therapist at Anasazi Foundation, talks about the harmful effects of pornography. Transcript of Is Pornography Harmful?: A lot of parents wonder about the harmful effects of pornography. Is it harmful? Is it not? Some people say that it is. Some people say that it’s not really an issue. The research that they’re finding right now is pretty clear that pornography has a harmful impact on young people and we see that as we work with them. Part of that is that pornography interacts with the brain in a way similar to the way that drugs interact with the brain. And then it also influences the way that young people experience and understand relationships. And so, in…
How to Make Anasazi Style Pottery | Primitive Skills
Watch young artist and primitive potter, Kelly Magleby, create Anasazi style pottery. For the sake of authenticity, Kelly ventured into the wilderness of Southern Utah to make her pottery the “old-fashioned’ way…
A SURPRISING Way to Change Negative Behavior…
Do you have a rebellious teenager? Are you struggling with troubled youth? How do you get them to change their negative behavior? Some would say you can’t change someone else. But according to Michael J. Merchant, the President of Anasazi Foundation, there IS a way to get someone to change, but the way to do it might surprise you . . . Transcript of A SURPRISING Way to Change Negative Behavior: Look, when young people are making choices they shouldn’t be making in their life, they’ve created a new need in their life and that’s justification—they have to explain it away. They have to explain it away—they have to make it okay to make those kind of choices—choices that would be harmful to themselves or their family. They have to justify it. And, too often, we give them the very justification they need to explain it away. And so, by us…