My Year of Living Fearlessly!“When we know who we are, we can overcome our fears and insecurities. We surpass our smaller selves who suffer the slings and arrows of…
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Courage Challenge of the DayHere is a social courage challenge especially for Westerners (tweens through adults), for whom physical affection between friends tends to be somewhat reserved. Next time…
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Let Me Tell You a Secret!The other day the Lovely K. and I were having another conversation about secrets. In fifth grade, the girls spent much of their recess time…
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The Legend of the Banyan DeerThere is another story from India that has some similar features to the Damon and Pythias story. This is another tale of self-sacrifice, a difficult…
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Courage Challenge of the DayLion’s Whiskers offers this courage challenge: Before school ends this year and you’ve lost the chance to exercise your social courage muscles, look around: Is…
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Another Lion Story (actually two!)A startling video on YouTube made the rounds a few years back, about a lion named Christian and the two men who had raised him….
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Damon and Pythias, BFFsThe yearning for a BFF runs deep. When I was a child, one of my favorite stories from Ancient Greece was the legend of Damon…
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What’s the Monster Under Your Bed?Lion’s Whiskers asks: What’s the monster under your bed? Our children are not the only ones who fear monsters lurking under the bed, in the…
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What is Emotional Courage?Compiled and written by Lisa and Jennifer: This is the fifth in the “Six Types of Courage” that we will explore in-depth here on Lion’s Whiskers. We hope…
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Defining Courage for YourselfA few days after Jennifer and I start talking about writing about courage, her daughter (K.) and my own (B.) are seated at our kitchen…
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