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27/10/2020

SOCIAL MEDIA

Another topic we plan to cover is the negative side of using Social Media.

Multiple studies have found a strong link between Social Media and an increased risk for cyberbullying, social anxiety, depression, and loneliness.

We feel it is important to make our kids aware that Social Media has strong tendences to portray a fabricated reality.

Social Media does a very good job in making our kids feel inadequate about their own life or appearance. They become addicted, develop a fear of missing out, become isolated, self-absorbed, which ultimately detracts from real life interactions, relationships, and meaningful activities.

It nurtures deskbound behaviours, erodes self-esteem through unfavourable social comparison, which can lead to social isolation, anxiety, and depression.

Many kids use Social Media as a “security blanket”. Whenever they are in a social situation and feel anxious, awkward, stressed, or lonely, they tend to turn to Social Media to relieve boredom or feel connected to others.

Using Social Media more often, increases their fear of missing out, and feelings of inadequacy, dissatisfaction, and isolation.

In turn, these feelings negatively affect their mood and worsen symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.

These worsening symptoms cause them to use Social Media even more, and denies them the face-to-face interaction that need to help ease anxiety - and so the downward spiral continues.

We will try and make them aware of the reality of Social Media, the vicious cycle of unhealthy behaviours it can create, and suggest ways they can limit their exposure by turning off their phones at certain times of the day, not taking their phones to bed, disable notifications, limit checks, or ideally remove Social Media apps off their phones.

We will also help them understand why people post certain things, and reinforce the importance of not judging themselves based on fabricated realities.

But it’s not all negative! We will also try and focus on the benefits of Social Media, such as connecting with friends and family, learning, inspiring and creativity – we’re just building an understanding of the risks involved, so they can make attempts to manage their exposure and seek out the positives.

We’re aware that this will be more relevant to the older kids that attend our course, but if we can help build awareness and plant some thoughts before they get to this stage, than we feel it’s still a worthwhile topic.

Would love to know your thoughts? Do you agree? Is it worth covering? ☺️

29/09/2020

It’s been a long-time processing, but we’re both finally DBS Checked! 😊

09/06/2020

LUKE BAGSTER

I feel my struggles came from a young age as I lost a sibling, and nearly lost my other two siblings at an age where I simply couldn’t process the emotions.

Looking back, I realise I buried a lot of these thoughts and emotions into the back of my mind and left them there, or rather tried to forget them.

Later on in life I was attacked and received a significant head trauma. For some reason, and I think it was the emotions of going through that attack, it brought all my negative past life back to the forefront of my mind. I became very depressed, anxious and paranoid. I was a nervous wreck, and finally broke down.

I did get some help, which certainly helped me realise why I was struggling, and what I needed to do to set myself on a path of recovery.

I did a lot of soul searching, trying to work out how to cope and ideally beat depression and anxiety, but I came to the conclusion that I may never resolve it completely, so I discovered how to manage it.

Being a typical bloke, struggling to express my feelings I found poetry a fantastic outlet for my thoughts and emotions. Just writing down my thoughts really helps me gain some clarity and process.

Although, it took me nearly a whole year to get some kind of normality back, like going back to work, and being around people, but one major change that I felt was a huge step forward was changing my pace of life.

I now do everything a lot slower; I’ve stopped rushing round. I try not to panic, I focus on one thing at a time. I drive slowly, I listen to calm music, I walk slower, I work my own pace - just everything at a slower pace, and this has helped massively!

I feel in life it takes a long time to discover yourself as a person. Certain things that happen in your life stay with you and build you as a person. Negativity, positivity, adversity, death, trauma, etc, a certain mindset is needed to manage these experiences, and find a healthy balance.

Turning a negative thought into a positive one is a critical life skills and mindset, and something to definitely teach your children, especially if they have struggles with certain mental challenges.

I am a father to a wonderful 10-year-old son and a husband to a wonderful woman. These two have helped, encouraged, and inspired me completely, and brought positivity in bundles.

My son inspires me every single day, overcoming his own challenges in life. He suffers from Dyspraxia and Hyper Mobility in his wrist, hands and fingers. Dyspraxia is a brain disorder which affects many things in his body, including poor balance, coordination, short-term memory, and learning difficulties, but he has phenomenal long-term memory.

His determination and mindset is absolutely insane and he never gives up, and never wants help. It might take him ten times longer than anyone else, but he gets there. I have always encouraged him to never give up, and now he will never give up with whatever he does.

Parenting a child with learning difficulties is one of the main driving forces behind Corpus Boxing Club. Myself and my wife have been through a long journey together, yet I feel it is only just beginning. Every day brings new challenges, new encounters, new hope and dreams as he develops, and we find ways to encourage him and build the skills he does have.

My wife is a wonderful woman and such a strong person, she’s helped me through many tough times, and I am forever grateful. If it wasn’t for her, my mind would not be as strong as it is today. She has led by example, been my anchor point, and inspiration.

I’ve been there, got the t-shirt and continue to wear it every day. I feel myself and Lee have the skills to guide children through this programme and make some kind of positive impact to their life by providing some of the skills we’ve picked up along the way.

Luke 👊

07/06/2020

LEE CRAMPTON

We mentioned previously that we’ve both faced and overcome our fair share of challenges, failures, and successes, and we feel this helps puts us in a decent position to help kids navigate their battles and find their way to happiness.

We wanted to provide a little insight into both our stories, as its important you know who you are putting your kids in front of!

As with most kids I had insecurities growing up, and really struggled with dyslexia. But I was a child, I didn’t have the emotional intelligence to understand or untangle my thoughts and challenges.

I didn’t have support around me, so my thoughts were left unattended, left to run wild and build up to be quite a significant wall of negativity.

Years of conditioning my mindset around my insecurities forced me to become defensive. As a child left to my own devices, I choose the only route I could control and that was put myself in a position where I could not to be bullied.

This of course set me on a path of self-destruction, and I soon found myself getting into trouble throughout my younger years. Categorised as a problem child and dismissed, which cultivated the same vicious circle of events.

I got to the point where I was so angry with everything and everyone. My natural reaction to any situation or conflict was to be defensive, and control the situation – as that’s how I conditioned my mind over many years, and how I controlled my insecurities as a child.

Fast-forward a few more years and before you know it my negative thoughts were left unattended for nearly 20 years, festering away, running deep setting its foundations. Unconsciously I had been training my mindset be so negative it was like a virus eating away at my brain, I didn’t even know how to think anymore.

This developed into low self-esteem, lack of self-respect and ultimately anxiety.

Anxiety for me was paralysing, it ruled my life and dictated every move. I used to overthink absolutely everything and eventually talk myself out of, well, everything.

I used to drive all the way to Tesco’s just to get fuel (12-mile round trip), just so I could pay at the machine as I was too frightened to face people at the kiosk.

I hit rock bottom, it effected my work, my relationships, and any kind of future. I had no alternative other than to change. But I had no support, no one around me that could help me understand the situation I got myself into, and what was needed to untangle the mess I was in.

I was simply categorised and dismissed because there is such a lack of understanding around mental health. People didn’t understand it, and to a large degree they are still ignorant to the depth of the challenge people face, and the path they have taken to be in that situation.

Years’ worth of mindset conditioning needs to be reconditioned, the mess needs to be untangled and you need to train your brain to think completely differently.

Tackling anxiety top down just doesn’t work. There aren’t any quick fixes or magic potions - it takes years of hard graft and physical changes.

You must somehow distinguish what changes you need to make to help facilitate recovery. You need to actively implement these changes while attempting to manage and condition your thought process into a completely different pattern of thought.

Its small, measurable steps in an identifiable direction that will eventually contribute to a substantial change in circumstances – you need to build new habits

You also need to accept the challenge in front of you, appreciate the work, effort and time recovery will take. It took me 20 years to get there, and nearly 20 years to finally figure out the path I had taken.

This is why I feel its so important that kids learn to think positively from an early age, and ideally understand the reasoning’s behind it so they make a conscious effort. The longer it’s left the more there is to untangle, and the harder it becomes.

I’m sure there are many paths to recovery, but one of the big steps forward for me was to declutter, create some mental capacity and develop a set of core values I could always fall back on.

Honesty and integrity was a key value for me. I lived (and still do) by these guiding principles. Everything I say and do are based on these values, and over time it really helped me develop some positive emotions, self-worth and self-respect back.

Now that I am truly content with who I am, my anxiety faded into a distant memory. But it took years. Years of conscious effort, years of determination, and years by myself heading into an unknown outcome.

This is why core values are on the agenda for our course. We feel its important that kids try and learn what core values are and why they feel is important to them. Help them understand, develop, trust and rely on these values as they inevitability question themselves.

It sometimes amazes me how sometimes in life the difference is a near miss. I was fortunate enough to fight and win – but I would have preferred not to have fought, and to have had the support.

If we can just resonate with one kid and stop them going down a self destructive path - then it will all be worthwhile.

Lee x

13/05/2020

MENTAL HEALTH

Since we launched this concept the enquiries have surpassed all expectations.

We were expecting a few enquiries of overcharged children requiring some focus and guidance. But it’s been the complete opposite, and most are children (predominantly girls) that are being bullied, and facing mental challenges as a result.

With this lockdown there is a lot of activity surrounding mental health at the moment and we’ve both had our fair share of challenges. Based on our own experiences, we feel we’re in a respectable position to discuss and help navigate some of these challenges.

That said, we want you to be the judge! So, we will be putting up a little bio about each trainer over the coming weeks to explain what we’ve faced, our experiences, and how we’ve overcome it.

A bit more in-depth insight, to help you make your own judgement calls.

08/04/2020

DRILL THE SKILL

Been on a remote training session this morning with the forever inspiring, behavioral change specialist, Heather Wright, about building positive and resilient habits.

Understanding how to change a habit is critical, from the correct mindset, motivational triggers to external environments.

Our understanding is that one of the biggest challenges faced when forming a new, or changing an existing habit, is the comprehension and appreciation of the commitment needed.

They say it can take around 60 days to form a new habit, but you can ‘drill the skill’ with intensity.

So, decide what your habits are, appreciate the commitment, know the pain, know the benefit - and drill the skill.

You don't decide your future; you decide your habits, and your habits decide your future.

26/03/2020

Its safe to say that we’re probably facing the most testing times in our lifetime. But that doesn’t mean we can’t use this as an opportunity to adjust our perspective, try and appreciate what’s important, and reflect on what we potentially took for granted previously. We have our health, we have family, we have faith, love and laughter. Cherish these times, it’s a special moment – probably a once in a lifetime opportunity.

22/03/2020

Example Food and Exercise Scoring. It doesn’t need to be technically correct, just simple and enjoyable👍

22/03/2020

NEUTRALIZING ISOLATION GAME

Our kids are going through a challenging time at the moment, lots of disruption, lack of socialization, and limited interaction with other kids.

It’s a significant change in their routine, and they will become very unsettled. They will struggle to understand or process their emotions, and they will have bags of energy to burn.

We know it’s easier said than done with limited options at the moment, but it’s critically important that we eat healthy, especially while we’re in isolation.

It’s too convenient, especially at times like this to buy what’s cheap, and most available. Canned or frozen food, microwave meals, and highly preserved crap.

If kids are not having enough of the healthy foods we need each day, or consuming too many types of food and drink, which are low in fibre or high in fat, salt and/or sugar, then it will destroy their energy levels, they will feel lethargic, and it will shorten tempers.

Eat unhealthy, drink plenty of water and give it a couple of hours between meals. Give their body enough time to work through what they’ve just eaten, but not too long where they end up binge eating.

Their mind will also need to be stimulated, and they will need to burn a lot of built-up energy. Especially when they are confined to internal spaces, lack of fresh air, tripping over each other’s feet – it’s a recipe for a perfect storm.

But don’t panic, we have an idea!

Why not use this opportunity to make them aware of calories in certain foods, and how much exercise is required to burn off that food.

Make it a game, be loose with the specifics, don’t get too a**l about it.

Just group food types into low, medium and high-level categories, and give them a score.

Allow them to keep a total of their consumption and work out ways to burn it off, by giving different exercises equivalent scores.

Whoever gets closest to neutralization, i.e. back down to zero – receives a reward at the end of each day.

Work with them, allow them to make up the exercise routine. Even allow them to become the trainer if they need extra encouragement.

Stimulate their mind, make them want to eat healthily, burn some energy, while spending some quality time together.

Isolation could be an opportunity, rather than an inconvenience – lets make the most of it! ❤️

21/03/2020

Our thoughts go out to the incredible people at Corpus Conditioning Gym and other small business at this extremely challenging time. We need to remember who has been there for us, pushing us, supporting us, and encouraging us through difficult times. It’s too easy to consider one’s self when up against it, but what we do now separates the men from the boys. It separates the real from the fake. We must all face the choice between what is right, and what is easy. Let’s stand together. It's a small bump in a very long road. There will be an end to this 👊

20/03/2020

You don’t decide your future, your habits do.

18/03/2020

COVID-19

Okay, we admit – in hindsight it’s probably not the best time to launch a social club! 🤔

But, hopefully by the time the DBS Checks arrive we should be over the hill.

In the meantime, we should try and remain mindful that although it’s a highly intense and stressful time, our kids need our attention more now than ever before – especially if they are suffering some form of challenge or uncertainty.

It’s a confusing and stressful time for us adults, but imagine if you were suffering with anxiety. School closures, lack of social engagement, and disruption in routines could all well be too consuming for them to handle.

Perhaps they won’t know how to understand and process these emotions, but it must manifest itself somehow, which will most probably be in misbehavior.

The pending isolation and changes is going to be extremely difficult for them, especially if they are particularly sensitive at the moment due to other factors.

Let’s find compassion, lets provide stability, and let’s get through this together! ❤️

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