by Karen Stone | Nov 16, 2020 | Accountability, choice, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, Independence, innate goodness, Kindness, mentors, Uncategorized
What is innate goodness and how do we value it? Let’s separate out the two words. Innate by definition means that we are born with this trait. The definition of goodness is the quality of being good or moral excellence. Furthermore, the adjective good...
by Karen Stone | Oct 23, 2020 | Accountability, Acknowledgement, awareness, change, Emotional Intelligence, emotions, meditation, mindfulness, resilience
How does mindfulness promote emotional intelligence? Most people associate mindfulness with meditation and in many ways it certainly is. However, meditation goes beyond sitting in one place and clearing your head often experiencing soulful music.  As I have...
by Karen Stone | Oct 16, 2020 | Accountability, democracy, Emotional Intelligence, Feelings, Independence, mindfulness, Responsibility
Let’s look at why voting is an emotionally intelligent exercise. Voting is a privilege and more than just an American thing to do. Choice provides us the ability to discern what we like and what we don’t. So often we hear the comment, “But I...
by SoftStone | Oct 2, 2020 | Accountability, children and politics, Daniel Goleman, democracy, emotional intelligence resources, EQ Information, EQ Skills, Freedom, Racism, Recent News
Is our President emotionally intelligent? This is not about politics or partisan behavior. This is about regaining decency and humanity to our White House. When referencing the seven attributes of Emotional Intelligence developed by Daniel Goleman, we may be able to...
by Karen Stone | Sep 28, 2020 | Accountability, Bullying, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, Feelings, Parenting, Positive Feedback
What do you say to a bully that sounds emotionally intelligent? What action or behavior do most people take when confronted by a bully? Bullies are interesting people. Life always presents us with a choice of behavior. Are our actions positive or negative? Do we...
by Karen Stone | Sep 18, 2020 | Accountability, Conscious Parenting, Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, emotional intelligence activities, emotions, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Feelings, mindfulness, Uncategorized
Bullying is emotionally painful always and it buries deep inside you. Most behaviors learned are from modeling beginning at birth. Young children watch their adults and mimic their words, tones and postures. It was getting better for a while with the schools...
