by Karen Stone | Feb 19, 2021 | Actions, awareness, children, choice, choices, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, emotions, Feelings, Uncategorized
Teaching young children the power of choice is so important! No, the devil did not make me do it! We did it all on our own. This concept came to me very late in life and it took me a while to wrap my brain around it and acknowledge its powerful truth. The habit of...
by Karen Stone | Jan 26, 2021 | awareness, change, Conscious Parenting, democracy, emotional intelligence resources, EQ Information, Parenting, Recent News, Teachers
As the New Year begins, we all stop and think about the past one and how to choose differently. For me, my greatest challenge ahead stems from the past election chaos.  Though I donated money, signed petitions and alerted my senators and congressman of my concerns,...
by Karen Stone | Dec 2, 2020 | awareness, change, Conscious Parenting, Daniel Goleman, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, resilience, Teachers
Your child’s success is 80% dependent upon emotional intelligence. Research has established that 80% of our success in all areas our lives is the result of emotional Intelligence skills. We all know very intelligent people who are unable to reach their...
by Karen Stone | Nov 23, 2020 | Accountability, awareness, Conscious Parenting, Daniel Goleman, emotional intelligence resources, Gratefulness, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized
What I am grateful for this Thanksgiving may surprise you since it is quite extraordinary. This past week I had a conversation with my business coach. I discovered an important part of my journey for which I had not been grateful and took for granted. I write about,...
by Karen Stone | Nov 18, 2020 | awareness, Bullying, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Skills, Feelings, Independence, Parenting
Parents, are your children emotionally safe when you aren’t present? We worry about our children’s physical safety but emotional safety hasn’t become a priority yet unless your child has fallen victim to emotional abuse. Oftentimes, children will...
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...