Is Your Child’s World Emotionally Safe? – A Look at My Book

Is Your Child’s World Emotionally Safe? – A Look at My Book

Writing my book, “Is Your Child’s World Emotionally Safe?”  was quite an adventure. It took me many months and many edits.   It provided me with a time to reflect back on this journey of attempting to provide emotional safety for myself. I felt it...
Your Child’s Success Is 80% Dependent Upon Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Your Child’s Success Is 80% Dependent Upon Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

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...
The Bully Inside: Controlling Our Inner Bully

The Bully Inside: Controlling Our Inner Bully

Let’s look at controlling our inner bully.  Undoubtedly, we all have the capacity to be a bully and sometimes we bully ourselves.  What do you say to the bully inside you that is emotionally intelligent?  In previous blogs, I have talked about different aspects...
Bullying is Emotionally Painful is Emotional Intelligence the Solution?

Bullying is Emotionally Painful is Emotional Intelligence the Solution?

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...
How To Increase Emotional Intelligence Skills In Difficult Times

How To Increase Emotional Intelligence Skills In Difficult Times

How do we increase our emotional intelligence skills in the difficult times we are experiencing now?  Undoubtedly, stopping to understand ourselves and our emotions in the midst of a pandemic and critical election is daunting.  And yet, what better time to stop and...
Back To School Anxieties/ Emotional Intelligence Skills Help

Back To School Anxieties/ Emotional Intelligence Skills Help

Back to school anxieties always need emotional intelligence skills. However, the pandemic is presenting challenges that far exceed the normal back to school drama and trauma.  Children usually experience the fears demonstrated throughout history. Such as, will I like...