by Karen Stone | Jan 2, 2018 | Accountability, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Gratefulness, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Uncategorized
What is your child’s Emotional Intelligence (EQ) score? They say that measuring emotional intelligence is subjective. Yet today we are providing parents and teachers with the information they need to determine how their children fair in the emotional domain. ...
by Karen Stone | Dec 1, 2017 | About Karen Stone, Acknowledgement, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Parenting, Uncategorized
Thanks to our Kickstarter campaign coming soon, I along with all my SoftStone staff are excited to announce the creation of our new YouTube Kids channel, CJ’s Land of Love and Joy. CJ and his family of 8 characters including our latest edition, the adorable and...
by Karen Stone | Nov 22, 2017 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Gratefulness, Parenting, Repetition, Uncategorized
You might think this is a strange topic to write about at Thanksgiving but giving thanks and being grateful helps us to acquire our 7th Emotional Intelligence attribute: how to persist in the face of frustration. For a few weeks a year we talk about giving thanks and...
by Karen Stone | Oct 26, 2017 | CJ's Tips, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Parenting, Positive Feedback
We live in a very chaotic world right now. Children do feel our stress and anxiety and translate it into their own. Preschools everywhere are talking about children’s challenging behaviors and asking for help. Managing our emotions can be begin early. Two...
by Karen Stone | Oct 17, 2017 | Acknowledgement, CJ's Tips, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting, Responsibility, Uncategorized
Recently I have listened to Ariana Huffington’s Book, “Thrive.” She gives many examples of how service provides the giver with as much emotional goodness as the receiver. We have seen so many good examples of this in the last couple months. This is...
by Karen Stone | Oct 9, 2017 | About Karen Stone, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting, Responsibility
The best part is when we extend our kindness, we feel our empathy, our own compassion and our souls light up with love and joy! The more we feel this, the better we serve all people everywhere! The political chaos nationally and the heartbreak of so many lives lost...