by Karen Stone | Oct 13, 2020 | EQ Information, Positive Feedback
How do your praise your child so it’s remembered, so it is felt, processed and committed to memory?  I make no bones about it! Children do not bank your praise and save it for a rainy day. It slips right by them. Why is that? It needs to be delivered so that...
by Karen Stone | Oct 9, 2020 | Bullying, Conscious Parenting, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, emotional intelligence activities, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Feelings, Kindness, love, Parenting, Positive Feedback, support, Uncategorized
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...
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 SoftStone | Sep 16, 2020 | Conscious Parenting, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, EQ Skills, Independence, Parenting, Positive Feedback, resilience, Responsibility, Uncategorized
What are the best ways to help abused children heal, love or more? The question asked by many professionals, teachers, foster parents and all those who feel their pain. Having been bullied for many years, I have pondered this question in regards to myself. ...
by Karen Stone | Jun 15, 2020 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, Acknowledgement, children and politics, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Feelings, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility, Uncategorized
Let’s examine the lack of emotional intelligence in politics. Politics at every level are increasingly mean and lacking emotional intelligence. All the issues that a democracy creates certainly do not need the addition of a language that demeans one’s...
by SoftStone | Jun 13, 2019 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, Acknowledgement, Emotional Intelligence, Feelings, Gratefulness, Kindness, Positive Feedback, Uncategorized
When gratefulness slaps you right upside your head, you are stunned, overwhelmed and taken aback. This happened to me yesterday while I was getting a pedicure. It all began when my pregnant hairstylist who also does my nails, tells me she can’t do my pedicures...
