Emotional Intelligence and Empathy for Dealing With the Pandemic

Emotional Intelligence and Empathy for Dealing With the Pandemic

What we need is emotional intelligence and empathy for dealing with the pandemic. Perhaps it is a  vaccine or something more elusive that will finally put us at ease, but until then our best defense is empathy for dealing with the pandemic. Most of us have established...
How I Began To Share Gratefulness At Family Dinners! Wasn’t Pretty!

How I Began To Share Gratefulness At Family Dinners! Wasn’t Pretty!

Does your family share their gratefulness around the holiday dinner table?  Let me share a short story with you.  When my daughter was a teenager, she wanted designer jeans.  I was a single parent and they were not in my price range.  She was furious with me and said...
Talk of Guns in Schools…Help Relieve Children’s Fear/Stress Now

Talk of Guns in Schools…Help Relieve Children’s Fear/Stress Now

Having been a part of a faculty in a high school right after Columbine, I witnessed many lock downs and an armed guard walking our halls.  I spent more time in the parking lot than in my office. I was working as a Learning Disabilities Specialist at the time and...