by SoftStone | Mar 30, 2018 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, Acknowledgement, children and politics, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Gratefulness, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Recent News, Responsibility, Uncategorized
The March for Our Lives was attended by over a 1000 people in our local community. The march of the 17 coffins by the youth was touching and reverent. The youth speeches were well-written and each one spoke to a different perspective of gun control. Our march was...
by SoftStone | Mar 12, 2018 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, children and politics, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Gratefulness, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Repetition, Responsibility
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...
by SoftStone | Jan 31, 2018 | Acknowledgement, CJ's Tips, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility
Children Becoming EQ Smart is now happening on our new YouTube Channel, “CJ’s Land of Love and Joy.” Each episode teaches one of Dan Goleman’s 7 attributes of emotional intelligence. We will be raising a new generation of kinder and more...
by Karen Stone | Nov 3, 2017 | Accountability, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility, Uncategorized
ACCOUNTABILITY Being an emotionally intelligent family has 7 important attributes. Owning our mistakes is an important one and in EQ language this is called Accountability. We need to be accountable for our actions, our words and most of all each other’s...
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...
