by Karen Stone | Jul 31, 2020 | CJ's Tips, Conscious Parenting, Daniel Goleman, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Parenting, Teachers, Uncategorized
Our Emotional Intelligence resources for children provide parents with the activities needed to stimulate the emotional brain. The emotional brain grows the fastest from birth to six. Thus, the ideal time to engage children in developing the seven attributes of...
by Karen Stone | Jul 24, 2020 | Academics, Conscious Parenting, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Health, Parenting, resilience, Schools
Building children’s emotional intelligence is critical in this ever-changing time in our lives. Importantly, children learning to manage their emotions and feel confident in their choices increases their ability to be resilient. Resilience is the key to...
by Karen Stone | Jul 17, 2020 | Accountability, change, Conscious Parenting, emotions, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Feelings, mindfulness, Parenting, Uncategorized
Signs of low emotional intelligence in a family member or friend surface during challenging times. Since we are in challenging times, we are not seeing the best in those close to us. For instance, does your family member or friend lash out randomly. Do you hear...
by Karen Stone | Jul 10, 2020 | Accountability, change, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, emotions, EQ Information, EQ Skills, Feelings, Parenting, Safety, Uncategorized
Let’s look at how to manage your emotions using emotional intelligence. Change alters our center and overwhelms our emotions. We feel out of sync and find that our patience is limited. One minute we are in charge and the next we feel a rush of anxiety and...
by Karen Stone | Jul 2, 2020 | Educators, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Feelings, Freedom, Health, Independence, Parenting, Racism, Recent News, Responsibility, Safety, Service, Uncategorized
Independence and Freedom are considered synonymous words, yet by their inherent meanings, they cast a wide difference of interpretation within each of us. We declared our independence from England in 1776 and became a country free to establish its own government. ...
by Karen Stone | Jun 25, 2020 | Accountability, children and politics, CJ's Tips, Conscious Parenting, Daniel Goleman, Delay of gratification, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, Feelings, Health, Mask, Parenting, Recent News, Safety, Service, Uncategorized
Did you know that delayed gratification is an emotional intelligence attribute? It has many facets that affect our lives daily. It often demonstrates putting someone else’s needs before one’s own. We may need to manage our own needs in order to take care...
by Karen Stone | Jun 19, 2020 | Accountability, children and politics, Conscious Parenting, Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, Feelings, Parenting, Racism, Recent News, Uncategorized
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand your emotions and manage them. Emotional intelligence are skills taught and are not innate. Young Children’s emotions raw and undeveloped. Adults parenting or teaching children must understand that emotions...
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 | May 29, 2020 | Accountability, Acknowledgement, children and politics, Conscious Parenting, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, Recent News, Repetition, Uncategorized
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...
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...
by SoftStone | May 24, 2019 | Accountability, Acknowledgement, Emotionally Safe, EQ Skills, Events, Gratefulness, Helping Veterans, Kindness, Positive Feedback, Responsibility, Uncategorized
If you could help one veteran this weekend, what would you do? This Memorial Day gives us the perfect opportunity to show our gratefulness for the men and women who volunteer to serve our country and keep us safe. The current atmosphere for our service men and women...
by SoftStone | May 14, 2019 | Accountability, children and politics, Conscious Parenting, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, Feelings, Kindness, Recent News, Responsibility, Uncategorized
Should you vaccinate your child for measles or not? Is this a health decision for you or for all our children? It isn’t always a factor that we have to make a decision that will affect others in the long run. Yet, young parents are faced with this weighty...
by SoftStone | Apr 17, 2019 | Acknowledgement, CJ's Tips, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Success, Feelings, Gratefulness, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Repetition, Uncategorized
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...
by SoftStone | Apr 9, 2019 | Accountability, Acknowledgement, CJ's Tips, Conscious Parenting, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, Feelings, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility
What would be your first response if your 4 yr. old is being bullied? This is challenging for any parent and your first response is an important moment in you and your child’s emotional well-being. The first feeling we have is anger and dismay for our...
by SoftStone | Mar 21, 2019 | Accountability, children and politics, Conscious Parenting, Educators, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting
The emotional brain grows the fastest from birth to six. How do we stimulate healthy growth? We have a very short window of time to help our children development healthy emotional brains. The emotional brain and the skills needed to ensure healthy development has...
by SoftStone | Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Why are educators hesitant to bring emotional intelligence into their classrooms? I have asked myself this question for the last 20 years. Daniel Goleman published his world-renowned book, “Emotional Intelligence: Why Is It More Important Than IQ”, in...
by SoftStone | Jan 31, 2019 | Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Parenting, Positive Feedback
What three emotional challenges are young children facing today? I am looking for feedback from professionals, teachers, parents and caregivers. I am specifically looking for feedback about children ages 2-6. I have my own concerns and feelings but I am looking for...
by SoftStone | Jan 2, 2019 | Accountability, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Positive Feedback, Uncategorized
Will you help me bring emotional intelligence to children in need this year? We have all been busy with the holidays and in the last few days reflecting on 2018 and the changes we want to make. I too have been reflecting and felt that I have much to offer children who...
by SoftStone | Dec 11, 2018 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, Acknowledgement, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Parenting, Recent News, Testimonials, Uncategorized
I am delighted to share with you a Live Interview I gave on Facebook with Elsie Kerns. Else Kerns is a long time colleague and friend who has had a significant impact on our wellness community in NJ and around the globe. She is always promoting professional colleagues...
by SoftStone | Dec 5, 2018 | Accountability, Acknowledgement, CJ's Tips, Emotionally Safe, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Gratefulness, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Uncategorized
Let’s Spread Some Love and Joy! Have your children wearing a T-Shirt that says they are perfect just the way they are! What a message for them to know and feel. What a message to spread in your communities today and everyday. This is the season to take a look at...
by SoftStone | Oct 29, 2018 | CJ's Tips, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Gratefulness, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Recent News, Testimonials
The EQ Smart YouTube series for young children is now complete. CJ and is family of characters have come alive and are teaching the 7 attributes of emotional intelligence with fun and engaging episodes. Tune in to “Children Become EQ Smart with CJ” today...
