Q&A: My Three Year Old Son Is Jealous of My Baby Daughter

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

I’ve decided to change the format for this videos slightly from a “faq” format to a “q&a” one. Before, I would answer many questions per video however I felt the videos ran too long.  Instead, now I’ll be anwering one question per video so that the content is much more specific. I love answering questions [...]

Where The Wild Things Are

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

As a young mother I noticed that from an early age my children were drawn to stories that explored feelings of fear, sadness and anger. I remember clearly my eldest son, who is now 26, loved a particular book called “Sooty‘s Painting Trip” by Lesley Young (seems to be out of print now).  In this [...]

Podcast Episode #002: The Role of Stories in Emotional Intelligence

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

In this episode: the role of stories in teaching emotional intelligence – how stories can be used, advice on choosing books, sharing childhood stories, and more. I also speak about the techniques I applied in my book “Boom… Boom… Boom…” —

No One Feels The Way I Do

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

At a recent family function, I was sitting and chatting with two cousins whom I have known since my birth. For many years I kept my struggles with anxiety to myself, convinced that I was alone in the way that I felt. My cousins were interested and curious to know more about my book “Boom… [...]

Answering Your Questions – July 2, 2009

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

I’m answering your questions again! The questions I answer in this episode are: Why is it important to be emotionally intelligent? My children seem to be happy and content. Should I even bother trying to raise their emotional intelligence? Will this create problems? My daughter was diagnosed with anxiety disorder. How should I approach this? [...]