Doctors with empathy

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Six months ago my son’s father-in-law suffered a massive heart attack requiring emergency intervention and four stents. Feeling short of breath a few weeks ago, he visited his Cardiologist and, within three days, had an urgent quadruple bypass. This man has a zest for life that I have personally never seen in another person. I [...]

A small act of kindness

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Yikes! Has it been this long since I blogged?! With four children, my husband (sometimes as demanding!), a dog and a guinea pig, I find I am constantly putting off my stuff. I was determined to blog, meditate and work on my book today but once again I had to reorganize my plans to make [...]

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…” —