Giving Kids an Emotional Toolkit | POF165

Emotional intelligence is more and more important, especially in parenting, especially in today’s day and age. EI, or EQ, for short, or SEL, social emotional learning, means: the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathise with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict.It’s critical to teach our kids to develop their EQ…BUT it’s tricky because chances are we were never taught how to manage our own! GOOD NEWS, it’s NEVER too late to grow and develop it. In fact, having kids provides a great opportunity to both learn and teach emotional intelligence. My guest, Nadine Levitt, is an expert in teaching how to understand your child’s emotions and your own. The result is kids who feel safe, heard, supported and trust their parents. When your child feels this way, not only are they able to manage their emotions, you have a better relationship with them and parenting has less friction. In this episode we talk about: emotions, how we break it down for kids so that it is both simple and empowering.How emotions come and we can’t control themHow to look at what our emotions are telling usEmotions come to us in clusters, how can we direct them?As parents, we can either be influenced by our kids' emotions OR we can be an influence so when your child has big feelings, accept that emotions are here and notice (without judgement) what you are saying to yourself about them. Creating strategies - identify, acknowledge and redirect the better I understand my emotionsFor the ultimate emotional toolkit, download it from the Parent Toolbox www.parent-toolbox.comAbout Nadine LevittNadine Levitt is the Founder and CEO of WURRLYedu and the author of the My Mama Says SEL program! She began her career as an international trade lawyer but after 6 years of practice, she decided to pursue her passion for opera and song writing.She has performed extensively all over the world with David Foster, Andrea Boccelli, Kiri Te Kanawa, Christina Perri, and Steven Tyler to name a few. Passionate about education, she sits on the national board of Little Kids Rock, is a member of the NAfME Roundtable, and in 2016 led the development of the music education platform WURRLYedu.In this capacity, she has observed more than 400 classrooms nationally. In 2019 she published a children's book about emotions entitled My Mama Says Inside Me Lives A Village to shift the dialog on emotions, to be simple to understand and empowering. The following year she developed a supporting curriculum for schools that was successfully workshopped in [50+] schools around the country. Connect with her at @mrswurrly.Contact information:Email: contact@wurrlyedu.comPhone Number: 310-395-1306Social Media:Website: https://www.mymamasays.com/https://www.wurrlyedu.com/https://www.PDreimagined.com donate a self care kit to a teacher!https://www.pdreimagined.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WURRLYedu https://www.facebook.com/MyMamaSaysBookInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wurrlyedu/ https://www.instagram.com/mymamasaysbook/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadinelevitt/Twitter: https://twitter.com/WURRLYedu https://twitter.com/MyMamaSaysBook/Social Media:Website: https://zenparentingradio.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zen-parenting-radio/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZenParentingTwitter: https://twitter.com/zenparenting Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zenparentingradio/ Pinterest:...

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Parents! We CAN change the world, starting with the way we're parenting our future. Up to this point in history, children have been seen as less than and parented in a way that uses power over a child. Most of us were parented in this way but there is a shift in thinking about the way we raise our kids. Parents don’t feel good about using shame, blame, criticism, punishments, and even rewards, to get their kids to listen. Parents are wanting a different way because they know from their own childhoods this type of parenting hurts and leaves us with scars we take with us through our adulthood. Each one of my episodes is designed to help you navigate the difficult journey of parenting but in a way that is more peaceful and intentional. I’ll show you how to get your kids to listen and cooperate without yelling, punishments and rewards. I’ll show you how to understand your own feelings and those of your kids. My intention is to bring you to a place where you feel connected with your kids and yourself (we often get lost when we become parents!). Tune in weekly for all the inside tips, tools and tricks I teach my private clients to help you build the family you always wanted, and to become the parent you always envisioned you would be. I promise to provide you with fun and entertaining content that will leave you seeing your kids and your reactions in a whole new light! Please make sure to share the episodes that give you goosebumps, and leave you feeling inspired! I am always grateful for every person who subscribes, leaves a review and rates my podcast 5 stars.