Posted on January 30, 2014
Welcome back! Last week, we established WHY it is important for parents to take the lead with modeling and teaching their children’s Emotional Intelligence (EI) skills. So let’s jump right in and learn how. To begin with, I’d like to give credit where it is deserved. The tool that I’m about to introduce you to is the simplified version of the great work of the pioneers in EI, Drs. Daniel Goleman and John Gottman. The efforts and years that went…
Posted on January 23, 2014
As parents, we go through our day-to-day lives working toward a solid future for our children. We want them to be good students with good character, morals and values. We want them to be loving, caring, compassionate and empathetic. For their own good, we want them to do good. And for the most part, they keep up with the direction in which we lead them. We are spending all our time today for a better tomorrow. Without this guidance, our…
Posted on January 5, 2014
As we sat around the fireplace on January 1st, my young adult children started up a conversation about New Year’s resolutions. My son, Navin, age 22, started out with his resolutions and my husband joined in. Before I could get a word in, my 25-year-old daughter, Nitasha, said something that totally silenced all of us! “I’m not really going to do the “resolution” thing this year. I’m going to commit to an “evolution.” We all listened with ears and eyes…
Posted on December 22, 2013
We are in the home stretch! FIVE days until Christmas and the count down begins! Some of us parents are looking forward to the big day and some of us can’t wait for it to be over! Giving material gifts definitely does not come easy, thanks to busy malls, packed parking lots, crazy traffic, kids out of school, family flying in, prepping for Holiday meals, and wrapping a gazillion presents. As we all know, it can all get daunting and exhausting!…
Posted on December 13, 2013
The world was heartbroken this week from the loss of the ever respected and honored legend, ‘Tata” Nelson Mandela. The odes and dedications paid to this great man through both traditional and new-age media have been awe-inspiring and deserving. While I watched and read all the footage on his exemplary life, what caught my attention was that ‘Tata’ and ‘Nelson’ are not his only names! I even heard his South African fellowman refer to him as ‘Madiba’. I couldn’t help…
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