The Congruency Corner

Planting the seeds early during the preschool years, Tune in as I discuss:

•  Separation anxiety during the preschool years.
• Teaching emotional self-regulation.
• Effective communication styles.
• Boundary setting with themselves and others .... and more. 

All of which sets the stage for nurturing Emotional Intelligence to carry a child on through all the developmental years.

The toddler years can be the most challenging and frustrating years of development for parents, but it can also be the most rewarding, impactful, and life changing.  
In this episode, I discuss; effective behavior modification for unwanted behaviors, effective use of time outs that actually work, sleep training, successful potty training, and formulating healthy eating habits.   

Anxiety does not always look like a nervous child and depression does not always look like a sad child. Sometimes it can look like a quiet, angry, difficult child, or a child with behavior outbursts.  

Tune is as I uncover some of the "not so common" behaviors that are seen in children when they are having a difficult time coping with feelings of anxiety, low moods.  What to look for, what to do and how to help.  

Interactive exercise directed toward teens and tweens to learn how to talk to "us" in a positive way, learn to shape the inner voice to be motivational and supportive rather than critical and sabotaging.  To learn how to boost our own self confidence to improve moods, decrease anxiety, and raise awareness about the intrinsic self and to ultimately decrease bully - like behavior.  

Also, tune in to hear in a mix of fast lyrics and some that may not make sense, listening to the deeper meaning behind the song, "Astronauts in the Ocean" by Masked Wolf and what it has to do with moods when negative thoughts can get in the way, and propelling through life when feeling low or non-energized.  

In this episode I discuss particular age groups of school age children / teens who were the kids mostly affected during the height of covid.  What developmental stages did they miss for emotional / social development; how to fill in the gaps for what they may have missed.  What does this look like in terms of anxiety, emotional regulation, and depression?  Tune is as I also discuss suicidally among teens and what to look for.  Some of the warning signs aren't always so prevalent. 

Tune in to episode 3 – Breaking up is hard to do as I discuss the process from a Psychological and scientific perspective that goes into trusting our heart and gut allowing us to make decisions, live in harmony with ourselves, and tap into the “flow” way of living AKA living in the “zone”.  You don’t want to miss this one as I continue to set the stage for my future guests as I discuss the role of the heart, brain, and gut working together in synchronicity rather than independent from one another supported by current research.  Here why we are all connected from our gut, heart, and brain.  

Stay tuned till the end and enjoy the acoustic instrumentals of Stevie Ray Vaughan covering Little Wing; originally written by Jimi Hendrix. 

Tune in as I shed some light on the 3 C's and what this means in terms of childhood development, teens, and well into adulthood.  How can fostering and maintaining the 3 C's positively impact emotional self - regulation, decrease anxiety, improve moods, make decisive business / personal decisions, and foster / maintain unconditional self - love.

Also, tune in to learn about more about your host, why I do what I do, my roots, and what makes me tick.  

How do we live a life that feels congruent for us and how do we help children and teens learn to do the same.  It's really quite simple.  Join me on this journey as we embark on what this means as we explore simple exercises pertaining to living in congruency!