by Sonya Rafferty | Sep 13, 2019 | Emotion Coaching
How to Help Your Child Develop a Kind Inner Voice Photo by Jason Rosewell on Unsplash Inner voice, self talk, inner speech. These are all ways to describe the internal running monologue of our thoughts that are usually directly tied to our own sense of self. Our...
by Sonya Rafferty | Sep 5, 2019 | Activities
How to Talk About Feelings:The Giant Feelings Game Photo by Robert Collins on Unsplash Let’s talk about feelings. Imagine being 3 feet tall. Everyone around you is bigger and has more power than you and gets to make the rules and decide whether or not you get ice...
by Sonya Rafferty | Aug 14, 2019 | Emotion Coaching
One Unconventional Strategy for Building Healthy Habits Photo by Ben White on Unsplash The other day I was hanging out with my good friend and her three-year-old daughter. Her three-year-old is working hard on consistently using the potty. While we were chatting my...
by Sonya Rafferty | Aug 7, 2019 | Activities
How to Talk About Feelings: The Feelings Fishing Game Photo by Oleksandr Pidvalnyi from Pexels Learning how to talk about, share, and hear feelings is an essential skill. By talking about emotions every day, children naturally learn to manage their emotions. By...
by Sonya Rafferty | Aug 4, 2019 | Emotion Coaching
Is Scarcity Mentality Impacting Your Parenting? How to Shift to an Abundance Mindset. Abundance Photo by Miguel Bruna on Unsplash A lot of people tell me that they don’t do self-care all. They tell me that carving out time for themselves makes them feel guilty, like...
