by Sonya Rafferty | Feb 11, 2020 | Emotion Coaching
How Parents Can Overcome Negative Bias Photo by Jukan Tateisi on Unsplash Has this ever happened to you? Its bedtime, you are all settled in and tired, ready to get some rest, when your brain fires up and proceeds to review all the crap from the day? Your brain gets...
by Sonya Rafferty | Feb 4, 2020 | Emotion Coaching, Mindfulness
Bring Your A Game: Appreciation vs Gratitude Photo by Andrik Langfield on Unsplash Iknow you’ve heard the advice to be grateful and to keep a gratitude journal. You may have even really tried for a while. Most of the people I talk to tell me that they try to be...
by Sonya Rafferty | Jan 28, 2020 | Emotion Coaching
6 Steps to Weathering Meltdowns Photo by Nihat from Pexels When our children get upset and lose control we usually experience some big feelings too. Perhaps their meltdown triggers our defensiveness (“there’s no reason to be so upset”), or maybe we feel guilty or sad...
by Sonya Rafferty | Jan 21, 2020 | Emotion Coaching
Helping Kids With Big Feelings Photo by Ba Phi from Pexels We are at the doctor’s office for a well check up. I’m sitting on the rug on the floor, my son in my lap, he’s yelling and kicking his feet, his big feelings currently in charge of his actions. The doctor is...
