Have you ever been through a “dark night of the soul”? Perhaps you (or someone you love) are going through one right now. In this wild and turbulant life, there are sometimes moments, days, months, or even years when all Continue reading Dark Night of the Soul
Weekly WINGS Wisdom and Inspiration Nurturing Growth and Success There are people in our lives who make such an impact that it’s hard to express how much they mean to us. Mr. Earl “Rudy” Rudisell, my 10th grade World History teacher, was one of Continue reading WW #028: Thank you, and farewell..
Weekly WINGS Wisdom and Inspiration Nurturing Growth and Success So excited that it has now been six months since I re-booted the blog and newsletter, named it “Weekly WINGS”, and started communicating with you this way on a weekly basis! Woo-hoo!!! 🥳 💜 Continue reading WW #027: It’s Time to Celebrate!
Weekly WINGS Wisdom and Inspiration Nurturing Growth and Success Content warning: Terrorism, war, trauma There have been a lot of words spoken, images shared, and articles written about the terrorism, violence, and war in the Middle East right now, as Continue reading WW #026: Reflection on global events
Weekly WINGS Wisdom and Inspiration Nurturing Growth and Success When I first started coaching parents, teachers, and others supporting children with trauma and dysregulated nervous systems, I developed an easy-to-remember mnemonic that I called “The Four Essentials” for raising and supporting these children, as Continue reading WW #025: Beyond self-care for adults
Weekly WINGS Wisdom and Inspiration Nurturing Growth and Success As a parent of a child with significant childhood adversity, I am learning more and more that the change that I hope to see in my son is the change that Continue reading WW #024: How your mind protects you
Weekly WINGS Wisdom and Inspiration Nurturing Growth and Success It’s celebration time in the Heart-Strong community! One of our HSI Certification program graduates, Dana Parisi, has written a new book called Parenting Marathon: The Ten-Step Guide to Navigate Parenting Challenges! The e-book Continue reading WW #023: Winning the Marathon
Weekly WINGS Wisdom and Inspiration Nurturing Growth and Success We all take it for granted that small children are not capable of the same things that teens and adults are capable of. There are developmental milestones for every skill, whether it’s a motor Continue reading WW #022: The Power of “YET”
Weekly WINGS Wisdom and Inspiration Nurturing Growth and Success Recently, a parent was telling me about the struggles that she and her husband were having with their son. Much like my son was at that age, he often has extreme episodes of violence and Continue reading WW #021: The Power of Letting Go
Weekly WINGS Wisdom and Inspiration Nurturing Growth and Success I was planning to write about a completely different topic, but a dear friend and colleague has been on my mind today. So I decided to pause to let you all know what’s going on Continue reading WW #020: Sad News…