by Suzanne | Oct 5, 2020 | Connection, Developing empathy, Kindness, Well-being
Compassion and Forgiveness I’ve been thinking a lot about compassion throughout this pandemic. How we all are quicker to become dysregulated and how it is also taking longer to return to a state of regulation. How this means that we need to have compassion for others...
by Suzanne | Dec 11, 2017 | Children, Developing empathy, Emotional Vocabulary, Resilience, Well-being
This time of year can be crazy. No matter what you celebrate or don’t celebrate, there are an abundance of invitations to social gatherings and the air is practically vibrating with everyone’s stress and excitement. It’s important in the middle of all the crazy to...
by Suzanne | Oct 31, 2017 | Children, Children's Books, Developing empathy, Emotional Literacy, Emotional Vocabulary, Well-being
Here are three books that you could use to jump start a conversation with your child about friendship and how we are all connected. The first two, Rain! and The Friend Ship, are best suited for 3 to 5 year olds. The last one, Stone Soup, is appropriate for primary and...
by Suzanne | Sep 25, 2017 | Developing empathy, Neuroscience
How can we encourage empathy in children? It can seem like an impossible task, but it is teachable and there are some simple ways to build and foster those neural pathways. Empathy comes from the German word Einfühlung which means “feeling into.” When you empathize,...
by Suzanne | Sep 10, 2017 | Children, Developing empathy, Emotional Literacy, Emotional Vocabulary, Workshops
I am thrilled to share that beginning September 19th, 2017 I will be seeing clients at Aspire Naturopathic Health Centre located at #210- 3650 Mount Seymour Parkway in Parkway Village. I will be there Tuesday evenings and Saturdays to work with children, youth and...
by Suzanne | Sep 4, 2017 | Children's Books, Developing empathy, Emotional Literacy, Emotional Vocabulary
In this video post, I’ve chosen five children’s books that we have at home that support the development of compassion in children. I review them in this short video....
