An Inside Story

🎗Bullying Prevention Month is here. We can pledge to be allies and speak up against it and let’s be honest, how well has that worked? When we work for something we get a better result. Many well meaning social emotional learning programs miss a key piece. The elemental emotional needs that drive human behavior. Sharing this pivotal piece of self/other awareness is what my children’s book is about. I wrote it to point to Nonviolent Communication which is responsible for teaching me what I didn’t learn any other way…how to be a better parent, friend and open-minded human being by respectfully understanding what’s alive in myself and others most of the time. Yay that need-based education is starting to make its way into parenting and psychological worlds. Rarely do I see it linked to NVC so I was excited to hear the Webe Parents Podcast. Like so much in our complicated capitalist society, they have a product to sell which I have not tried. Understanding the basics is critical and their podcast or my book or Gina Simm’s curriculum (called Teaching From Your Heart) on my Link Tree are a great place to start. www.linktr.ee/an.inside.story

Calling all local grandmas. My first Make Your Own Empathy Doll workshop is coming up on Sunday September 15th. What’s an empathy doll you ask! It’s a self-connection companion to help you make sense of what you’re thinking and feeling! Sound useful for you or for being with grandkids? I hope so. I don’t
Know what I’d do without the skills I’ve developed in awareness and empathy using simple structures. BTW what is empathy? It’s an understanding of what someone is experiencing. It’s not agreement with beliefs or ideas. It’s a base for trust and compassion with anyone. 😊

Join Gina and I today if you are a lover of children and want to explore ways of connecting and getting along!

I’m just noticing the little stars on these cat eye glasses which were popular in Baltimore and still are at HONFest. Of course for me, ⭐️’s equal emotional NEEDs. So… stars on glasses represents seeing the world 🌎 through the lens of needs.