Today’s guest is Alyssa Blask Campbell. Alyssa has her Master's of Education in Early Childhood. She is a leading expert in emotional development speaking to people around the world. She is a podcast host for Voices of Your Village and the CEO of Seed and Sew. Alyssa has been featured As an emotional development expert and publications such as the Washington Post, Kids VT and Family Education. After co creating the CEP method, which she's going to tell us all about, she researched it across the US and co authored a book on it scheduled for publication next year. Alyssa is deeply passionate about building emotional intelligence in children, stating that it's never too early or too late to start, thank goodness. Alyssa shows up as approachable and welcomes people into her village to get support at all ages and stages shame free. Join us!
"In order to be able to do that social piece, the kindness, the respect the empathy, the social awareness components, we have to know how to navigate the self awareness and self regulation first.”
“Sometimes times it's really just getting down to what is our feeling about what they're feeling or experiencing.”
“I believe that it's our job to find the calm, not their job to get calm for us.”
“It's safe for me to feel this because it's not going to last forever.”
What you’ll hear in this episode:
The difference between social and emotional development
The role of self awareness and self regulation
Coping mechanisms versus coping strategies
The five phases of emotion processing
Coping mechanisms as numbing agents
Fine motor activities as processing tools
Changing habits one at a time
Reflective Practice - what it is and how it works
Finding the calm for your kids
Mirror Neurons and the neurology of calm
Addressing bias as a step in the parenting education journey
Taking care of your physical health so you can self-regulate
Allowing yourself to feel
Recognizing feelings
Empathizing and connecting vs noticing
Helping your kids feel felt
Finding security in your feeling
Yale research on anxiety in kids
The relationship between anxiety and fear
Problem solving and conflict resolution
Identifying when you’re ready for problem solving
What makes Voices of Your Village Podcast awesome
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