SUCCESS

It is my passion to bring the awareness of emotional intelligence within our communities. Our emotions are shaped by our experiences and most decisions are based on our emotions. I’m curious why emotional health isn’t taught in many public schools. There have been rising numbers of children suffering from anxiety and depression. The lack of healthy communication with self and others, along with low self-esteem are highly prominent with poor self-regulations. It is saddening that children have no regard for another person's suffering.

Through daily affirmations, self-awareness practices each child and parent will practice staying in the present moment and responding not reacting. They will build healthy communication skills and find healthy ways of expressing how they feel. Starting with preschool age children as well as after school mindfulness camp, and parent support group night once a week we will begin the process for positive change within the community. I have taught preschool age children and school age children for 10+ years as well as 8+ years in administrative work. I have currently completed my Directors Credentials through the state of Florida and am moving forward every day towards my goals to be a resource center for multiple communities around the world.

Having an awareness of the lack of self-care, self-awareness of emotions, and self-control are skills developed when getting connected with LHA. It is taught that having meditation practice to clear your mind of distracting thoughts by focusing on breathing and other self-control techniques changes the wiring of your brain. The rewarding effect of this practice is freeing yourself from day-to-day stress.  

Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, who first developed mindfulness in a therapeutic setting, says: 

‘Mindfulness can be cultivated by paying attention in a specific way, that is, in the present moment, and as non-reactively, non-judgmentally and open heartedly as possible.’ 

Research shows from Douglas A. Gentile, Ph.D. (2009) on how mindfulness aids in the relief of depression and anxiety. Creating moments of awareness to the thoughts that create depression helps to find acceptance of the past, present and future. Rather than denying or fighting the feeling, through the approach of acceptance positive change can be made. Nearly 1 in 3 adolescents will meet criteria for anxiety disorder by the age of 18. Trauma is within the percentage rate of 46% of all children in the U.S. have experienced least one adverse childhood experience (ACE). On average, U.S. teens are distracted by spending 9 hours a day on digital entertainment, excluding schoolwork. Nearly 40% of high school seniors report that they often feel lonely and left out. If only 40% of our youth openly report the feeling of isolation, imagine the number of youth is secretly suffering from loneliness today?

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