Rhea Lalla is the Founder of Build Great Minds.com. She is an Emotional Intelligence Specialist and Conscious Parenting Coach In this episode, we talk about : 1. What is Emotional intelligence and how does low Emotional Intelligence impact our lives. 2. What is the key factor that impacts our ability to develop Emotional Intelligence 3.

Help Highly Sensitive Kids. Find support for kids that cry and meltdown easily. In this episode, we are joined by Melissa Schwartz. By her mother’s admission, Melissa was born an intense, sensitive, empathic, power seeker. She has honed the gift of her sensitivity, developing the ability to decode misbehaviour and give a voice to the

In this episode, we're talking about how to build the best version of yourself and your family. You'll discover the keys to building an unstoppable family unit.

In Trinidad, we have a saying "Spinning top in mud". It means to be working hard but not being effective at all. That is how I feel every time I slip into overwhelm. I use the word slip because it seems to creep on me each time, like an unexpected and unwelcome surprise.  Our guest

I've never really thought of myself as a brave person. In fact, secretly, just the opposite because I feel scared so much of the time. I dream big, I do things that are way way outside my comfort zone so being scared, sometimes petrified feels like the norm. Akshay Nanavati really helped me to see

The Power of Self Compassion Our guest today, Kristin Neff,  followed the drive her own personal pain into the post-doctoral research to find her freedom. An associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s she has been credited with conducting the first academic studies into self-compassion. Pioneer, author and speaker our guest’s work has

Chores As A Path to Teamwork Today’s guest is Ashley Buffa. Ashley is a mother to ten who helps the most overwhelmed mothers create systematised and organised homes that actually feel like “Home Sweet Home”! For me, I love the freedom that she gives mothers from swimming in unappreciation and occasional resentment by creating a

Emotional Wellbeing for Families Today we have two amazing guests joining us. Both of these women are passionate activist that have spent decades working to help us transform our lives by taking care of our first homes – our bodies and our planet. Dr Van Susteren is a general and forensic psychiatrist who treats psychological

Teach Kids to Develop Control with Erin Clabough Today’s guest is an author, who holds a PhD in neuroscience. As an assistant professor, she teaches developmental biology and neurobiology and heads an active research program that investigates questions about how the brain functions. She is also interested in incorporating neuroscience principles into the classroom, in

What to Do When Your Kids Push Your Buttons Our guest today is a parenting and child behaviour specialist. She has designed and taught parenting workshops and counselled parents for more than 3 decades. Founder of the Parent Guidance Center in Peterborough, now The River Center, she has been dedicated to parenting education, support and

Discipline that Uplifts and Empowers – Real Restitution with Diane Gossen Our guest today, Diane Gossen, has spent the last two decades teaching taught Control Theory throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. She has served on the faculties of several Universities and has done training for a broad range of school-based programs, drug

The Secret to Raising Mentally Strong Kids|The Power of Resilience with Dr. Robert Brooks Our guest today is one of the leading speakers and authors on the themes of resilience, motivation, and family relationships. During the past 35 years, he has presented nationally and internationally to thousands of parents, educators, mental health professionals, and business

How to Help Kids Master and Control Their Emotions Today’s guest is an independent scholar in human development, a parent educator, a certified childbirth educator and a doula. With a career that spans over 4 decades, our guest has helped thousands of childcare professionals and parents shift their mindset, connect more deeply with their kids

The Power of Forgiveness Today’s guest is an author, speaker and personal coach who holds degrees in a wide range of healing modalities including psychology and Neuro‐Linguistic Programming. As a mum, coach, teacher and friend our guest plays full out. Her openness, her courage and willingness to be vulnerable makes her a powerful advocate for

Raising Resilient Kids Our Guest today is one of the world’s leading experts on the science behind successful goal setting and the use of ‘good grit’ to achieve hard things. For more than 30 years, she’s been sharing her research-backed, actionable strategies to help people cultivate more grit and dig deeper to clarify and achieve

The Power of Mindfulness in Families Dr. Christopher Willard (PsyD) is a psychologist and educational consultant based in Boston specializing in mindfulness. He has been practicing meditation for 20 years, and has led hundreds of workshops around the world, with invitations to more than two dozen countries. He currently serves on the board of directors

The Science of Effective Parenting Dr. Daniel Siegel is truly one of the wonders of our time. A clinical professor of psychiatry, the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA and the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, he is An award-winning educator. Dr. Siegel is best known as a mindfulness expert

The Impact of Parenting on Our Beliefs Today’s guest, Shelly Lefkoe has spent over 3 decades working to help thousands of clients improve their lives by working on issues such as procrastination, the fear of public speaking, the inability to stand up for oneself, to more serious problems such as depression, the inability to get

The Beliefs That Power Your Parenting – The Good, The Bad & The Oh No Vishen Lakihani took a dream, an old laptop and a burning desire to help us all be more of who we really are and turned into an empire that fuels love, connection and impact. Bestselling Author of the Code of

How to Discipline Children without Punishment The approach of punishing, threatening and bribing kids in an attempt to guide them has been proven to be ineffective and counterproductive. But for some of us, the burning question still remains, if we don’t punish what can we do to effectively guide our kids? Today our guest Lori

Help Kids Deal with Emotional Pain In this episode, we’re Joined by Naomi Aldort, an author and parenting coach. Her book Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves (translated into 17 languages) has helped to transform the lives of families around the world. What I love about Naomi is that her guidance is not about gentle ways

The Truth About Taming Tantrums Today we’re Joined by Dr. Harvey Karp. Dr. is one of America’s most-trusted paediatricians and child development experts who literally saved my sanity through the toddler years. My biggest and most profound take away from his work was that everyone, no matter their age, has a deep desire to feel

Creating Happy Families In this episode we’re joined by Randy Taran. Randy is the founder and CEO of Project Happiness. When her own child was suffering from stress and depression, this ignited a passion to share the best resources to help others facing similar challenges. She is the co-author of the Project Happiness Handbook, bringing

Sibling Rivalry has driven even the best of us close to insanity. In this episode of EmpoweredKidsTV, Dr. Laura Markham helps us answer the questions 1. Can we remove sibling rivalry? 2. How can we reduce the fights and arguments? 3. What can we do to help our kids get better at being a team?

In my search for ways to connect more deeply with my kids, there has been one universal truth, the relationship approaches that worked have been hinged on me connecting more deeply with myself first. None of them has had the power as The Work by Byron Katie to help me see myself in the way