How to Manage Tiny Humans with Big Emotions with Alyssa Campbell

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Oct 9, 2023

Alyssa Campbell, an emotional development expert and author, discusses the challenges of balancing motherhood, running a business, and pursuing personal goals. She emphasizes the importance of building emotional intelligence in children and shares her collaborative emotion processing method. The podcast explores the significance of empathy, understanding and managing children's emotional reactions, and the harm of parenting with shame.

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Introduction

00:00 • 5min

Balancing Life, Parenting, and Emotions

05:25 • 2min

Building Emotional Intelligence in Parents and Children

07:28 • 18min

The Importance of Empathy in Dealing with Children's Emotions

25:22 • 16min

Understanding and Managing Children's Emotional Reactions

41:25 • 13min

The Harm of Parenting with Shame and the Difference between Guilt and Shame

54:01 • 2min

Wrapping up the Interview with Liz: Book Availability and Show Links

55:51 • 3min

Alyssa Campbell is a teacher, parent, and an emotional development expert with a masters degree in early childhood education. She is also the author of the book "Tiny Humans, Big Emotions." In addition to her writing endeavors, Alyssa also runs a business and is a devoted mother to a two and a half-year-old. Her ethos revolves around the importance of building emotional intelligence in children. She believes in recognizing and regulating biases, looking beyond behavior for understanding, and fostering empathy in communication.

In this episode, Larry Hagner sits down with Alyssa Campbell. They discuss the challenges of balancing motherhood, running a business, and pursuing personal goals. Alyssa Campbell shares her excitement about expecting a baby girl and jokes about potentially having more children depending on their behavior. Larry relates by sharing his experience of having four boys and the reactions he receives from others.

Alyssa Campbell explains that she wrote a book called "Tiny Humans, Big Emotions" because she felt the need for more resources that focused on the adult's role in emotional intelligence. She found that many existing resources only provided strategies for dealing with children's behavior, without addressing the adult's own emotions and reactions.

Building emotional intelligence in kids requires parents to model and teach emotional regulation, empathy, and effective communication. It involves creating a safe and supportive environment where children feel comfortable expressing their emotions and learning healthy ways to manage them. Parents can also encourage their children to identify and label their emotions, validate their feelings, and help them develop problem-solving skills.

Recognizing and regulating our biases is a crucial aspect of building emotional intelligence in both children and adults. This episode sheds light on the biases that often go unnoticed and how they can impact our interactions with children.