Parenting Leading and Teaching With Emotional Intelligence and Love

In this episode, Cheryl and Shawn discuss gentle, laid-back, helicopter, and FAFO parenting approaches. Each can offer value, but parents should adapt and integrate approaches based on the child’s needs rather than rely on one style.Consistent structure, kind-and-firm boundaries, connection, and clear expectations help children feel secure and develop the necessary skills to support them as they transition into adulthood.

The discussion covers practical financial education for students, families, and educators.• NFEC found just 4% alignment with 12 standards nationwide.• Vince advocates core curriculum, teacher training, assessment, and accountability.• Parents can teach through household costs, saving, work, and advertising.• Montessori approaches offer potential connections for practical learning.

What happens when we stop rescuing and start empowering?In this insightful conversation, I sit down with Coach Monique to explore the powerful intersection of emotional intelligence, brain science, leadership, parenting, and personal transformation.I share my journey from more than three decades in Montessori education and school leadership to transformational leadership and coaching. Coach Monique shares her remarkable path from navigating undiagnosed learning disabilities to becoming a coach who helps individuals, families, executives, and organizations create sustainable change through brain science and emotional intelligence.Together, we examine some of the challenges facing today’s young adults—particularly Gen Z—including the impact of technology, the pandemic, over-rescuing parenting, and reduced opportunities to develop resilience and self-regulation. What many employers are experiencing as a "soft skills" gap may actually be an emotional intelligence and developmental gap.The conversation also explores Coach Monique’s work with executives, families, nonprofits, and young adults, including her MELD program for executive women, support for young adults navigating the "failure to launch" stage, and EQYs, an internationally accredited online learning platform focused on the skills young people need to thrive in the workplace and in life.Shawn and Monique also discuss how transformational tools such as Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) can be integrated into a larger coaching process—not simply to create an immediate breakthrough, but to support lasting, sustainable change.This conversation invites us to reconsider what it means to help someone succeed. Are we rescuing, or are we building resilience? Are we correcting behavior, or developing the emotional intelligence underneath it?If you are a parent, educator, coach, leader, or someone committed to becoming more emotionally intelligent, this episode offers practical insights and thought-provoking perspectives for navigating a world that is changing faster than ever.Special Offer: Use code PLT for 15% off any EQYs course.Where to find Coach Monique and her work: Coaching: Coach Monique WebsiteOnline Courses: EQ Wize WebsiteSocials:InstagramFacebookListeners can visit  www.coachmonique.com/contact and submit a contact form mentioning Parenting Leading & Teaching for one complimentary coaching session (Nine sessions in a package for the price of eight).LinkedInCoach Monique FacebookCoach Monique Instagram Special Offers: https://courses.eqwize.com/collections : Your listeners can use code PLT at checkout for 15% off any course. 

Kevin Cripe, a former teacher, shares his journey of using chess to empower students from impoverished schools. He started a chess program at Shackleford School in South Modesto, California, where 90% of students were English language learners. Over 200 tournaments and 14 national championships later, many students became first-generation college graduates. Cripe emphasizes the importance of challenging students, celebrating effort, and fostering a supportive environment. He also discussed his experiences teaching chess in Costa Rica and Panama, and the books he has written. Cripe is open to teaching chess and public speaking engagements and would love to hear from any of my listeners: [email protected] (email) and  kevincripemotivationalspeaker.com (website)

Norrine Russell, founder of Russell Coaching, discusses her organization's focus on supporting neurodivergent children, particularly those with ADHD and autism. With 24 coaches serving 150 students weekly, Russell Coaching emphasizes self-regulation and executive functioning skills that help these individuals navigate life with independence. Norrine highlights the importance of meeting children where they are and using a strengths-based approach. She also stresses the need for parents to shift from managing to coaching their children. Norrine and I discuss the importance of empathy, social and emotional learning and fostering independence. This episode is fun and engaging - one you are sure to enjoy. Learn more here: russellcoaching.com. Russell Coaching also offers a 20% discount for new clients using the code "Russell26."