I had a conversation the other day with an old friend, and he asked me "What breakthroughs have you had lately?" I shared with him that in the work that I do teaching trauma-informed communication, neurolinguistic programming, and consulting in the equity space, I've learned that the work that I do is not for me, but for the next generation. ...

 Do you know what it means to listen as an equity practice? As an equity practice, listening, is one of the most foundational skills one can have. For some this may seem obvious, but the thing is, most people don't listen this way. In the decade, that I have been practicing and teaching neurolinguistic programming and the power of language, wh...

Every child is unique and has their own way of processing information and making sense of the world around them. In Last week's blog, I talked about how sometimes our introverted children can be misunderstood living an extroverted world, and how you can celebrate our introverted children especially if you are an extroverted parent (READ ARTICLE HER...

Introverted children are often misunderstood and may face challenges in a world that often values extroversion. However, introversion can be a strength and an important aspect of a child's personality. (Listen to Dr. Maiysha's Latest Podcast on Introverted & Extroverted Personality Types Here) Introversion refers to a person's tendency to ...

In this week's podcast, we talked about how you can understand your children by understanding their personality, and I used the Myers-Briggs personality test as a framework to categorize the spectrum of personalities that your child could display. (Listen to the Podcast HERE) Breaking Down Myers-Briggs: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a p...

Three weeks ago I attended a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion conference, the Inaugural Kenniebriew Conference at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, where I had the pleasure of being one of the keynote speakers. To close this conference my wonderful colleague and fellow keynote speaker Dr. Ann-Gel Palermo gave a riveting and inspiring tal...

Sometimes when things don't go the way we plan them we give up. It's easy to fall into resignation and focus on what we've lost when our planned path becomes interrupted. This past weekend I had the pleasure of being the opening keynote for the inaugural Kenniebrew Conference at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.&n...

Three months ago my son came to me while I was cleaning up the kitchen after dinner. "Mommy, I need to tell you something," he said. He walked me up to the bathroom and there it was, dangling from the top shower faucet... the broken shower head. He said, "I was trying to adjust it and I think I pulled too hard and it broke. I'm&...

Every night before my son goes to bed there is one thing he MUST have. That is "mommy lap time". This specifically is when he hops on my lap, nuzzles his head in my neck, and gives me a koala bear hug. He's been that way for as long as I can remember... and he will tell you that he cannot go to sleep without his h...

If you have followed me for any length of time or watched any of my videos, you know that one of my primary messages is empowering emotional fluency and resilience in our young people. Having an 8-year son exposed to the language tools that I teach with NLP has shown me the enormous impact that these tools have on developing communic...