Blog Posts

July 24, 2020

How To Develop Effective Communication with Your Child

As parents, we can all admit there have been times over the past year things have been a little crazy at home with the whole family. From lockdowns, shelter in place orders, school closures, and more we have experienced a shock to the way we normally live. It has been hard on everyone. By this point, we are starting to...

Stacey Shapiro

December 9, 2020

Making Space in Your Day for Special Time In

It seems with everything going on in our lives today it is harder than ever to create space in our schedule for intentional time with our kids. However, it is necessary for building an ongoing bond with our littles. One of the toughest challenges a parent can face is being consistent with setting aside time (without distractions) just to bond...

Stacey Shapiro

October 1, 2020

The Importance of Self-Care for Mental Health Practitioners

Self-care in today’s world is a beneficial habit to have. If you work as a mental health practitioner, it is a necessity. Self-care is all the things we do to intentionally take care of ourselves. This goes beyond eating healthy and exercising. Though those practices are important, we need to engage at an emotional, mental, spiritual, and energetic level as...

Stacey Shapiro

September 17, 2020

Body and Environment Clearing Energy Tips

As empaths and highly sensitive people we collect energy in our biofield (AKA aura). You have heard of the aura before right. The energy around your body. It is about an arm’s length away from the physical body on all sides. It is important to clear it daily. Our children are also collecting energy. I’m a Reiki Master, which not...

Stacey Shapiro

July 30, 2020

Letting Go of Smoldering Anger

We recently were featured as a Holistic Practitioner guest blogger and thought leader on ExploreHolistic.com, an inclusive and forward-thinking educational platform designed to boost awareness, understanding, and acceptance of holistic health. We wrote about holistic coaching, focusing particularly on chronic anger and how it impacted a client. https://bit.ly/3fiQL8B

Stacey Shapiro

July 24, 2020

10 Tips for Mindful Parenting during the Quarantine

Do you want to become more present around your children? If so, then this article is for you. When providing an atmosphere of mindfulness in the home, the child’s behaviors will be more cooperative. The outcome is that parents have more peace amongst the family members. Sounds great right? Mindful parenting means being in the present with your child. Your...

Stacey Shapiro

July 24, 2020

Coaching vs Counseling: What is The Difference?

I get this question a lot, “What is the difference between Counseling and Coaching?” From my perspective, I look at how you are managing on a daily basis. If you are managing in your daily life, meaning you are going to school/work, caring for your health and well being, and sustaining friendships. Then coaching is appropriate. Counseling goes deeper into...

Stacey Shapiro

July 22, 2020

Highly Sensitive and Empath Parents-The Overwhelm Can Shift to Peace Through Self-Care

Visit my homepage www.awarenesscoachingllc.com to learn more about what HSP and Empath means. According to safeconnectplus.com, EMF stands for Electromagnetic Field. An EMF is an invisible field created by all electric, magnetic and wireless fields of energy. To all the Highly Sensitive Persons (HSP) and Empath who are parents. I see you and feel the overwhelm that is occurring during...

Stacey Shapiro

July 22, 2020

How Can Coaching Work For YOU?

Visit my homepage www.awarenesscoachingllc.com to learn more about what HSP and Empath means. According to safeconnectplus.com, EMF stands for Electromagnetic Field. An EMF is an invisible field created by all electric, magnetic and wireless fields of energy. To all the Highly Sensitive Persons (HSP) and Empath who are parents. I see you and feel the overwhelm that is occurring during...

Stacey Shapiro

July 24, 2020

Coaching for Highly Sensitive and Empath Children – A Wonderful Gift of Lifelong Coping Strategies

If you want more information about Highly Sensitive People or Empath click here to the frequent FAQs: What is a HSP and an Empath? You can also get the FREE Self-Care e-workbook here (remember to scroll down and click on the “Self-Care Survival Guide: How to Cope with Life as a HSP or Empath for Parents and Children” for even...

Stacey Shapiro

October 2022

Jay's Horrible Day, Helps Explain Racism and Discrimination to Children

Did you know young children can experience racism and discrimination?  Neither did Stacey, the author of the new children’s book,

Jay’s Horrible Day, until it happened to her child.  Of course, the child who spoke these discriminatory words probably didn’t know how hurtful these words are. She probably heard adults speaking this way.  However, it didn’t hurt any less.   She and her son put the book, Jay’s Horrible Day,

together so other children can understand how hurtful words are and their effect on the other person. There are some ideas on how to cope with it for the child on the receiving end also........

Stacey Shapiro

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