As a parent, it's important to understand the different personality types that children can exhibit. Over the last few weeks, we have explored the 4 polarities of personality through the lens of Myers-Briggs. (Click to Listen to the first podcast in ...
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 e...
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...
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 ...
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 Intro...
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. (L...
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 ...
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 inaug...
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 s...
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...
