Triumph Steps Blog
Reviewing your 2019
Dear friends, Have you reviewed your growth and your wins of 2019? What an invigorating exercise it was for me. I had not written our accomplishments until now and this is the perfect opportunity to share with you Triumph Steps 2019 year in review. We have lots to...
Required Mental Health Education in Florida Schools
Last week was sweet for me. I was a guest at the biannual meeting of the Florida Partnership for Healthy Schools (FPHS) put together by the Florida Department of Education, and while I was participating and immersing in the latest data on Social Emotional Learning,...
Brain Awareness Month: A Week of Learning and Growth
This past week I have had the honor and privilege of attending two phenomenal conferences; one to learn about HeartMath and the second, the 2019 Summer Academy hosted by the Florida Department of Education. These two conferences provided me with a wealth of priceless...
Violence Prevention with Emotional Literacy
When we send our children off to school everyday, we do so thinking about their future. We take great care is selecting their school, the people that surround them, the books they read and the media they consume, all in the hopes of securing for them a bright future...
Love, Luck and Emotional Literacy
“I find the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” Thomas Jefferson Love is a many splendored thing… Love is a battlefield… All you need is Love. Love has been the perennial topic of scholars and poets alike since time began, and it is undoubtedly a crucial...
Florida Healthy Teen Relationship Month
The month of love is declared Florida Healthy Teen Relationship Month by governor Ron DeSantis. Recently, I was watching a TV show with my 15-year-old daughter in which the boyfriend of one of the female characters called her a piece of trash (and a bit more). The...
Four Steps to Improve Emotional Literacy in the Classroom in 2019
On days when emotions in the classroom are running high what is a teacher to do? Children, unlike adults, have not yet learned that they can be in control of their emotions instead of having their emotions control them. It all Starts with a Thought Emotions are the...
The Power of Believing
December 2018 Putting out milk and cookies for Santa, mischievous elves on a shelf moving throughout the house, looking out the window hoping to see Rudolph's shiny red nose in the sky… The magic of the Holidays is inextricably linked to the wide-eyed wonder of...
What We Are Grateful for Multiplies
Being grateful, giving thanks, is an essential part of a successful life. It is a fundamental part of Triumph Steps, the therapeutic framework to mental wellness that helps children develop healthy mental habits. Being thankful should not be something we...
Discovering a Child’s Passions
Can you believe that another Labor Day has just passed? Now we are fully back to schedules, homework, projects, deadlines, making sure that we encourage our children, teens, and college kids to get good grades and feel excited about learning. Many parents have asked...