Empathy is the ability to see through another’s eyes, to feel for and with another person is central to positive, caring relationships of all kinds. Empathy is the quality that can stop us in our tracks when we are tempted to hurt another person. But empathy doesn’t just happen automatically. From the earliest months…
Then you will want to listen to this fascinating conversation with bestselling author Hope Edelman. Hope Edelman’s books, Motherless Daughters and Motherless Mothers, gave voice to the loss and longing of countless women and launched support groups across the country. Now Edelman’s new memoir, The Possibility of Everything, takes readers on a harrowing journey that shows how…
Hear how that moment transformed the life, career and parenting goals of this week’s guest! Martin LeBlanc, National Youth & Special Projects Director of the Sierra Club, joins Marti & Erin to reflect on his experience as a “slacker” teen, the ultimatum his father gave him and the transformational experience that followed. Martin’s story of…
Strategies for successful homework plus lasting lessons in organization and responsibility. These two important topics were addressed by developmental psychologist Dr. Marti Erickson on KARE News @ 4. According to Erickson, from grade school through high school, homework yields great benefits for children’s academic achievement and personal growth. But too often homework also is…
Here’s expert advice from the feeding clinic at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota! Marti & Erin talk with Nancy Entgelmeier, pediatric nurse practitioner in the feeding clinic at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, who offers wisdom and practical tips for successful breastfeeding, offering new foods, reducing allergy risks and avoiding power struggles…
