Tips for Calming and Connecting With Emotionally Intense Kids with Samantha Moe

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s episode of The Gentle Parenting Show, Kim sits with Samantha Moe. Samantha is a certified parent coach and speaker and has coached parents on how to help their children calm, connect and cooperate. She provides continuing education, advanced training, and parent coach certification for family service professionals who support intense kids and their families. Today, Samantha and Kim discuss working with an emotionally intense child. They’ll discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What “Emotionally Intense Means”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Mirror Neurons and Emotions </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Where to Start With Emotionally Intense Children</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Modeling Calmness for Our Kids </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Three C’s for Emotionally Intense Children</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our favorite quotes from today’s episode are</span> <strong>“in order to help a child connect and relate, their brain needs to feel calm and needs to feel safe.”</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and “</span><strong>calm body, calm voice, calm face.” </strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>More Help From Samantha </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Samantha offers classes and resources for parents and professionals. Her flagship course, Mad to Glad, is an 8-week course for parents. You can purchase the course, access free resources, and even sign up for 1:1 coaching on</span> <a href="https://samanthamoe.com/parents/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">her website.</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>