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

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:

• What “Emotionally Intense Means”
• Mirror Neurons and Emotions 
• Where to Start With Emotionally Intense Children
• Modeling Calmness for Our Kids 
• The Three C’s for Emotionally Intense Children

Our favorite quotes from today’s episode are “in order to help a child connect and relate, their brain needs to feel calm and needs to feel safe.” and “calm body, calm voice, calm face.” 

More Help From Samantha 

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 her website.