Speaking & Workshops

 * Keynote Addresses * Conferences * Lectures & Book Signings * Parent Education * Workshops *
* Teacher Enrichment * 
 

Maureen is an expert in children's emotional health and parenting.  Having literally traveled the globe fostering the positive emotional health of kids, Maureen brings a unique perspective on what causes happiness in children.  She also draws upon her in-depth experience in Psychology and Buddhism to bring you the best of Eastern and Western thinking on how to raise happier, more confident and emotionally aware children.  

Join 1000's of parents, educators, doctors, therapists and leaders in laughing and learning how to educate, empower and inspire children.

To book Maureen to speak to your organization, please contactus@growinghappykids.com.

 

Maureen offers a variety of options.  Presentations are all customized to meet the needs of your organizaton and ensure a engaging and meaningful experience.  Some popular topics include: 

KEYNOTES:                           Educating the 21st Century Child 
                                                   Teachers as Alchemists
                                                   Strenthening a Child's Mind, Body and Spirit

PROGRAMS: 

1. Strengthening Kids:            7 Ways to Shape a Child’s Self-Confidence

 
Every child wants to feel strong from the inside out. The challenge is that most adults aren’t sure how that is done … so to clarify what confidence is and how it is created in children (as well as ourselves) – Healy presents her most popular program about:
 
-          Redefining Confidence
-          Seeing its Causes
-          How it Goes Off-Track
-          Your Role in Shaping a Child’s Self-Confidence
-          Using 7 Proven Ways
 
Becoming savvy about what self-confidence is and how it is caused in children helps you ensure a child’s bright future.  Such a program is based upon Maureen's extensive research in the US and Asia including interviews with leading Spiritual Teachers and Scientists.  The connection between confidence and happiness is also shared.
 

2.  Parenting from a Calm Place

Every parent wants to be calm, cool and collected in “the moment” that your frustration rises, anger starts bubbling up and soon you feel that you are about to lose your cool. Maureen has worked with countless parents and teachers to create a sense of inner calm when they need it most. In this program, you’ll hear key ideas that help you:
 
-          Create Inner Calmness
-          Develop “Cooling” Habits
-          See the “Bigger Picture”
-          Connect to Something Greater

Every adult no matter what background, affiliation, preference and nationality will appreciate these universal tools that automatically center one’s self so that you can parent from a place of calmness. Healy shares specific stories of how such tools of effectively changed lives and invites questions from the audience.   
 

 3.  Educating  the Mind and Heart    

Emotional awareness is considering the leading predictor of a child’s success. It is the one thing that either immediately helps or hinders a child’s ability to persevere and progress. So to help more and more adults – Maureen offers the following program that explains:
 
-         The nature of emotions
-         What Kids need to Know
-         Emotional Health Tools (to teach kids)
-         Why this Works
 
Every classroom and family that teaches children how to identify, begin to self-regulate and cultivate positive emotions is changing the world. These are the children that are quicker to become emotionally intelligent, socially aware and begin to harness the power of their minds. 
 

4. Raising Happy, High Conscious Kids  

Every child wants to feel happy and become the unique brilliant being that they were born to be. So in order to help these incredibly smart, sensitive and spirited children grow into the happiest versions of themselves – this program puts together the key pieces of the happiness puzzle such as:
 
-          What Happiness Really Is…
-          What Every Child Needs to Know
-          Removing the Roots of Unhappiness
-          Creating “Happiness Habits”
-          Finding a Happiness Teacher
 
Happiness is caused. Once parents, teachers, clinical therapists and any adult learns the causes of happiness then it all becomes a whole lot easier. In this program, Maureen seamlessly weaves eastern insights with modern scientific studies to really uncover the keys to lasting happiness.    

 

5.  Helping Sensitive Children Succeed! 

Sensitivity is a strength.  Helping children learn how to see their gift of sensitivity as a strength and grow into the amazing beings that they came here to be is beautiful.  In this program, Maureen guides adults to: 
 
 
- See Sensitivity as a Strength
- Learn the 5 Things Sensitive Kids Need
- Become Savvy as to What Sensitvity Is and Is Not
- Create solutions for sensitive children
- Become an advocate for sensitive children
 
Maureen is personally and professionally aware of what kids need to feel loved, supported and the tools that can help them navigate their way in this world.  This program shares insightful ideas drawn from modern science and eastern philosophy to help reconceptualize what sensitivity is and how to support such a gift in children today.  Such a talk covers sensory integration disorder as well as regular "normal" sensitvities in childhood. 

 

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