Heather Davis
The Inconspicuous Superpower of Self-Control
“If you conquer yourself, then you conquer the world.” - Paulo Coelho Forget flying, super-strength or being invisible. In a culture of...
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Heather Davis
6 min read
Cultivating Empathy: Models, Exposure & Hard Conversations
“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” - John F. Kennedy Societal divisions are on display everywhere, and...
Heather Davis
6 min read
Intergenerational Magic: When Young & Old Connect, Both Reap the Rewards
“Connections between generations are essential for the mental health and stability of a nation." - Margaret Mead In our society today,...
Heather Davis
5 min read
Childhood Self-Control Predicts Adult Health, Wealth & Life Satisfaction
“The intelligent desire self-control; children want candy.” - Rumi Many parents are invested in helping support their children achieve...
Heather Davis
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Disappearing Focus & Eroding Empathy - the Developing Brain on Tech
Nine hours a day. That’s how much time adolescents are said to be engaged every day with digital media. Over 60 hours a week. It’s the...
Heather Davis
7 min read
Resourcefulness & Band of Related Traits are Keys to Unlocking Success
If the goal is success - in anything really - few qualities are more valuable than resourcefulness. The power layered within this...
Heather Davis
4 min read
Parental Expectations: Proven to be Uniquely Powerful in Student Success
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving...
Heather Davis
6 min read
Information Overload, Distraction & the Devolving Attention Span
“…perhaps the greatest educational problem of today is how to teach people to ignore the irrelevant, how to refuse to know things, before...
Heather Davis
5 min read
Nurturing Kids’ Self-Validation is a Gift of Future Empowerment
“There’s a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It’s not something you can give; it’s something they have to build.”...
Heather Davis
5 min read
Encouraging Kids’ Dreams with a Healthy Dose of Reality
“We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.” – Harry Edwards As parents, we have an opportunity to help encourage big...
Heather Davis
7 min read
Personal Responsibility: An Essential, Empowering Element in Designing a Life
“Maturity doesn’t come with age…maturity begins with the acceptance of responsibility for our words, our thoughts, our motives, our...
Heather Davis
7 min read
Only Habits Will Determine Success, Despite Our Best Intentions
“Your habits will determine your future.” – Jack Canfield Habits are routine ways of thinking or behaving, often reinforced by a reward...
Heather Davis
6 min read
Tech Overload Wires Young Brains for Distraction, Not Focus
For students, teachers, and parents, unwillingly swept up in the giant remote learning experiment during COVID, what worked for some...
Heather Davis
6 min read
Resourcefulness, Self-Efficacy: Gifts & Tools for Empowering Futures
“If we really want children to grow into independent and resourceful adults, we should stop pouring their milk as soon as they have...
Heather Davis
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Healthy Childhood Habits: Hardwired Early & Shape Adult Success
“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” – Maria Montessori From schoolwork and physical fitness, to chores and...
Heather Davis
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Regardless of Species, Pets Pair Great with Childhood
“The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic.” - Henry Ward Beecher Pets and children With children or without,...
Heather Davis
7 min read
Empathy Connects & Unites; Personal Distress & Contagion Divide
“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” – John Steinbeck Empathy is the foundation of close connection and for our...
Heather Davis
6 min read
Valuing, Capturing & Investing Time Empowers & Feeds Well-Being
“The trouble is, you think you have time.” – Buddha Time plays an essential role in life. So much of what we do is measured by it. It’s...
Heather Davis
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Time Management is Rooted in Childhood Self-Control & Practice
Children are infamous for their shameless distortion and unapologetic indifference to time. Not yet ruled by the clock and calendar, any...
Heather Davis
8 min read
The Ability to Focus & Ignore Distractions: Two Sides of the Same Success Coin
"The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence." - Robert J. Shiller Of all the...
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