Teaching Emotional Intelligence to Kids: A Practical Guide Through Storytelling
🎧 Episode Description
How do you teach a child to navigate frustration, stress, anxiety? To make a new friend with confidence? Or to bounce back from disappointment?
It all starts with emotional intelligence.
But teaching abstract skills like self-awareness and empathy to kids can feel overwhelming.
Where do you even begin?
In this episode, we explore a powerful, proven, and even magical solution: Storytelling through the framework of the new children's book, Beyond the Hidden Door: Mastering Emotions.
It gives you, a practical roadmap for nurturing emotional literacy in the next generation.
Discover how an adventure-filled story can become the safest place for a child to learn about their inner world.
We break down the 5 core pillars of EQ for kids and share simple, everyday tools that transform challenging moments into opportunities for growth.
💡 You’ll learn:
✔️ Why emotional intelligence (EQ) is one of the most critical predictors of a child's success in school, relationships, and life.
✔️ How to use storytelling and metaphor to teach complex skills like self-regulation and resilience.
✔️ The five pillars of emotional intelligence for kids: Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Motivation, Empathy, and Social Skills.
✔️ Practical, parent-tested tools like “The Pause Button,” “Emotion Spotting,” and the “My Motivation Map” that you can use today.
✔️ The crucial role adults play in modeling emotional health and validating children’s feelings.
✔️ How to use the book’s innovative chatbot to create an interactive learning experience that continues long after the story ends.
Whether you're a parent, teacher, or coach, this episode provides the insights and tools to help you empower the children in your life to master their emotions.
✨ Key Takeaways:
✅ Emotional intelligence is a learnable skill, not a fixed trait.
✅ Storytelling makes learning about emotions safe, relatable, and memorable.
✅ Validating a child's feelings is more powerful than trying to fix them.
✅ Simple, daily practices are the key to building lasting emotional literacy.
✅ The most effective way to teach EQ is to model it yourself.
🔎 Chapter Highlights:
📌 Why EQ for Kids Matters→ The research behind why emotional skills are essential for academic performance, mental health, and forming healthy relationships.
📌 Self-Awareness→ Journey to the Reflective Lake to learn how kids can identify their feelings without judgment.
📌 Self-Regulation→ Facing the Stormy Mountain Pass and using "The Pause Button" to manage big emotions like anger and anxiety.
📌 Motivation & Resilience→ Navigating the Whispering Woods to build persistence and find the "why" that drives us forward.
📌 Empathy in Action→ In the Empathy Meadows, learning to "listen with your heart" and understand others' perspectives.
📌 Social Skills & Teamwork→ Solving challenges in the Crystal Cave by learning to communicate, cooperate, and build trust.
📚 Featured Resource:
📖 Beyond the Hidden Door: Mastering Emotions by Marc Monteil
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📚 Amazon US
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Hidden-Door-interactive-intelligence-ebook/dp/B0FD7BNQ1B/
📚 Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Hidden-Door-Mastering-Intelligence/dp/B0FD7BNQ1B/
📚 Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/Beyond-Hidden-Door-interactive-intelligence-ebook/dp/B0FD7BNQ1B/
Or search “B0FD7BNQ1B” on your local Amazon store.
✨ Bonus
Readers get exclusive access to the interactive AI chatbot
Your child can talk (or chat) with Leo, Sofia, or Lumio, role-play scenarios; explore emotions; and continue learning after the last page.
🎙️ Hosted by Marc Monteil, founder of Intemotionnelle.com and Be2Can.com
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