How Kind Speech Builds Emotional Intelligence In Children

How Kind Speech Builds Emotional Intelligence In Children

July 16, 2026 · 33 min

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The episode discusses how kind speech can enhance emotional intelligence in children through a conversation with life coach Bobbi Chegwyn.

Send us Fan Mail A kid isn’t “being difficult” in a vacuum. Most of the time, they’re broadcasting a need they don’t have words for, and the adults around them are deciding what that behavior means. I sit down with Bobbi Chegwyn, an Australian-born life coach turned children’s author, to talk about the hidden power of everyday language, and why the way we speak to kids becomes the way they eventually speak to themselves. Bobbi shares what changed for her when she moved to the United States a...

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Host: Mike

Guest: Bobbi Chegwyn

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Places: Australia, United States

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