09-12-14 Topic: Verbal First Aid The Power of Words, Images, and Stories to Help and Heal: A Conversation with Dr. Judith Prager
You will be fascinated and entertained as Dr. Prager and I explore the power of words to impact beliefs and engender healing. Learn about the power we all have within to transform not only our own lives but the lives of others. Everyone has the opportunity to create miracles by choosing carefully the words they use and how they speak to others (and especially themselves) in calm times as well as in high-stress situations.
We will examine some of the ideas presented in her very popular book,Verbal First Aid Helping your Kids Heal from Fear and Pain and Come Out Strong, as well as in her newly released book, Owie Cadabra – Verbal First Aid for Kids. Then we will learn some simple ways to turn a scare into a comfort, a hurt into a healing, and a potential trauma into a memory of courage. You will hear some valuable perspectives on major life challenges and learn how to transform crisis situations into positive, empowering experiences (by adjusting your attitude through your self-talk, changing the images you hold in your mind, and the stories you tell yourself).
You will be especially charmed by the beauty and wisdom of her approach to communicating to children, especially in emergency situations. Make sure all the parents you know get to hear this one. Dr. Prager will share her observation that far too many of today’s hospital-born babies are quickly taken into sterile nurseries and hooked up to beeping machines. Her suspicion is that, instead of bonding with the mother, this generation of newborns is bonding with machines. And, most of all, you will get to meet a woman who is truly a healing spirit, her mission to help create a better future where we are all aware of the energy field around each of us, and between all of us. This energy field is so easily enlightened or shattered. Just to experience her positive energy makes this interview worthwhile.
