Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist

Press Pause on Your Inner Critic

I was working on my blog and had a flood of distracting critical thoughts. “Why’d you choose that word?” “They’re not gonna understand it if you say it that way.” “You should say _________ instead.” I got so frustrated editing while typing, even though I know better than to do that. I just kept listeningContinue reading “Press Pause on Your Inner Critic”

A Parenting Communication Course

Healing Our Families: Healing the Parent-Child Relationship is an online course If you haven’t heard, I wrote a communication course for parents that’s available on Udemy. It’s called Healing Our Families: Healing the Parent-Child Relationship. It’s a course that empower parents to know what to say and what not to say, and how our words and behavior impact communication.

Are You Listening? Parenting: Cause & Effect

Am I the only one who can initially be a little judgy? When I wrote and illustrated I’m Proud to Be Natural Me! my intention was to teach children the lesson parents seemed to have missed. I wanted to increase children’s self-confidence by teaching them to embrace their natural beauty. What I learned from observingContinue reading “Are You Listening? Parenting: Cause & Effect”

Set Them Free

Watched the movie Finding Forrester again after over a decade, and had so many flashbacks. This movie is very special to me. For a season, it was the glue that held me together. While I was in school, I was dealing with a faculty member who didn’t want me there. Each time I met withContinue reading “Set Them Free”