Author name: Jody J. Pawel

Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE is the author of the award-winning book, The Parent's Toolshop and president of Parents Toolshop® Consulting, where she oversees an international network of Toolshop® trainers. She has 30 years experience as a top-rated speaker and parenting expert to the media worldwide, including serving as the Co-Producer and Parenting Expert for the Emmy-nominated Ident-a-Kid television series. Currently, she hosts the Parents Tool Talk radio show and is a parenting expert columnist for nearly a dozen parenting websites and Chic Mom magazine. She has produced almost 100 multimedia resources, which are available at her award-winning website, www.ParentsToolshop.org.

Dealing With Difficult People During Family Gatherings?

Dealing With Difficult People During Family Gatherings? Do You Enjoy Your Family Gatherings or Endure Them? Kelly dreads big dinners with her extended family; something (more accurately, someone) always manages to spoil the occasion with their negativity.  Great Aunt Sophie is especially critical, saying Kelly lets her three-year old daughter, Jaime, “get away with too …

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Dealing With Criticism? Immunize Yourself Against Toxic People

Dealing With Criticism? Immunize Yourself Against Toxic People Most parents will attend a family gathering or visit relatives this Summer. Many will also endure a chronically negative or critical relative. You know who I mean. Every family seems to have at least one. That person we avoid all year long but have to see at  …

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Recommended Resources for Family LIfe Service Professional

Recommended Resources for  Social Entrepreneurs Specifically for Family Life Educators, Therapists, Coaches, and Social Service Professionals The following resources are recommended in the following publications: Marketing magic: Secret tricks for increasing your visibility and success, Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE. Ambris Publishing, to be published in 2003. Available as e-book download for $9.95. The chapter …

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Are You Parenting Adult Children Living At Home Getting Ready To Leave The Nest Or Finding Yourself Parenting Adult Children Living At Home Again?

When your youngest child turned 18, you thought you were done raising children. Although your 18 year old has gone away to college, your 19 year old tried going away to college last year, got home-sick and decided to come back home to go to the community college. Another child has been having a hard time

Glossary of Terms

  [PDF] GLOSSARY  OF  TERMS     428   Glossary  of  Terms                                                                                                                         429     430                                                                                                                 The  Parent’s  Toolshop     Glossary  of  Terms                                                                                                                         431         432                                                   …

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