352: Big Kids, Bigger Feelings: Raising Confident and Connected Children | Alyssa Campbell
Be Well by Kelly Leveque
Kelly Leveque
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Alyssa Campbell M.Ed., emotional intelligence researcher and CEO of Seed & Sew, joins us to talk about raising confident, connected kids. With a background in early childhood education, Alyssa shares practical tools to help parents and caregivers support children’s emotions during the critical but often overlooked ages of 5 to 12. We explore how to guide kids through big feelings, set boundaries with compassion, and respond intentionally so they can grow into emotionally intelligent humans.
Topics Discussed:
→ Raising emotionally intelligent kids
→ Effective strategies for handling children’s meltdowns
→ The impact of emotional intelligence on kids’ social awareness
→ The FACTS method for emotional regulation
→ Talking to kids about screens, puberty, and drugs
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Timestamps:
→ 00:00:00 - Introduction
→ 00:02:59 - What is Emotional Intelligence
→ 00:08:05 - Social Awareness & Comparison
→ 00:15:21 - Triangle of Growth
→ 00:18:41 - Adult and Child Dynamics
→ 00:24:01 - Social Pressure & Public Crying
→ 00:28:56 - People Pleasing
→ 00:36:16 - Guiding Kids Through Big Emotions
→ 00:40:18 - Emotionally Sensitive Kids
→ 00:47:03 - The FACTS Method
→ 00:55:34 - Deepening Parent-Child Connection
→ 00:57:34 - Screens, Puberty & The ‘Sex Talk’
→ 01:06:51 - Creating Safety
→ 01:09:45 - Naming Body Parts + Drugs & Alcohol
→ 01:13:36 - Where to Find Alyssa
Show Links
Check Out Alyssa:
→ Instagram: @seed.and.sew
→ Website: Seed & Sew
→ Book: Big Kids, Bigger Feelings (Available Sept 16, 2025)
→ Podcast: Voices of Your Village
Check Out Kelly:
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| 0:00.0 | understanding how your nervous system works is so key. |
| 0:04.3 | And when we do all these four parts for us as the adult, |
| 0:08.5 | then when we move into adult child interactions, |
| 0:11.0 | we can do it to fidelity. |
| 0:12.7 | We can do it in a way where we can be intentional |
| 0:14.9 | and not react from a place of dysregulation, |
| 0:18.2 | but instead respond with intention. |
| 0:21.5 | You're listening to Be Well by Kelly Leveck. |
| 0:27.4 | In today's episode, I interview Alyssa Campbell, |
| 0:30.2 | an emotional intelligence researcher, |
| 0:32.5 | founder and CEO of Seed and So, |
| 0:35.1 | and host of Voices of Your Village podcast and author of Big Kids, |
| 0:40.5 | Bigger Feelings, Navigating Defiance, Meltdowns, Anxiety to Raise Confident, Connected Kids. |
| 0:47.5 | Alyssa has a master's of early childhood education and strives to change the way adults experience |
| 0:52.9 | children's emotions so they can respond |
| 0:54.8 | with intention to raise emotionally intelligent humans. |
| 0:58.6 | This new book is an essential guide to supporting children's social and emotional growth |
| 1:02.8 | through the elementary school years, ages 5 to 12, a critical but often overlooked developmental |
| 1:08.7 | stage. |
| 1:10.1 | And now Sebastian turns seven, I think there's no better time for me to learn from Alyssa Campbell. |
| 1:15.2 | Let's welcome her to the show. |
| 1:17.9 | Alyssa Campbell, I've been so excited about this interview. |
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