Annika Hurwitt, Ph.D.

Much of my personal and professional work requires helping myself, my colleagues and/or my sons develop strong social emotional intelligence. What does it take to be resilient and perform at high levels surrounded by a world which doesn’t yet understand where emotional resiliency comes from? My work with Annika led to personal breakthroughs for myself and for my son, who struggled with anxious thoughts as he struggled with getting himself to school. For him, school was a hostile environment, not a supportive place of learning. Annika’s work helped me have the life changing insight that everyone, including my son, has innate resilience – is competent and capable no matter what. My son is now in college, capable of self advocating, and anxious thoughts are no longer central to his life. I will always be thankful for the understanding that life is really an inside out journey, not outside in. And I am so thankful for the insights that hit me like a thunderbolt and transform me, replacing anxious feelings with peace and possibility.