Honoring Greatness with the Nurtured Heart Approach
Tammy Small, M.Ed. and certified Nurtured Heart Trainer
 
 
“Tammy Small is an inspired soul and brilliant clinician who holds nothing back in her masterful work with families and educators. I am honored and thrilled to have her teaching her deep wisdom through The Nurtured Heart Approach.” - Howard Glasser
Tammy’s Background
Nominated Outstanding Elementary Education Graduate from Western Washington University in 1984, Tammy went on to teach junior high in two public schools districts for 12 years.  During that tenure, she was awarded a position on the planning team to open a new junior high that was a part of the Coalition of Essential Schools and later named a Blue-Ribbon School.  She earned her Masters Degree in 1995 from the University of Washington, and worked 7 years as a high school counselor, before returning seven years ago to a K-8 as the school’s first counselor in its 80-year history.  She earned her Child and Adolescence Mental Health Certificate from the University of Washington’s Extension Program in 2005.   In 2006, the Peer Mediation program she helped create and coordinated was awarded the Washington State’s Golden Apple award.  She has presented at the WSCA, WCA, Catholic School and Early Childhood conferences.  She has trained numerous schools across the state - as well as special education departments, parent groups   In addition to working with her own school families, she also phone coaches and does in-home coaching for several families in the NHA. (A list of her extensive references is available upon request!)
 
Having learned about Howard Glasser’s work during her post-graduate studies, Tammy won a grant to attend the Advanced Training in the Nurtured Heart Approach in January of 2007, where she became a certified trainer and advocate for nurturing all hearts and souls to greatness. Additionally, she returned for a renewal training with other advanced trainers in January of 2008 and 2009.
 
 
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What I Believe:
 
  1. ✦Everyone has the best of intentions – but sometimes we are unaware of our impact.   Live as though the former matters the most.
 
  1. ✦All people can change - and awareness is that first step.
 
  1. ✦Being aware of your greatness is far more powerful than being focused on your flaws. One empowers, the other disables.
 
  1. ✦Most people don't know how great they are - and it is contagious to shine your greatness on others: tell them, show them. Watch them rise to their greatness.
 
  1. ✦People need people. It is why kids misbehave: pay attention.  Glasser's Nurtured Heart Approach reminds us: Pay attention to all I do right. Name it SPECIFICALLY.
 
  1. ✦Everyone should own a dog. This has absolutely nothing to do with my background in counseling theories or NHA training, but everything to do with the natural ability of dogs to do what we humans forget: always be happy to see you, eat your food without complaining, sleep without stress, love unconditionally, forgive everything.
 
  1. ✦Live as though everything matters. Because it does. People most of all.
 
  1. ✦My list will evolve – forever.