Suzanne Tucker

Suzanne's bliss is inspiring connection. Her life's purpose is to change the way our society raises children, helping families and classrooms to move away from punishment, fear, and shame, into evidence-based, restorative practices instead.

A mom of four, physical therapist, and parent educator practicing with a focus on attachment since 1992, Suzanne co-founded a holistic outpatient rehabilitation center in 2002 in her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. In 2008 Suzanne founded the online community My Mommy Manual and in 2016, the e-commerce website and 1M+ social media followers strong community, Generation Mindful®, via a successful Kickstarter campaign.

Generation Mindful (GENM) is a global product and ed Tech company on a mission to raise an emotionally healthy world. GENM creates play-based tools, toys, and courses that build emotional intelligence in children and their care providers both at home and in early childhood classrooms. GENM's play-based tools intentionally take the science of connection practically and SIMPLY into everyday life where little moments of connection can have a big impact on children and their caregivers, improving school readiness and key protective factors of resilience.

In '18 Generation Mindful was a $50K Arch Grants Recipient in St. Louis Missouri, with a second equity-free $100K Arch Grants Growth Grant awarded in '22.

Suzanne is a regular parenting expert on two local television news channels' morning shows and has taught regular group positive (restorative/mindful) parenting classes for decades. As a guest lecturer for Parents as Teacher's National Conference, La Leche League, Illinois' First Steps Program, Children's Hope International, and other family-focused organizations, Suzanne shares her personal journey in motherhood, miscarriage, mindful parenting, and her life-long struggle to accept herself as "enough" in a heartfelt, often playful, and always encouraging way.

Mom of four children, five baby angels, and far too many pets to mention, Suzanne is co-author of the book Sunshine After The Storm on the topic of grief and loss, as well as a co-author of the children's book Heart's Treasure Hunt®. She is also the author/creator of the PeaceMakers® Mindfulness Card Deck, a game for inspiring mindful connection in homes and early childhood classrooms.

Suzanne is the person writing this bio in 3rd person about herself which makes her giggle, and now that you've got this far (congrats!!!) she hopes to connect and learn more about YOU! :D