Susan Schulhof
My name is Susan Schulhof, and I am an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at National Louis University. I have been dedicated to the field of Early Childhood Education since 2001, building on my previous experience in Elementary Education and Social Work. Beyond my academic role, I facilitate educational workshops and presentations at various professional conferences, including TEACHx, Teaching Professor, Leadership Connections, Opening Minds, and GoAEYC events, with a focus on professional and personal growth and reflection.
I am a proud first-generation graduate, with degrees from Harper Community College, Northern Illinois University, and a Master’s degree from National Louis University. My written work includes one nonfiction book, several fiction books focused on personal growth, and a blog focused on positivity. In my personal time, I enjoy traveling, hiking, reading, and spending time with my family and friends.
I grew up in a very spiritual household, believing in a connection to a higher power. A higher power that was there to guide me, help me to grow, and give me inspiration, if I would only listen. I was rarely without a notebook, and now my phone, to catch those random ideas because I never know which words and thoughts are important to keep track of.
Journaling was a way of life for me since I started writing in my diary as a little girl. I always wanted to know why people, including myself, act the way they do and make the choices they do. So thinking and reflecting on myself and other people became part of my day. Reading and my love of books became pivotal in this desire as well. When I read, I learn not just what the book is about, but also about life and people. I can experience so much more than what is only in my immediate life and circumstances.
I meditate weekly, and when I pray, I also listen for the answer to the questions I ask. I am guided by conversations with others, by situations I encounter, by books I read, by shows I watch, and by whispers in my heart and soul. I am guided when I listen, so I continually strive to connect with a higher power. These flashes of intuition become articles or books that I put down on paper to entertain, inspire, and even encourage others to make conscious choices in their lives. The words I write and share with the world feel very personal and vital to the type of life I want to live.
Using spiritual tools, journaling, reading, writing in my journal, or publishing books is how I lead my life guided by my intuition, by Spirit or God, and by love. When I think about how I will leave the world, I hope to be remembered for my kindness and love. But I also want others to see my strength and my desire to share ideas on how to choose and live their own highest and best life, whatever that looks like. Do they want the steps to listen to their intuition, to make their dreams come true, or to strive to be their best self? If a person does, then my books demonstrate how, through simple stories that lead the way.
Where can you find my books?
My ebooks are available on many platforms like Amazon Kindle, iBook, Nook, and others.
Some paperbacks are also available through Amazon or the publisher.
Book Descriptions
Fun4Babies book is 52 activities that a parent or teacher can implement with an infant. It contains short descriptions, pictures, items needed and areas of learning the activities target.
Riding Waves is the story of Harper Johnson, a typical teenage girl, as she learns to navigate the joys as well as the trials of growing up, falling in lov
e and going to college. It appears that Harper’s life is heading in the direction of her dreams as she graduates from high school and begins to date her best friend’s charismatic older brother, Dan. As she struggles to balance her own needs with the demands of being in a relationship, she loses her best friend and is in danger of losing herself. She has some hard decisions to make when her choices lead her only to confusion and pain. While on vacation in Florida, she writes a poem comparing her own life to how she feels when body surfing. She realizes that just like in body surfing, she must decide which waves will take her to shore and towards her dreams, and which choices might take her under and cause her only pain?
Little Stone House on the Corner is an inspirational, fiction book about a magical house that can make people’s dreams come true through the power of belief and action. When a young couple, Ryan and Tara, move into this little stone house on the corner and follow the guidance this house offers, they embark on a life changing adventure of a lifetime. If you had a dream that you wanted to come true, how far would you go to make it happen?
Living Red is a New-Adult Futuristic Novel set during a period of time when humankind is making major advances in communicating with one another and even traveling through thoughts alone. Eighteen year old, Peyton Milner lives with her parents and her brother in one of the few civilizations remaining and thriving in what is left of America after everything and everyone was almost obliterated by war. Although the world is making major advances in communicating with one another and even traveling through thought, she is struggling with the secrets her Grandma Ava is sharing with her. When she and her best friend, Reese, wander into a local Art Gallery where she meets Dallas, she is drawn to him and to the sunsets he paints in w ays that she can't describe, ways that contradict all common sense and rationale. Peyton has been raised to place vast significance on one's intelligence and the power of reasoning and logic in all decisions, but will she learn to follow her intuition to discover the truth?
Chasing Blue is about living in a world more than 100 years in the future, where people can communicate and even travel through their thoughts. Yet as Peyton reads her Great Great-Grandmother Sarah's journals, she sees so many similarities to the life she is living. When so much of their lives are changing, Peyton and her best friend, Reese, search for purpose and meaning, while taking actions toward becoming their best selves. As one relationship ends and another begins, Peyton learns to trust life, listening to her intuition guiding her as she begins to heal and love again. Can Peyton follow her intuition to discover her purpose and strive towards her highest good in this future world?
Coming in 2027 Finding Yellow.
Thank you for the support and encouragement, João!