Mindful Parenting

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Kids & Teens
Manage Big Parenting Feelings Before They Manage You 

Huge parenting misnomer: we need to protect our kids from our negative feelings. The truth: it’s easier to lose control when we’re focused on stopping our emotions. Carla Naumburg explores seven practices to help you build resilience during tense parenting moments. Read More 

  • Carla Naumburg
  • May 11, 2018
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Three Simple Ways Parents Can Practice Self-Compassion 

Do you beat yourself up for being a bad parent? There’s an alternative. Recent research suggests self-compassion may be a resource for resiliency. Explore these three small acts of kindness to build compassion for yourself. Read More 

  • Maryam Abdullah
  • April 24, 2018
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Mindfulness For
How to Be a Resilient Parent 

Children learn more from what you do than what you say, so your resilience—the way they watch you approach adversity—affects theirs. Explore these mindful strategies for building awareness around challenging experiences. Read More 

  • Mark Bertin
  • April 17, 2018
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Mindfulness For
How Busy Working Parents Can Make Time for Mindfulness 

Michelle Gale was working as Twitter's head of learning and development while also raising a family, and struggled to fit mindfulness into her busy lifestyle. Here, she gives tips on how to practice awareness by building it into your daily routine. Read More 

  • Michelle Gale
  • April 12, 2018
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Expert Interviews
Dr. Dan Siegel: What Hearing “Yes” Does to Your Child’s Brain 

It's not about permissive parenting, says Dr. Dan Siegel in his new book "Yes Brain" with co-author Tina Payne Bryson. It's about using "yes" to find ways to relate, which encourages kids to explore and be resilient, instead of starting at "no," which shuts them down. Read More 

  • Lu Hanessian
  • January 11, 2018
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