Mindful parenting is the practice of being present with your child, bringing an attitude of curiosity and kindness – tuning into what is important. Learn how mindful parenting can help bring more patience, understanding and 'in the moment' experiences into your family.

7 Days of Mindful Parenting

Let Kids Be Kids

How do you know when more is actually an improvement, enriching? And when doing more actually undermines the much needed downtime for "just being" that kids also need for their development and recovery from a busy day?  With so much pressure to involve kids in a wide range of activities, we may not realize that having unscheduled and unstructured time are essential in developing skills and boredom that sparks creativity, playfulness, and spontaneous problem-solving.

Awareness

Curious Observation

Cognitive Flexibility

Attitudes of Mindfulness

Focus

Thoughtfully Disciplined

Did you know that kids actually need limits and depend on you to set them? While they may show you the opposite, they crave knowing where the boundary is and that you’ll be consistent and predictable. This creates a sense of psychological safety.

Mindfully Managing Meltdowns

All sorts of reactions may pop up for us when our child melts down as they experience big, negative, overwhelming emotions. We may find ourselves caught up in our own stress response and how their meltdown relates to us.

Parenting is Imperfect

While we generally can explain away our perfectionist tendencies as striving for excellence and believers in self-improvement, that’s not an accurate story of perfectionism. Perfectionism is less about growth and more about protecting ourselves from being "found out" to be the imperfect beings that we are.

Parenting Is Imperfect

It’s a common challenge families, and people in general, face. Together –but not experiencing quality connection because mind is elsewhere or focused on getting the next task done.

Fulfilling Family Time

Take A Time Out

Parents often feel guilty about taking a much needed break to replenish their energy, or invest in themselves. How do you decide if it's actually OK to take some "me time"? How would you know if you've spent enough time with your kids to justify taking care of yourself?

Bringing Mindfulness Home

Mindfulness practice won't get rid of normal kid behavior! Even better, mindfulness training can support kids in so many ways that will carry benefits for life. With greater self-awareness and understanding, they can learn to value themselves just as they are, manage their emotions, and make the best decisions they can at their age.

7 Days of Mindful Parenting

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