Yesterday evening, as I left VTCYT after facilitating the Mindful Parents workshop, I recognized that parenting with a mindfulness approach could sometimes be a challenge. I think this challenge arises due to the following.

1.  A mindfulness practice is a difficult practice. For parents, finding time or a space can be tricky. However, this practice is essential as one group member pointed out last night. She stated “We need to practice...

Science Blog reports that Developmental and Psychopathology journal published a study in their October issue led by Yale researchers investigating the effects of chronic stress on parenting. Chronic stressors such as poverty and depression were looked at more closely. Stress changed the way parents responded to their children due to the psychological and biological responses their bodies were having to the stressors, which can lead to negative parenting patterns that include hostility or neglect.<...

I am excited and looking forward to facilitating Mindfulness for Teens and Mindful Parents starting a week from today, March 5. I am also pleased to offer these groups to the community for no charge. 

Mindfulness for Teens provides opportunity for Teens to learn and practice mindfulness based practices that includes formal meditation, mindful eating, mindful movements, and mindful listening in a group setting. Teens will also discuss areas in which mindfulness...

As we move through hectic and busy lives it is important to take time to “smell the roses.”  I know as a parent of a seven year old there are many things to remember; school lunch, forms, baseball stuff, play dates, birthday parties…. The list goes on. Most parents I know hardly have time to breathe during the day, let alone find time for a mindful practice. Here are some...