Workshops
I offer a variety of online workshops on respectful parenting. If you are interested in having one of these workshops—or another workshop on a different topic—offered at your home or center, please contact me for details.
Words to Live By: Daily Intentions for Meaningful Parenting and Life
Words are powerful.
When we become parents, we can feel as if we begin to exist in a smaller world, where the words we speak and hear all day relate only to caregiving, scheduling, and logistics. While these words are essential and meaningful in our newly shaped lives, we can miss the depth and nuance of the world of language we used to inhabit.
Creating a set of simple but powerful prayers or intentions for how we want to show up for ourselves, our people, and our world is one way to add depth to our daily lives. It also offers us a simple way to connect with a deeper sense of meaning without pulling us away from our very real and important day-to-day demands.
Come to this workshop to think and feel into what matters most for you in this season of your life. We will talk with each other, write together, and create our own individual prayers (intentions, aspirations, guideposts, ideas) for how we want to be and what we want to offer to the world.
This workshop is open to any parent who seeks meaning in parenting and in life in general. No religious affiliation required (or excluded). Come as you are, with openness to what you can learn at this time from your inner landscape and your fellow humans.
Upcoming Class Date
Saturday, September 28, 2024
3:30–5:30pm Pacific
Location
Offered in person through Natural Resources
Parenting Through Toddler Tantrums and Development
Using tools drawn from respectful parenting approaches like RIE® and Hand in Hand Parenting, this workshop will help you understand what your toddler is experiencing, how his or her brain works, and what she or he is developmentally capable of in this tumultuous and tender time. It will also offer you tools for setting firm but respectful limits, helping your toddler offload big feelings, and supporting yourself during these intense years.
In addition, you will learn how to lighten your load through laughter and play.
Upcoming Class Date
Sunday, December 8, 2024 | 10:00 a.m.–12:00pm Pacific
Location
Offered online through Natural Resources
Past Offerings
Language Matters: How to Raise Confident and Compassionate Children Through Conscious Communication
In this three-part series, you will learn how to communicate consciously with your children and partner or co-parent. Co-facilitated with Alejandra Siroka of Language Alchemy.
No More Yelling: The Art & Science of Respectful Discipline
A two-evening class for parents of children from 3-6 years old+.
When your baby was born, you told yourself you’d do your best to stay calm and not yell even when you got triggered.
But as your child starts testing the boundaries of their world—and your patience—you find you are less able to hold on to the promises you made to yourself.
It’s so frustrating to feel that your child isn’t behaving as you wish. On top of that, it can be so discouraging to see yourself behaving in a way that does not align with your values and the love you feel for your child.
The good news is that it is possible to learn effective ways to shift your child’s behavior without resorting to punishment, yelling, or shaming. Join me for a unique two-part workshop on how to meet your most challenging moments with your child(ren) with greater connection and respect.
More Ease, More Joy: Conscious Parenting for the Early Years
A half-day workshop co-facilitated with Alejandra Siroka of Language Alchemy.
Perhaps you've looked for information on how to parent more consciously. You've read books, listened to podcasts, and talked to friends. But who do you trust? Some of the suggestions can seem contradictory, complicated, or just not "you."
Wouldn't it be great to feel that you had an authentic and usable set of tools, language, and ideas to turn to for your big AND small parenting questions? A framework to lean on when the next challenge or discussion or feeling arises with your child?
Conscious Parenting can help.
