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Friday, January 28, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Where do you find your parenting support?
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Parenting Tools We All Can Use
Now that you’re really thinking about this idea that we’re in the middle of a paradigm shift and we’ve got a lot of shifting going on, we need some real TOOLS to help us in the midst of our daily challenges. This is where you can dive into some of our tools for healing conversations. Listen in as Sarah MacLaughlin discusses some great tips for toddlers and young children. This very down to earth discussion with a social worker, author, and mom of a toddler will leave you feeling inspired with some simple ideas you can apply immediately.
Have older children? Want some tools that you can use for yourself and your kids? Join our conversation with Denise Schnell, mom of 3 daughters (including two teens), on Keeping it Positive. You can learn about the One Brain technique (and a session is included as a bonus for the first 25 people who purchase the package and sign up) and some great things you can do in your own home right after you listen to the session.
Have you wanted a more in-depth understanding of emotions and emotional literacy? Just like we want our children to be literate with reading, we also all need to be literate with the language of feelings. Carmine Leo guides us through this process of understanding more about ourselves and our children. And don’t miss the conversation with a mom struggling with connecting with one of her children as she learns to apply the ideas of emotional literacy to her family.
Remember, these discussions and much more are available for you to listen to at NO COST for 48 hours over this coming weekend! Click here to register!
Have older children? Want some tools that you can use for yourself and your kids? Join our conversation with Denise Schnell, mom of 3 daughters (including two teens), on Keeping it Positive. You can learn about the One Brain technique (and a session is included as a bonus for the first 25 people who purchase the package and sign up) and some great things you can do in your own home right after you listen to the session.
Have you wanted a more in-depth understanding of emotions and emotional literacy? Just like we want our children to be literate with reading, we also all need to be literate with the language of feelings. Carmine Leo guides us through this process of understanding more about ourselves and our children. And don’t miss the conversation with a mom struggling with connecting with one of her children as she learns to apply the ideas of emotional literacy to her family.
Remember, these discussions and much more are available for you to listen to at NO COST for 48 hours over this coming weekend! Click here to register!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
When the Shift Hits the Fan
Did you realize that we’re in the middle of a huge parenting paradigm shift? If you’ve been hanging out with us here at The Consciously Parenting Project for any length of time, you’ve already realized that we don’t look at things in the same old way. In fact, we may have said things that seemed like we were speaking a foreign language when it comes to your kids and your parenting. Bruce Lipton, author of The Biology of Belief, in his brilliant lecture at the ICPA conference in Washington, DC in October, discussed the shift in which we now find ourselves. This is a time around the world that what we thought we knew is falling apart. He went on to say that the way our society and our world is running isn’t sustainable and everything is shifting because it simply must.
I’ve been feeling the earth moving under my own feet and have observed it happening with many of the people I know, too. Bruce Lipton declared that it needs to happen and that he welcomes it. Wow- I wasn’t that excited about it before. But it means that we are open to many new possibilities that simply didn’t exist before. While the unknowns of it all are still somewhat scary, I left feeling very hopeful.
I teamed up with Lisa Reagan, founder of Families for Conscious Living and editor of Pathways Magazine, and we spoke together at the conference about what this shift looks like in families. What does it mean for you and for me? Where do we get stuck?
I loved Lisa’s take on what we think this shift means (we need to do lots MORE on our already overflowing to do list) and what it actually means (we’re changing out our to-do lists for a different way of looking at our parenting and our lives). This great conversation is a nice place to start in understanding what the paradigm shift actually means to you and me in our every day lives. I also shared my Brain Stoplight ™ tool to give you a new way of looking at your own behaviors using our current understanding of the brain in very simple terms.
You can listen to this conversation and many others for FREE next weekend starting at 6pm Eastern (New York time), Friday, January 14 until Sunday, January 16 at 6pm EDT. When the Shift Hits the Fan: Empowered Parenting in the Paradigm Shift with me (Rebecca Thompson) and Lisa Reagan. It is a great way to set the stage for this amazing conference where we’ll be Navigating the Current!
This is a great way to start off your year- inspired by some of the most interesting people working with parents today! Be sure to join us by registering here!
I’ve been feeling the earth moving under my own feet and have observed it happening with many of the people I know, too. Bruce Lipton declared that it needs to happen and that he welcomes it. Wow- I wasn’t that excited about it before. But it means that we are open to many new possibilities that simply didn’t exist before. While the unknowns of it all are still somewhat scary, I left feeling very hopeful.
I teamed up with Lisa Reagan, founder of Families for Conscious Living and editor of Pathways Magazine, and we spoke together at the conference about what this shift looks like in families. What does it mean for you and for me? Where do we get stuck?
I loved Lisa’s take on what we think this shift means (we need to do lots MORE on our already overflowing to do list) and what it actually means (we’re changing out our to-do lists for a different way of looking at our parenting and our lives). This great conversation is a nice place to start in understanding what the paradigm shift actually means to you and me in our every day lives. I also shared my Brain Stoplight ™ tool to give you a new way of looking at your own behaviors using our current understanding of the brain in very simple terms.
You can listen to this conversation and many others for FREE next weekend starting at 6pm Eastern (New York time), Friday, January 14 until Sunday, January 16 at 6pm EDT. When the Shift Hits the Fan: Empowered Parenting in the Paradigm Shift with me (Rebecca Thompson) and Lisa Reagan. It is a great way to set the stage for this amazing conference where we’ll be Navigating the Current!
This is a great way to start off your year- inspired by some of the most interesting people working with parents today! Be sure to join us by registering here!
Friday, January 7, 2011
Navigating the Current
I am delighted to formally announce our first ever Virtual Conference! This is a unique way to hear some incredible parenting tips and sample some of our parenting teleclasses on your own time over an entire weekend!
I’ve been blessed to connect with some of the foremost thinkers in parenting and you get to have a free listen to some of our most powerful interviews. This is information that conscious moms and dads are seeking and isn’t the same recycled parenting tidbits that you’ve heard over and over before. We’ll share wisdom that respects your role as a parent to decide what works best for you AND gives you the information you need to make an informed decision, from the best of what research is showing us about our biology (including brain science), our physiology, and our sociology.
What is a Virtual Conference? It's a conference that you’ll have access to over your computer. For 48 hours, you’ll have unlimited access to all the audios we’ve recorded for this conference. You don’t have to wait until a particular time to hear a session that sounds interesting to you. You can go in to any of the recordings at any time during the 48 hours. Isn’t that great?!
How much does it cost? It is completely FREE during the 48 hours to listen to on your computer. I want to give you access to some of the best parenting information available and it won’t cost you anything but time. (I believe it is truly an investment in your family to take this time!)
What if I want to be able to download the audios so that I can listen to them any time I want? We have a very affordable package for those of you who wish to purchase the audios. You’ll also have access to some great bonuses when you purchase the audio package. You'll also have access right away so you can start listening now. Check it out here.
What topics are included? Our themes include play, healing, and community. From conversations about how parents can incorporate play into their families, how parents can create more balance in family life, to specific healing modalities that you probably haven’t heard about- like Birth Matrix Reimprinting- you’ll find something that you need to hear right now!
Who can participate? Moms, dads, foster parents, grandmas and grandpas, aunts, uncles, teachers, administrators, mental health professionals, doulas, midwives, and anyone else who cares about children.
How do I sign up? Just click here and enter your name and email in the box. Instructions for accessing the conference will be sent to you. Be sure to watch for a confirmation email if you haven’t registered with us previously. We can’t send you more information until you click and that could mean that you could miss it! (And that would be tragic!)
When is this Virtual Conference? The conference will be held the weekend of January 14-16 from 6pm January 14 Eastern time (New York time) until 6pm Eastern Sunday, January 16. Check here for a time zone clock. I’ve done my best to schedule this conference so that no matter where you are in the world, you’ll be able to have a time that is convenient for you!
Keep watching over the next week for more information. I’ll be highlighting some of my favorite sessions so that you can use your time wisely on the topics that most resonate with what you need to hear. Until then, happy parenting!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Healing Your Balance
As I embark on this New Year, I’m feeling optimistic. As I work with families with a wide array of challenges, I’m reminded how important it is to maintain some sort of balance in our own lives, as individuals (and as a couple if you’re in a relationship), so that our children can maintain some sort of balance, too.
It is so easy to over-schedule ourselves living in this time of being accessible 24/7 via phone, computer, text, and email to name a few, and with so many other distractions. Remember that our grandparents never had to worry about being woken in the middle of the night when a letter arrived (perhaps via Pony Express? lol). They didn’t even have TV in the middle of the night, since the stations shut off and all the stores closed by 8pm, if not earlier!
And now we have Super Walmart and hundreds of channels on day and night. We have so many distractions that many of us are feeling really overwhelmed right now. We have a constant pull on our time in so many directions. How do you make it all work? I know that I’ve been working to simplify my life quite a bit. I have been asking the question, “Is this really necessary?” quite a bit. Sometimes the answer is yes. Sometimes it is no.
Last month, I did an interview with Joan Almon and we talked about the importance of balance. Most importantly, we talked about how to create it in a family. It was a great reminder for me of how important it is for all of us to make the time to play (even the grown-ups) and if you (as the parent) are worn out by your child’s schedule, then it is probably too much for your child, too. You can listen to the whole interview full of great parenting tips for free the weekend of January 14-16. Click here for more information.
We talked a lot about the importance of unstructured play time for our children and that we, as adults, also need time to just be and to play. Next time, I’ll be talking more about play and how we can add it into our day with our children, regardless of their age.
I love to hear from you, so let me know more about what is working or not working for you regarding balance in your family.
It is so easy to over-schedule ourselves living in this time of being accessible 24/7 via phone, computer, text, and email to name a few, and with so many other distractions. Remember that our grandparents never had to worry about being woken in the middle of the night when a letter arrived (perhaps via Pony Express? lol). They didn’t even have TV in the middle of the night, since the stations shut off and all the stores closed by 8pm, if not earlier!
And now we have Super Walmart and hundreds of channels on day and night. We have so many distractions that many of us are feeling really overwhelmed right now. We have a constant pull on our time in so many directions. How do you make it all work? I know that I’ve been working to simplify my life quite a bit. I have been asking the question, “Is this really necessary?” quite a bit. Sometimes the answer is yes. Sometimes it is no.
Last month, I did an interview with Joan Almon and we talked about the importance of balance. Most importantly, we talked about how to create it in a family. It was a great reminder for me of how important it is for all of us to make the time to play (even the grown-ups) and if you (as the parent) are worn out by your child’s schedule, then it is probably too much for your child, too. You can listen to the whole interview full of great parenting tips for free the weekend of January 14-16. Click here for more information.
We talked a lot about the importance of unstructured play time for our children and that we, as adults, also need time to just be and to play. Next time, I’ll be talking more about play and how we can add it into our day with our children, regardless of their age.
I love to hear from you, so let me know more about what is working or not working for you regarding balance in your family.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Storytelling 101
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You can find it here: http://consciouslyparenting.com/story-healing-101/
See you there!
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