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Dr. Dan Siegel shows us a simple meditative practice that comes completely from science. He talks about how we, as parents, can use this practice to add a pause before we react, and how we can also teach this to our kids so that they can make more thoughtful choices. The practice includes focused attention, open awareness, and compassion. You can use this practice to create more well being in your relationships, your family, and in your life.

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Janell Burley Hofmann tells the story of when iPhone contract that she wrote for her son went viral. Janell wisely says that, “digital parenting is not technical, it’s relational”. She walks us through the steps of how to begin–or continue–the conversation with our kids about technology. She demonstrates what we can say, so our children understand our values around technology, it strengthens our relationship, and it teaches our kids the skills of balance, kindness, and self-regulation.

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Katie has been bringing The Work to millions of people for more than thirty years. Her public events, weekend workshops, five-day intensives, nine-day School for The Work, and 28-day residential Turnaround House have brought freedom to people all over the world.

Byron Katie's books include the bestselling Loving What Is, I Need Your Love—Is That True?, A Thousand Names for Joy, and A Mind at Home with Itself.

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Byron Katie’s The Work can be used in any situation where you are suffering. Listen to how Katie skillfully guides Jason and Cecilia through a situation in their relationship that had created some suffering (the laundry!). She helps them question the stressful thoughts that led to the suffering and see a new, more joyful, way to look at reality.

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If you child is having behavioral problems, difficulty managing her emotional, doesn’t finish tasks, or struggles with organization, planning, or controlling her impulses, she is probably weak in executive function skills. Dr. Lockhart explains that executive function skills are developed in our children’s brains, especially during the toddler/preschool and adolescent years. She talks about how ADHD, depression, trauma, and anxiety impact kid’s executive functioning abilities. And she shares with us a collaborative process that you can use with your child–to replace the yelling or arguing–so you can give your child’s brain exactly what it needs.

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Magdalena Consuelo Garcia is a long-time elementary educator at both public and private schools, and the co-founder of a non-profit community elementary school, The Knowing Garden, in Redondo Beach, CA. She also founded Circles & Bridges, a resource for humans of all ages to heal and celebrate life transitions in personalized and transformative ways.

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Magdalena Consuelo Garcia describes how she’s worked with parents, using rituals, to make sense of, grieve, and integrate important life events. In the busyness of modern society we’ve lost touch with deep, meaningful ways to honor life transitions, such as marriage, becoming a mother, weaning, starting school, or graduating. Magdalena explains how we can use simple individual or small group rituals, to bring more peace and meaning to our lives.

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