Community of Mindful Parents

The following post has been re-posted with permission from Christine Carter’s Raising Happiness Blog By Gillian Growdon The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind – By Daniel Siegel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD The holiday whirlwind leaves behind great memories, but also exhaustion: at my house I’ve noticed an uptick in the [...]

Did children use imaginative play 13,000 years ago? Scroll down to watch this fascinating video and then share your thoughts with us! Photo by Nicole

Full article appears in Huffington Post I went to a dinner party at a friend’s home last weekend, and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time. Little Maya was all curly brown hair, doe-like dark eyes, and adorable in her shiny pink nightgown. I wanted to squeal, “Maya, you’re so cute! Look at you! [...]

Reposted, with permission, from The Attachment Parenting Doctor Being a mother can be much more joyful than we make it, if we learn to recognize when and why we make it harder than it should be. As a pediatrician, I often ask mothers to stop regretting the past, as well as to stop worrying obsessively about the [...]

This article is reprinted from Christine Carter’s blog about raising happy kids, which can be found on the Greater Good Magazine website. In honor of that wonderful gratitude holiday we’ve got just around the corner, I’m reposting a very short video that Kelly Corrigan (author of The Middle Place and Lift) and I recorded when [...]

This post is brought to you by Cynthia Westby, Mindfulness Guide.  Learn more about her work at www.cynthiawestby.com.  Her next “Mindfulness Meditation for Stress Reduction” class begins Monday, September 26th. A week ago the temperatures reached 86 around Seattle with sunny, clear skies.  Today it is 60 and blustery with rain.  When the weather changed [...]

  What’s the best way to raise a smart, happy baby through age 5? Scientists know. New York Times bestselling author and dynamic speaker, Dr. John Medina, will share the facts — not just advice — in an engaging and practical way in this 3-hour workshop. If you have young children in your life as [...]

This post has been brought to you from the Essential Midwifery blog. To read more about Jodilyn’s midwifery experience in Vanauatu, or to read about her business partner, Jane’s  midwifery experience in Africa,  click here to be taken to their blog.   Here is a quick post just to track the mayhem, and it’s mostly [...]

Mindfulness. The word seems to be everywhere…on TV, radio, in advertising. Are there real benefits? Can it make a difference in your family’s life? Can it help you be a happier, more grounded, and more effective parent?
The short answers are yes, yes, and yes.  Act, Not React Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn helped make mindfulness a household [...]

This article is reprinted fromChristine Carter’sblog about raising happy kids, which can be found on the Greater Good Magazine website. Yesterday, two things happened: (1) I had two separate conversations with new parents about how having a baby can be like a wrecking-ball to a marriage, especially in the first year. (2) Three different people [...]

If you have already purchased tickets for the film Race to Nowhere, we look forward to seeing you March 24th at 7:00 at the Mercer Island JCC.   This event is SOLD OUT! We would love to continue the conversation with you.  Please see our forum or friend us on facebook to add your thoughts, insights and feelings [...]

This article is reprinted from Christine Carter’sblog about raising happy kids, which can be found on the Greater Good Magazine website. Conflict is part of life. And that means it’s part of our relationships, even with those we love most. I just don’t think there’s any way around this. Could the Dalai Lama avoid fighting [...]