Self-Awareness For Kids: Teaching Children To Connect To Themselves & Pay Attention
"I ask students if they have ever been told to pay attention. The most common response is yes. I then ask if they have...
Abigail WilberRelationships and Family
Ultimately, the benefits we enjoy from meditation and mindfulness extend to our relationships, improving not only our lives, but the lives of others.
Empathy, compassion, kindness and gratitude strengthen our relationships with ourselves, friends and strangers. Explore relaxation techniques for kids, self-care for mothers, and patience for parents. Learn about listening, connecting, belonging and how to extend your practice to others.
Read about the intersection of mindfulness and interpersonal connection through the lens of meditation teachers, therapists and family specialists.
Radical Compassion (Part 3): The Awakening & Realization Of Belonging
In this third part of her “Radical Compassion: Loving Ourselves & Our World Into Healing” series, Tara Brach explains how to awaken and realize...
Tara Brach
Radical Compassion (Part 2): How RAIN Meditation Can Guide Us To Better Relationships
RAIN is a tool of radical compassion, to make love of ourselves perfect, to make love of our life, love of each other, love...
Tara Brach
Mindful Listening To Improve Relationships
Although it may sometimes seem like an easy feat, having a conversation can be an immense amount of work for your brain! The many...
Isabelle Pikörn
How Can I Gently Help My Child To Meditate & Relax?
“Meditation games” are a playful way to introduce children to the practice of bringing awareness to the present moment and becoming calm. Discover ideas...
Alison Serour
Mama Llama: Mindfulness And The Quest To Be A Good-Enough Mother
Perfectionism is a virus, and it’s a doozy. It often infects us at childhood through experiences that teach us we have to be perfect...
Dr. Candice Creasman
From Writing A Gratitude List To Living A Grateful Life
Whether gratitude journaling is working for you or not, we can all take our gratitude practice one step further by moving from the page...
Isabelle Pikörn
Why Is Empathy Important?
When we understand what others are feeling and share in those feelings without being carried away, we’re able to react appropriately to these feelings.
Isabelle Pikörn
The 4 C’s Of A Happy, Mindful & Resilient Family
Over the years parenting techniques will come and go like clouds in a summer sky. But a deep desire and ability to offer your...
Fleur Chambers
The Importance Of Teaching Children Self-Love
By telling the powerful journey of her client Janet, psychotherapist and meditation teacher Dorothy Ratusny emphasizes the damaging effects of lacking self-love in children...
Dorothy Ratusny