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Developing Patience & Calming Irritability (For Parents)
With Jennifer Prokhorov
Parenting is perhaps the hardest job in the world. At least as a parent of four children, it feels that way to me. No matter how much we love and adore and would do anything for our children, no matter their age, they still have a way of uncovering parts of us we never knew we had (parts we were ok without!). It’s so easy to feel frustration, impatience, and exasperation. But these challenging emotions don’t have to be so common. When we cultivate a mindfulness practice and learn to employ these new skills in our family relationships, we can see things change in incredible and wonderfully connecting ways. In this 10-day course, we will focus on developing our empathy and acceptance, fostering a calm presence, being a model of flexibility and equanimity, and easing up and letting go of little irritants and tiny bumps in the road of parenting. We’ll find new perspectives and new freedoms that will allow us to smile more and enjoy our families perhaps more than we ever have before. I’d love for you to join me on this amazing journey!
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2.5k students
4.9 stars
11 min / day
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4.9 (75)
Recent Reviews
Bastian
October 31, 2025
I have been a lot more calm and patient with my kids for the past 10days
Gen
September 16, 2025
What a lovely course that has made me look forward to my train ride every morning. Thank will definitely try to keep up my practice now and I will try to find a mantra that works well for me. I highly recommend this course to any parent- to anyone else too for that matter, as we all struggle with impatience and frustration at times 😊
Sasha
July 7, 2025
Thank you so much for the course! I’m a mom of 4 little kids and I really needed this inspiration, lots of practical advice and awesome mindfulness practice during each lesson.
Cheri
February 3, 2025
Jennifer is so calming and practical. I always feel so much better when I listen to her sessions
Karl
January 1, 2025
This was great. Thank you.
Alison
May 9, 2024
Gentle, informative and kind. Full of good wisdom.
Sarasana
March 18, 2024
What a wonderful course for parents, thank you for your wisdom, insight and guidance through this course. I felt your compassion through your guidance and I am inspired to be more compassionate with myself, thank you 🙏🏽
Amanda
February 15, 2024
This course is amazing. I am a mom of 3 littles, I have been on a journey of healing, calm and patience. I have past trauma I’m working through in therapy from my childhood and this course was perfect to align with all the work I’m doing to be the cycle breaker for my kids, to release control and old ways I learned to self protect as a child. I highly recommend it for any parents, especially those who what to deepen their patience, presence and release holding onto control. I will be doing it again, thank you. Is there a way to add these to your page to listen individually? For example day 3 really resonated, I would love to bookmark it.
Tara
December 31, 2023
This is a hidden gem of a course. It is quiet, gentle, patient, calming and considered - itself modelling the traits that it is teaching. I found it profoundly helpful and inspiring and would recommend investigating your time in it without hesitation. I know I will revisit it repeatedly to reinforce the central ideas.
Jeneep
October 1, 2023
Lovely course that was very grounded and focused on the present, the breath to calm the body, and mantras. This will help me to be a calmer parent in times of stress, to be less rigid and more present with my kiddo and to embrace every moment to the best I can, whatever it may entail. Thank you 🙏
Monique
September 10, 2023
It’s like the course was holding up a mirror allowing to see myself from a different perspective. Will definitely be repeating!
Ghada
August 4, 2023
Excellent course. I’ll be re-doing it - maybe more than once. Very helpful - thank you!
Shani
July 22, 2023
Really wondeful!! I definitely felt the messages and practices sinking in and felt like an overall calmer parent.
Rebekah
June 24, 2023
I needed this practice so very much. I will be repeating it as needed. Thank you. 🙏🏻
KatieG
April 9, 2023
As not just a parent but a grandparent, these practices may be more readily accessible, as I’ve had years to know how true the principles are! Patience, acceptance of self and others, compassion and letting go of attachment to particular outcomes are practices I’ve been honing for a long time. Now the payoff comes for myself but also with and for my adult children and grandkids. Thank you so much for the course. I opted to take the class to enhance my skills AND to appreciate and to send loving vibes out to all those listening who are in the earlier throes of parenting! ❤️
Nima
November 13, 2022
One of the best practices of meditation I've done. It's been so helpful as a parent of two toddlers. I felt so understood and validated with all of my emotions, with the added bonus of a mindful meditation to help guide me to a better place.
Juliette
November 8, 2022
Fabulous course, one of the best on insight timer. Remembering the question "what is important here? " such a helpful grounding mantra for staying present. I am sure this will course will make me a better parent & person. I will be repeating this course many times. Thank you for such a calming and wonderful course.
Dee
November 1, 2022
Us parents need more courses like this! Thank you!
joey
October 1, 2022
Loved this course. Thank you.
Melissa
August 2, 2022
I definitely recommend this course and found it very useful. I'll relisten often because there is so much to gain from it. Very grateful thank you so much
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