Parenting with Resilience and Joy – Online

An experiential online course designed to give you practical tools for cultivating well-being and building healthy relationships.

During each session we will practise mindfulness and emotional health exercises, share scientific research on well-being, and explore ways to bring more joy, laughter and love into our lives.

Who is this course for?
This course is for parents and carers – all those who care for children. No previous experience of mindfulness is required. You will be invited to reflect on and share your experience, should you choose – these contributions enrich the course for everyone.

Dates: January 17, 24, 31; February 7, (mid-term break on Feb 14th), 21, 28; March 6, 13, 20, 27

Our 9 week course explores how to

• reduce stress, anxiety, reactivity and self-criticism
• bring back joy – reconnect with our inner confidence, and the heart of parenting
• share fun tools for well-being with our children

Follow-up emails will help you stay connected during the week, with session summaries, guided audio exercises, short videos, and links to helpful resources.

What topics will we cover?

• Investigating stress, well-being and their causes
• How to establish a regular mindfulness practice, & an ‘on-the-spot’ practice
• Cultivating a sense of calm and presence, enabling us to function at our best
• Changing our relationship to challenging thoughts and emotions
• Building self-care and emotional health
• Empathy, boundaries and healthy relationships
• Communicating with emotional intelligence
• Sharing well-being tools with children
• Recent scientific research

Week by Week

WEEK 1: TAKING CARE OF MYSELF
Exploring wellbeing: what are the causes of stress and wellbeing?
Introducing mindfulness; analogies for the mind
Qualities of mind: Relaxation, Presence, Awareness, Kindness

WEEK 2: CONNECTING WITH MY BODY
Connecting with the body: deepening discovering of physical sensations
Mindful mandarin
Running on autopilot, distraction and unhappiness

WEEK 3: NOTICING REACTIONS
Connecting with feelings and impulses: can I experience challenging feelings and not react habitually?
The brain: three brains in one
The R-A-I-N practice

WEEK 4: THOUGHTS ARE JUST THOUGHTS
Identifying thoughts: who is the boss? me or my thoughts?
Mindfulness of sounds and thoughts
The negativity bias and Remembering Kindness

WEEK 5: STRENGTHENING EMOTIONAL HEALTH
How can being aware of emotions help me? my children?
Mind in the Jar
A challenge I face as a parent, mindful listening

WEEK 6: BEING A FRIEND TO MYSELF
Recognising the self-critic, and finding a more compassionate voice
Exploring nourishing and depleting activities
Gratitude practice, generating kind wishes for myself

WEEK 7: CONNECTING WITH MY FAMILY
Emotionally intelligent communication, deep listening
Compassion training
Guiding a mindfulness exercise for children

WEEK 8: WORKING WITH CHALLENGES
How to support myself when things fall apart, my on-the-spot practice
Communicating in tough situations
Seeing others as Just Like Me

WEEK 9: TAKING CARE OF ME AND MY FAMILY
Sharing well-being tools with children – fun ways to introduce mindfulness
Generating kind wishes for others
My plan for continuing

WEEK 10: OPTIONAL CERTIFICATION SESSION
Book a one-to-one slot for:
– Mind With Heart Certification in guiding mindfulness for children OR
– tips in establishing family mindfulness

How to prepare for the online event

To prepare for the live streaming please see here.

We look forward to seeing you on-line!