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Mindfulness Retreat Transforms Teens in Oregon

By Karen “Karb” Bullard — 2019

Bald with a bushy beard, and covered in tattoos, he (Enrique Collazo) has the kindest eyes and leads with his heart, whether in group meditation, during his powerful wisdom talks, or when facilitating an amazing dance workshop inspired by Gabriel Roth’s 5 Rhythms. He sets the tone for the group and strongly influences everyone attending, mentors and students alike.

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A New Way of Parenting That May Change Your Family

Conscious parenting turns our parenting paradigm right-side up.

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Ways to Build Character in Children

The qualities of character develop through an interplay of family, school, and community influences and the child’s individual temperament, experiences, and choices. Parents have many opportunities and tools to build their children’s character.

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How Children Develop Toxic Shame

The mild feeling of shame — the prefrontal cortex clutch shifting — is how kids learn to shift themselves from "forbidden" behavior to acceptable behavior.

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Why Shaming Your Kids Isn't Effective Discipline

Here's what you need to know about shaming your kids online and in public, including examples of shaming words that single parents, in particular, should avoid.

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A Guide to Self-Care for Parents: Why Making Time for Yourself Matters

Between taking children to school and managing other to-dos, some days it may feel like you don’t get a minute to yourself. And even when you hear about, self-care, you may dismiss it as frivolous, unnecessary, or even selfish.

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Meditation and Children, Part 5: Creative Visualization

Creative visualization goes by a number of names: creative imagination, visualization, visual imaging. Whatever the name, the process involves calling up images, sounds and/or feelings that calm the mind and body, and focus the attention on a specific task.

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Talking with My Children About Sex Without Shame

I wanted to give them better than what I had. It wasn't easy.

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Mindfulness and Teens—Will They Ever Work Together?

The teen's job is to clean up his parent's mistakes and blame them for being selfish, greedy bastards who just think about themselves and are to blame for the world being a mess, the ice cap melting and the fact that there are no jobs or money because we've spent it all.

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Why Do Kids Act Up?

According to neuroscience, our children are like puppies.

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I Can’t Cope with My Child’s Diagnosis

I am haunted by the shocking discovery that our daughter, three, has a condition that may cause her to die in her teenage years. How can I come to terms with this and learn to enjoy the time we have?

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