Author Archives: Tanya Cotler
Becoming a Mindful Parent Part 2
In the previous post we defined mindfulness and its benefits. We would now like to turn to how you can begin to practice mindfulness in your own life and apply it to your way of parenting. 1. Breathe. Simple? No,…
Becoming a Mindful Parent Part 1
Mindfulness refers to the practice of awareness in the present moment and doing so with compassion or non-judgmentally. In applying mindfulness to parenting practices we are talking about awareness of moment-to-moment interactions between a parent and child and the ongoing…