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Gentle Parents Unite Podcast S04E06 - Interview with Salina Robinson @journeytogentle
In today's episode we interview Salina Robinson. Salina is an admin on our Facebook page Gentle Parents Unite where we have over 55k members. She has also been working intensely on her own parenting with Sujai and I in our patreon for the past year or so. She has delved deep into the Gentle Parenting philosphy.
She shares with us her understanding, her challenges and her journey. She also discusses life as a Black mother of 2 Black boys in today's climate and looking forward to the future.
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Note: the theme music is called “Joyful” by Marji Zintz: www.marjizintz.us
Gentle Parents Unite Podcast S04E04 - Interview with Kirsty Lee of Gentle Parenting Memes
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Summary: In this special episode Sujai and Vivek have the pleasure of speaking with our good friend and wise colleague, Kirsty Lee of Gentle Parenting Memes. Kirsty talks about how she came to Gentle Parenting. She shares different ideas on how to help support our kids during this time of home isolation. There is a lot of great Parenting info in this week's podcast!
You can find Kirsty and her wonderful Gentle Parenting Memes books and inspiration cards at:
https://www.instagram.com/gentleparenting_memes
https://www.facebook.com/gentleparentingmemes
and
https://www.gentleparentingmemes.com
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Vivek's articles and videos can be found on his personal social media
http://www.meaningfulideas.com
http://www.facebook.com/meaningfulideas
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https://www.youtube.com/meaningfulideas
Note: the theme music is called “Joyful” and was written and performed by Marji Zintz: www.marjizintz.us
Gentle Parents Unite Podcast S04E03 - The Benefits and Problems with Praise, Reconnecting with kids after we yell
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Summary: in this episode Sujai and Vivek discuss the ways that praise can uplift our children or create a dependency on approval.
We also give a detailed explanation of how to reconnect with our kids when we yell, punish, threatened or are harsh with them in other ways. Unfortunately these things can create a disconnection and damage trust. We want our kids to trust us therefore having a conscious and deliberate way of reconnecting can be really useful.
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Vivek's articles and videos can be found on his personal social media
http://www.meaningfulideas.com
http://www.facebook.com/meaningfulideas
http://www.instagram.com/meaningfulideas
https://www.youtube.com/meaningfulideas
Note: the theme music is called “Joyful” and was written and performed by Marji Zintz: www.marjizintz.us
Gentle Parents Unite Podcast S04E02 - The Importance of Relationship- Interrupted Empathy, Autonomy, Apology
Summary: Sujai and Vivek discuss the benefits of focusing on our person to person relationship with our children. Often we get caught up in the tasks of daily life. Keeping them fed, clothed, schooled, clean and safe. We can forget that what we're doing is creating relational patterns that will last a lifetime.
We also discuss how to deepen our practice of Empathy, Autonomy and Apology and how we interrupt these things. I call it "Empathy But... Autonomy But... and Apology But..."
Vivek's articles and videos can be found on his personal social media
http://www.meaningfulideas.com
http://www.facebook.com/meaningfulideas
http://www.instagram.com/meaningfulideas
https://www.youtube.com/meaningfulideas
Note: the theme music is called “Joyful” and was written and performed by Marji, whose music site is marjizintz.us.
GPU Podcast S04E01 - What is Gentle Parenting - Why we don't use consequences
Summary: In this episode we discuss the essence of the Gentle Parenting philosophy. We also dig deep into why imposed consequences are ineffective and even harmful when working with our children to learn about life.
We hope you enjoy the conversation, and we encourage you to join in by posting your thoughts and questions and comments!
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For more personalized and intimate parenting support and to listen to the podcasts 2 weeks early and ad-free, considering joining the Gentle Parents Unite: Becoming Gentle Patreon group! https://www.patreon.com/GentleParentsUnite
Vivek's articles and videos can be found on his personal social media
http://www.meaningfulideas.com
http://www.facebook.com/meaningfulideas
http://www.instagram.com/meaningfulideas
https://www.youtube.com/meaningfulideas
Note: the theme music is called “Joyful” and was written and performed by Marji, whose music site is www.marjizintz.us
Season 3, Bonus Episode #2: Excerpts from Parent coaching calls
In our Patreon parent support space (hosted by Sujai Johnson and Vivek Patel) we lead weekly group coaching calls. At the start of the call we share some Gentle Parenting concepts and ideas. This podcast is a compilation of a few of these talks.
Season 4 Episode 1 starts next week!
For more personalized and intimate parenting support and to listen to the podcasts 2 weeks early and ad-free, considering joining the Gentle Parents Unite: Becoming Gentle Patreon group!
https://www.patreon.com/GentleParentsUnite
Vivek's articles and videos can be found on his personal social media
http://www.meaningfulideas.com
http://www.facebook.com/meaningfulideas
http://www.instagram.com/meaningfulideas
https://www.youtube.com/meaningfulideas
Note: the theme music is called “Joyful” and was written and performed by Marji, whose music site is www.marjizintz.us.
Season 3, Bonus Episode #1: Parenting Meditation: Where do my thoughts come from?
In our Patreon parent support space (hosted by Sujai Johnson and Vivek Patel) we lead a weekly guided meditation for parents. Today's episode is a recording of a recent meditation called "Where do my thoughts come from?" It is based on the process of looking at our thoughts and asking them 2 questions:
"Where do you come from?"
"What message do you have for me?"
We start with a guided relaxation and then move into our thought exploration.
I love doing these weekly Meditations with our members.
It's a chance for us to slow down and tune in together.
Something extra valuable in these times.
You can follow along with the guided meditation to get an idea of what we do in our member's parenting support space. We encourage parents to participate in these meditations even if you have your kids crawling all over you. Many of our parents do and they still receive profound benefit.
Meditation doesn't always have to be in stillness and silence. It can integrate into our every day lives.
Our awareness is always with us, no matter how busy we get :)
Season 4 will be launching in two weeks!
For more personalized and intimate parenting support and to listen to the podcasts 2 weeks early and ad-free, considering joining the Gentle Parents Unite: Becoming Gentle Patreon group! https://www.patreon.com/GentleParentsUnite
Vivek's articles and videos can be found on his personal social media
http://www.meaningfulideas.com
http://www.facebook.com/meaningfulideas
http://www.instagram.com/meaningfulideas
https://www.youtube.com/meaningfulideas
Note: the theme music is called “Joyful” and was written and performed by Marji, whose music site is www.marjizintz.us.
Season 03, Episode 12: Children and Consent
Summary: This week, Sujai, Vivek, and Marji discuss how to teach consent to children, how to model it in our interactions as well as why and how to respect their consent and autonomy. This is often a touchy subject for parents and a good one to dig into.
We hope you enjoy the conversation, and we encourage you to join in by posting your thoughts and questions and comments!
For more personalized and intimate parenting support and to listen to the podcasts 2 weeks early and ad-free, considering joining the Gentle Parents Unite: Becoming Gentle Patreon group! https://www.patreon.com/GentleParentsUnite
Vivek's articles and videos can be found on his personal social media
http://www.meaningfulideas.com
http://www.facebook.com/meaningfulideas
http://www.instagram.com/meaningfulideas
https://www.youtube.com/meaningfulideas
Note: the theme music is called “Joyful” and was written and performed by Marji, whose music site is www.marjizintz.us.
Stopping a Fight at a Youth Conference - Season 03, Episode 11: Working with Teens,
Summary: This week, Sujai, Vivek, and Marji have an in depth conversation. Vivek shares a deeply personal story about a powerful experience he had with some teens while volunteering at a youth conference a couple months ago (before all the covid isolation started).
Sujai offers great insight on manners, a different way to look at them and how to inspire them.
Finally, Marji talks about Autonomy, long-term goals and Cooperation
We hope you enjoy the conversation, and we encourage you to join in by posting your thoughts and questions and comments!
For more personalized and intimate parenting support and to listen to the podcasts 2 weeks early and ad-free, considering joining the Gentle Parents Unite: Becoming Gentle Patreon group! https://www.patreon.com/GentleParentsUnite
Vivek's articles and videos can be found on his personal social media
http://www.meaningfulideas.com
http://www.facebook.com/meaningfulideas
http://www.instagram.com/meaningfulideas
https://www.youtube.com/meaningfulideas
Note: the theme music is called “Joyful” and was written and performed by Marji, whose music site is www.marjizintz.us.
In this week's episode we interview the wonderful, loving and wise Bridgett Miller. She is the author of the new book "What Young Children Need You to Know: How to see them so you know what to do for them". I've read the book and it blew me away. As I said in the testimonial I wrote for the beginning of the book "If there was a manual for parents, this would be it".
From Bridgett's website:
"Bridgett believes that joyful parenting is a journey of both the head and the heart and her emphasis is on supporting parents to bring their childrearing practices into alignment with their heartfelt intentions. By expanding on their current understanding of child development she supports parents to be more mindful about their parenting choices and guides them to become more conscious in their everyday interactions with their children."
You can find Bridgett's book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=bridgett+miller+what+kids+need+you+to+know
Her website: https://www.bridgettmiller.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/look.with.love.bridgett
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Please join us on our Patreon parent support group: https://www.patreon.com/GentleParentsUnite
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/meaningfulideas/
YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/meaningfulideas
Note: the theme music is called “Joyful” and was written and performed by Marji, whose music site is www.marjizintz.us.
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