Staylistening With Chloé Saint Guilhem A friend and I were spending our vacation together. Between us we had five children aged from three to six years old. It was their first time meeting. A few times I had perceived a little upset … Continue reading
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Reach Out To Your Family Over the Holidays and Feel Better
Laura Minnigerode on Listening Partnerships During the winter holiday season, I often feel overpowered with emotions about the past. While I cherish memories of being with my family, I feel out of touch and alone. We are separated by thousands … Continue reading
5 Parenting Tricks to Keep Your Halloween Happy
Halloween is a time for fun, thrills and excitement, but it’s also a time for costumes, candy and chaos. No wonder children can become a little ghoulish. If you don’t want to morph into a monstrous mama or papa, try these … Continue reading
Separation Anxiety: Two Tools That Will Help
A Guest Post by Irina Nichifiriuc In the middle of preparing a free webinar with my fellow Hand in Hand Instructor, Anca Deaconu about Separation Anxiety, The Universe (and my children) decided to give me the perfect opportunity to practice what I preach. … Continue reading
Calm Parenting Big Families
Parenting challenges multiply in larger families. The grocery list is bigger for sure. The laundry takes longer. And there’s always some little person pulling at your hand demanding to be heard. In her recent book Listen: Five Tools to Meet your Everyday … Continue reading
Handling Sibling Sibling Battles with Empathy
“This afternoon I could tell that my four-year-old was going off track. His behavior was erratic, and he couldn’t seem to settle. I didn’t exactly see what happened, but I heard my seventeen-month-old daughter crying. I walked over and my … Continue reading
Learn Five Tools That Will Transform The Way You Parent In One Week
Discover Hand in Hand’s approach and an introduction to the Five Tools for calmer, connected parenting in Days 1-6 and then see how the tools work for real-life families on Days 7 and 8. Day 1: Five Tools To Transform Your Parenting … Continue reading
What is a Listening Partnership and Why Do I Need One?
What is Hand in Hand Parenting?: Day 6 You’ve seen your children release their feelings of hurt and tension. They’re naturals! The minute something challenging happens, they dive right in to expel the tension. With a Listening Partnership, it’s your turn. … Continue reading
Five Connection Tools That Will Transform Your Parenting
What is Hand in Hand Parenting?: Day 1 Like no other work we know, parenting is all-demanding, all consuming. So often the work we do as parents goes unnoticed, despite it being the most important role we will ever have. … Continue reading
How Can I Help My Child Offload Feelings of Hurt?
Q: My son is a very dynamic four-year-old. He is attached to me and has a younger two year-old brother. What I’ve noticed is that when we are doing Staylistening, he will sometimes rapidly control his emotions and improve his … Continue reading
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