Mindful and Responsive Parenting

Course details

• A quiz to test what you have learnt throughout the course
• Short development exercises to put what you have learnt into practise
• Research based recommendations for how to deal with stress and anxiety
• Be confident that you are providing the psychological stability that your child needs for a healthy development… 

Do you want to better understand and improve your relationship with your child? Then you are not alone and have come to the right place! This course will help you reduce stress and anxiety when dealing with your children, help you to become a less reactive parent and help your child develop naturally, which will in turn make the process of parenthood a lot more enjoyable.

Kellie Edwards has made this course to ensure that you become the best parent that your child could possibly wish for. Kellie will use her experiences from being on the brink of exhaustion, depletion and depression as a result of parenthood to show you how mindfulness and self-compassion are the most profoundly supportive parenting resources.

This course will provide you with solutions for when parenting gets stressful and exhausting, this will allow you to maintain a more loving and connected relationship with your husband/wife and children. You will be able to support your child's well-being and help them manage the ups and downs of life by reacting positively to their behaviour.

• Intro
• Say hi to your fellow students!
• Share your new course with your friends!
• Introduction
• What Will We Cover?

• ACTIVITY: Checking in
• What is Mindful and Responsive Parenting and who recommends it?
• A Risks and Opportunites Perspective
• Links to Your Well-Being as a Parent
• A Brief Note on Exercises
• Rewire for Happiness

• Well being Plate Worksheet
• Resourcing Yourself Part 1 (resiliency factors)
• Resourcing Yourself Part 2 (the well-being plate)
• Resourcing Yourself Part 3 (positive emotions)
• Resourcing Yourself Part 4 (partner and parent)

• Mindfulness
• Connection between Mindfulness and Responsive Parenting
• Mindfulness Exercise 1
• Mindfulness Exercise 2

• Self Compassion
• Self Compassion Exercise 1
• Self Compassion Exercise 2

• View of Emotions
• Emotion Coaching
• Emotion Coaching Exercise 1
• Emotion Coaching Exercise 2
• Emotion Coaching Exercise 3

• Self Regulation - an Introduction and Good News!
• Self Regulation Defined
• Self Regulation Exercise

• Exercise - Putting it All Together and The Magic Outcome
• Mindful and Responsive Parenting worksheet

• Course Quiz