Albert Schweitzer said, “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” Nowhere is this spark as bright than in the heart of a youth. Nowhere does there lay a stronger elixir to waken your purpose than in the sparkling enthusiasm of a child’s spirit. And nowhere is there a grander purpose than the need to ease the suffering of a child.
Introducing Mindful Eating Within a Family
One of the most common questions we get in our mindful eating events is how to teach mindful eating to children and practice it during family meals. The answer is for everyone to practice mindfulness while cooking and eating together as a family. Young children have a natural internal nutritionist that tells them what and […]
Cut Yourself Some SLACK!
One day when my son was three, I walked into my bedroom to find him seated on the floor cutting thin green foam that he had pealed off some clothing hangers. I asked “J, honey, what are you doing?” He replied “I am cutting slack.” If a three year old can cut himself some slack […]
Mindfulness, Children and Parenting: An Interview with Amy Saltzman, MD
Elisha Goldstein’s, Ph.D. Psych Central, Mindfulness & Psychotherapy blog interview with Bridging the Hearts and Minds of Youth conference workshop leader Amy Saltzman,MD about her work and research with children and teens. The theory and practice of mindfulness as a way for children to calm their busy minds, self regulate, become more hopeful and happy […]
Mindful Parenting: Resilient Children: Parenting in a Rapidly Changing World
Families today live in a society that is rapidly changing, increasingly demanding, faster moving, overly stimulating, increasingly unpredictable, and financially insecure. In the midst of this, stress-related symptoms and conditions in adults and children alike have become common, and cross all socioeconomic lines. There is an increasing need for both children and parents to develop […]
The Family ADHD Solution
The Family ADHD Solution, by Dr. Mark Bertin is the newest addition to our UCSD CFM Bookstore. “Mark Bertin has written an insightful guide to help families approach the challenges of attentional difficulties with a mindful approach. Research has suggested that learning to be mindfully aware can help reduce stress, focus the mind, keep emotions […]
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Anxious Children
Pre-order Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Anxious Children (due out in July) through our UCSD CFM Bookstore, and help support the UCSD CFM, and the wonderful work of Randye J. Semple and Jennifer Lee. Adults rarely associate childhood with anxiety, but more than one in ten children have anxious thoughts and fears debilitating enough to warrant […]