Conscious Families

This month's conversation is with Priya Wong who has over 40 years of diverse experience in public education in addition to being both a parent and grandparent. Her interest in innovative education was sparked by the Education for Life schools and she took these principles to charter school education in 2001 and was the co-founder and Executive Director of Forest Charter School in California. Priya's continued passion for Education for Life is driven by her sincere enthusiasm for seeing every...

This month our conversation is with Gita Matlock, mother of 2, who resides with her family at Ananda Village, the spiritual community in Northern California where she was born and raised. She attended the Living Wisdom School where her children are now students and serves on the Board of Directors for the school as well. Gita is also an equine-guided life coach and co-founder of Herd Spirit which offers coaching, retreats and even yoga classes with horses. This work with horses, along wi...

This month's conversation is with Gary McSweeney, an Education for Life middle school teacher who has spent the last 20 years with the Living Wisdom School in Palo Alto. He is also the parent of a Living Wisdom School graduate who has since become an Education for Life teacher himself as well as an EFL teacher trainer!In this episode, we discuss:what makes an EFL child uniquewhy EFL is a universal approachworking with expectationsblending old and new approaches to find the best of what workst...

This month's conversation is with Helen Purcell, director of the Living Wisdom School in Palo Alto, California. Helen is veteran educator with over 40 years of teaching experience as well as mother of two grown children. Helen was part of the first team to spread the word about Education for Life and she says the EFL philosophy has informed both her teaching and parenting ever since.In this episode, we discuss:Education for Life as a map for understanding and working with energyCreating...

✨Parenting Pause ✨This monthly segment includes inspiration and a short guided centering practice to relax, reset and awaken your highest parenting potential.This month the focus is on letting go of fear and worry and includes a short 10-minute centering practice with deep breathing and visualization to help you release anxiety and reconnect to a sense of peace and calmness within. Centering practice starts at 1:55 To sign up for FREE monthly parent circle:www.consciousfamilies.org/mont...

This month's conversation is with Kshama Kellogg, director of the Living Wisdom High School in Palo Alto California. Kshama is an EFL specialist who has spent the last decade exploring the field of education and consciousness, having taught elementary, middle and high school students. She spent many of her early years at Ananda Village attending the Living Wisdom School there and shares with us the influence and impact EFL has had throughout her life and some of the lessons she's learned as b...

✨Parenting Pause ✨This monthly segment includes inspiration and a short guided centering practice to relax, reset and awaken your highest parenting potential.This month the focus is on the importance of relaxation and includes a short 10-minute centering practice with full body relaxation to help you rest, reset and return to your center. Centering practice starts at 3:26To sign up for FREE Family Yoga via Zoom: www.consciousfamilies.org/family-yogaFor breathing practice to share with y...

This month's conversation is with Hridaya Atwell, director of the original Living Wisdom School at Ananda Village in northern California where she has been for the past 26 years. She is mother of 2, stepmom of 5 and grandmother.In this episode, we discuss:learning from experience for you and your childhow to work with fear and worryworking with each child's unique strengths and challengesResources Mentioned in this EpisodeLiving Wisdom SchoolAnanda VillageEducation for LifeAnd if you want mor...

✨Parenting Pause ✨A new segment this month that includes inspiration and a short guided centering practice to relax, reset and awaken your highest parenting potential.This month I talk a bit about the benefits and challenges around self-care for parents and the power of pausing. Then I share a short 10-minute centering practice to help you to set an intention and tune into what it is you're needing right now. To sign up for the next Monthly Circle (it's free to register!) go to www.consciousf...

This month's conversation is with Rose Neal, mother of 3 and long time EFL educator. She is currently the Interim Director of the Living Wisdom School in Portland, OR.In this episode, we discuss:the importance of community in conscious parentingthe challenges and misconceptionsa focus on the teen years and young adult parentinghow to work with screen time as a conscious parentResources Mentioned in this EpisodePortland Living Wisdom SchoolEnergization ExercisesAnanda communitiesEducation for ...