The Mindful Parent Podcast

The Mindful Parent Podcast

By Scott RogersReligion & SpiritualitySpirituality
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The Mindful Parent Podcast episodes

  • The Morning Cup -- Resistance is Fertile

    In today's Morning Cup, we look at the common friction between parent and child that accompanies being told "no," and explore how mindfulness offers us the opportunity to find greater clarity of mind and an openness of heart during these moments of challenge.

    7 min
  • The Morning Cup: Where in My Next Breath?

    In today's podcast we explore one of the great ironies of parenting – the very object of a parent’s affection and among the greatest of their joys can be the source of so much agitation. Doing so, we consider how this frustrating aspect of parenting can come to serve a reminder to breathe and a mindfulness cue to see more clearly what is actually taking place.

    6 min
  • Seeing Your Child

    In today's Morning Cup podcast, you are reminded of the ways you can see your child, moment by moment. Of course, if gifted with sight you see them. But to really see -- to really know -- your child, it can be helpful to practice mindful awareness and see them with eyes that are open to the mystery of the moment, of their changing nature, and of who they are. Doing so, you may come to a deeper knowing of yourself.

    4 min
  • Mindfulness Practice: "Do I Know This?"

    In this Mindful Parenting podcast of the Morning Cup, Scott Rogers shares a powerful exercise intended to e practiced during moments of challenge. While helpful for achieving connection, compassion, and empathy when embroiled in conflict with one's child, it can be helpful at anytime and anywhere.

    5 min
  • Your Child's Smile

    In today's podcast, your child's smile serves as reminder to wake up and enjoy the present moment, mindful of life's forever changing nature.

    3 min
  • The Three Mindful R's
    In the Three Mindful R's, we learn how the moments we spend with our child -- both the easy and challenging -- offer an opportunity to learn, to grow, and to share this growth with our child.
    5 min
  • Find Something New
    Today's Morning Cup podcast reminds that we can get lost in expectation and judgment when we stop seeing what is before us as it truly is. Today's Mindful Parenting verse embraces the technique of looking for something new when we see our child.
    3 min
  • Through Your Child's Eyes
    In this Morning Cup podcast, you are offered the opportunity to expand awareness by viewing the world through your child's eyes. As you deepen your connection to your child, what arises may surprise you -- may teach you -- may awaken you to an aspect of your child -- and yourself -- that speaks to your aliveness.
    3 min
  • Are Your Really There With Your Child?
    Today's Morning Cup offers a verse to help us be present with are child when we are with our child. We often wait for things to "calm down" in order to get into a mindful or present state. But things will never calm down. That's for us to do.
    3 min
  • Slow Down and Be Present with Your Child

    Mindfulness and Mindful Parenting Practice bring our perception of the passage of time into proper perspective. Time stops flying and we learn to savor the moment.

    Today's exercise involve the recitation of a simple phrase, both when we are with separated from our child, to help clear out some of our mental clutter and bring greater awareness to the moment.

    4 min

About The Mindful Parent Podcast

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The daily "Morning Cup" podcast provides mindful parenting tips that help you connect more deepy with your child and, in doing so, experience a more joyful life.