Learning how to calm yourself as a parent isn’t as easy as waking up and saying,

“Today, I’m going to be the epitome of love. I’m going to be patient, kind, loving, empathetic, and the parent I was designed to be”.

The reality is that within a few short minutes, when your child starts dropping F-bombs, disrespecting you, or resisting your nicest and most loving parenting directives, you completely lose it. Our children have a way of hitting a deep nerve within us and we literally get emotionally hijacked.  Afterwards, we feel as if we should have done better, we shouldn’t have yelled, we should have stayed calm, we should have been the adult. In short, we feel like failures; and it is a HORRIBLE feeling.

In this training we will present to you the science of how to break these old neurological pathways. We will give you concrete and proven ways to create new patterns and new ways of responding that will free you from the bondage of reactivity you have experienced in the past. We will discuss how you can put into motion the ability to not let the environment control you any more, how to heal past wounds that keep rearing their ugliness, and how to be the parent you really want to be!

Instructors: Angelina Puffelis, IMFT & Patty Robles, MSW