The Power of the Pause
The ability to pause provides us with many benefits in life. Creating a space between our thought and action allows us to filter what we...
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Encouraging Positive Behavior
Nurtured Heart Workshop For Parents and Caregivers September 12 The Nurtured Heart Approach encourages positive behavior in all children...
Supporting Children During Transitions
New beginnings call on us to build strength and a positive view about what life will bring. Yet transitions involve uncertainty and can...
Words for Young Ears
Some conversations between two adults are wonderful for children to overhear. Hearing a parent or teacher talk about their...
Pause and Refresh
“In an age of constant movement, nothing is as urgent as sitting still.” Pico Iyer A second grader running relentlessly on the grassy...
Boundaries: A Tricky Balance
Can you remember a childhood experience of being forced to do something or stop doing something, and the adults involved didn’t...
(Positive) Word of the Day
DICTIONARIES URGE PEOPLE to build vocabulary, at any age, by picking a “word of the day” and finding ways to use it in various...
Changing Unwanted Behavior
Why would you do that? What were you thinking? What did I just tell you? Are you trying to upset me? How many times do I have to tell...
Resetting Ourselves
After a frustration-filled day with her daughter, a mom decides that learning the Nurtured Heart approach is impossible. Her child’s...
Validating Children's Feelings
“I’m sad my friend played with someone else the whole time after lunch.” Once up a time, best practices for raising a happy child meant...
Meet Our Nurtured Heart Trainers: Susie Kohl
This is the third in a series about our Nurtured Heart Approach trainers who work at The Meher Schools. in a series. Before she became...
Exploring the Nurtured Heart Approach: The Inner Wealth Initiative Chapter 4
This is the fourth in a series where we summarize and discuss a chapter of the book The Inner Wealth Initiative, by Howard Glasser,...
Meet Our Nurtured Heart Trainers: Caryl Morton
This is the second in a series about our Nurtured Heart Approach trainers who work at The Meher Schools. "My dedication to using the...
Meet Our Nurtured Heart Trainers: Michal Mader
We first learned about the Nurtured Heart Approach in 2002 in a flyer for a workshop in South San Francisco. “The timing was perfect,”...
Telling the Truth
The Nurtured Heart Approach helps us deal with many complicated issues in a straightforward, transformative way. One example is the...
A “Life-Changing” Approach
Before: “I was hesitant when I heard about it – it’s the opposite of the way I’ve always thought as a parent and a teacher.” “I felt like...
Exploring the Nurtured Heart Approach: The Inner Wealth Initiative Chapter 3
This is the third in a Nurtured Heart Approach series where we summarize and discuss a chapter of the book The Inner Wealth Initiative,...
Exploring the Nurtured Heart Approach: The Inner Wealth Initiative Chapter 2
This is the second in a series where we summarize and discuss a chapter of the book The Inner Wealth Initiative, which is geared toward...
Exploring the Nurtured Heart Approach: The Inner Wealth Initiative Chapter 1
Parents are often drawn to our school because of our use of the Nurtured Heart Approach, and many have asked to learn more about it and...
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