(In case you’re wondering how popular she is, the Dalai Lama wrote the opening to her first book, Oprah has considered her one of the best interviews she’s ever had, and Pink is a fan of her books, which include: The Conscious Parent, The Awakened Family, and Out of Control.) One of the figureheads of this approach to parenting is Shefali Tsabary, PhD, a New York–based clinical psychologist, author, and public speaker. Conscious parenting views children as independent beings (though admittedly still developing over time), who can teach parents to become more self-aware. Put most simply, conscious parenting asks that instead of striving to “fix” your child, parents look inward at themselves. (In other words, a bringing together of meditation and self-reflection.) It’s rooted in a combination of Eastern-style philosophy and Western-style psychology. Conscious parenting is a term used by various psychologists (and others) to describe a style of parenting that usually focuses more on the parent and how mindfulness can drive parenting choices.
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