PARENT TIMElearning balance in our busy lives
Stress and multi-tasking are taking their toll—on us and on our children. We always seem to be going somewhere in a hurry, but do we know where we are going or why we’re in such a rush to get there? In our busy lives of juggling careers, kids, and carpools, it is easy to run on automatic, and miss a sense of real connection to ourselves and to our family. Join us as author and psychotherapist Denise Roy shares practices and tools that will help us move out of overwhelm and into a place of relaxing into our lives as parents. We will learn how to call upon our own wisdom and humor and understanding of what it is we need and what our children need. We will also learn how to teach these sanity-saving strategies to our children so that they might be happier and more resilient. (also can be titled: Momfulness)
CELEBRATING FAMILY SPIRITeveryday rituals and traditions that make a difference
Children (of all ages!) love and need patterns in their lives—rituals, celebrations, traditions, the cycle of the seasons. Research is showing that family rituals make children more resilient, as well as strengthen family bonds. Join author and psychotherapist Denise Roy for an inspiring and fun-filled talk about all the good things that rituals do for children. You will also learn how to:
• make ordinary moments extraordinary
• identify upcoming rites of passage in your family
• recognize the value of what happens around your kitchen table
• create ways to deepen and celebrate life and love in your own home.
NURTURING YOUR SPIRIT:living with mindfulness, compassion, and grace
Are you feeling overwhelmed, stretched in a hundred different directions? Would you like to learn simple and transformative practices that can be woven into your everyday life? Denise Roy, psychotherapist and author of
Momfulness and
My Monastery Is a Minivan, offers an insightful, enjoyable program on ways to find moments of calm and wholeness in our busy days. (This can be tailored for your group to be an hour-long talk all the way up to a partial or full day retreat.)
UNCOVERING SACRED MOMENTSwriting as spiritual practice
Every life is a story, one that we are always in the process of discovering and creating. When we write down our stories, we begin to experience our world differently. We begin to get in touch with the realm of the creative that is woven into our world. In this seminar we will do some simple writing exercises that will allow us to see the meaning and mystery that are already present in our everyday lives.
Denise is available to give talks that are specifically tailored to your group. If you don't see a topic here that quite fits, please email her to discuss other options.
