Welcome!
We are so delighted to have you for our Mindful Parenting course. Below you will find the list of talk topics. Every Friday a new video will be posted under the bio of the teacher presenting that week.
We also have two live online gatherings—panels with our team of teachers. The first is on October 1st from 8:00-9:00pm EST and the second, bookending our time together, is on November 9th from 2:00-3:00pm EST. These will be recorded for anyone unable to attend live. The Zoom link can be found here.
WEEK 1 - September 25
Carlos Alberto: Meeting the Changing Child: Parenting through Impermanence
Parenting is a living relationship in motion, not a role carved in stone. In this talk, we’ll explore how the Buddhist teaching of impermanence can help us meet our children—and ourselves—with fresh eyes. By reconnecting to our own inner child, we can stay curious, adaptive, and loving as our children continue to grow and change.
WEEK 2 - October 2
Adreanna Limbach: Let the Process Shape You: Staying Open to Uncertainty and Change
Becoming a parent is an identity rupture. From the moment that our kiddo arrives, everything that we considered to be solid and fixed (including our sense of self) can be thrown askew as we acclimate to our “new normal”. It’s natural to meet transition with resistance and anxiety. Change is difficult and we find comfort in security and control. However as a parent, we’re likely to find that we’re constantly in moments of transition as our little ones grow and change.
So how do we soften into transition rather than resist it? In this talk we’ll explore what it means to embrace uncertainty and change as fundamental gifts that the path of parenthood offers.
WEEK 3 - October 9
Scott Tusa: Discovering the Sacred in Daily Family Life
The ordinary moments of family life—from morning routines to bedtime stories—can become gateways to profound spiritual awareness. Rather than viewing parenting as an obstacle to practice, we’ll examine how changing diapers and sharing meals together offer unique opportunities for cultivating presence, compassion, and wisdom.
This session will offer practical guidance for recognizing the sacred within both the beautiful and chaotic aspects of daily parenting, transforming routine activities into moments of mindful connection.
WEEK 4 - October 16
Jackie Stewart: Staying Present for the Turbulent (and Tender) Moments
Parenting invites us into some of life’s most beautiful and most challenging moments. In this session, we’ll explore how cultivating mindfulness and self-compassion can help us stay grounded and present, even when emotions run high.
Together, we’ll reflect on the inner work of meeting our own feelings with care, so that we can meet our children with the same spacious, loving attentiveness. This practice supports us in nurturing connection, developing resilience, and establishing trust in the process.
WEEK 5 - October 23
Lodro Rinzler:The Good Enough Parent
In a world full of pressure to be the “perfect” parent, this talk invites you to come home to the truth of your own basic goodness—and to recognize that same goodness in your child.
We’ll explore how embracing our imperfections with compassion can actually deepen connection, reduce shame, and open the door to more authentic parenting. You don’t have to get it all right. You just have to keep showing up with presence and love.
WEEK 6 - October 30
Cathy Trentalancia: The Four Immeasurable Ways of Loving Your Child (and Yourself)
The Four Immeasurables can help steady us and keep us present and patient.
Lovingkindness invites warmth and care into the moment; compassion helps us see the struggles our child is experiencing with understanding and gentleness; empathetic joy celebrates their growth and transitions without any judgment; and equanimity keeps our feet on the ground when all hell breaks loose! Equally important is our own self compassion, remembering that we all mess up and if we can be kind to ourselves with the same practices we offer our children, we can always begin again.
WEEK 7 - November 6
Ethan Nichtern: Abandon Any Hope of Fruition: Working With Unreasonable Expectations as a Parent
One of the more perplexing Buddhist slogans tells us that whenever we are engaged in any practice, we must “abandon any hope of fruition.” Parenthood—as a practice— is full of “hoping” for outcomes and tangible results. We want to be good parents, and we want outcomes that validate that we aren’t bad at it. But the actual experience feels like something intangible and endless.
In this talk, Ethan will discuss how we can notice our expectations and gently release them, day after day after day. Realizing that there is no end point to the practice of parenting, how can we keep ourselves in touch with the practice, and let go of the myth of results?
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Carlos Alberto
Meeting the Changing Child: Parenting Through Impermanence
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Adreanna Limbach
Let the Process Shape You: Staying Open to Uncertainty and Change
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Scott Tusa
Discovering the Sacred in Daily Family Life
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Jackie Stewart
Staying Present for the Turbulent (and Tender) Moments
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Lodro Rinzler
The Good Enough Parent
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Cathy Trentalancia
The Four Immeasurable Ways of Loving Your Child (and Yourself)
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Ethan Nichtern
Abandon Any Hope of Fruition: Working With Unreasonable Expectations as a Parent
