On Wednesday, February 16, the Glenbard Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present “Self-Compassion: A Path to Better Parenting” with Kristin Neff at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Go to www.glenbardgps.org for the link to this webinar.
To be placed on a reminder list for GPS events or to submit a question in advance, email gilda_ross@glenbard.org.
Our first instinct when we fail, suffer or feel inadequate may be to criticize or judge ourselves, but there is a better way to overcome life’s difficulties, says Neff, and that is through self-compassion. . Research shows that people who have self-compassion lead healthier, happier, and more productive lives than those who are self-critical. These people also have the resilience to deal with traumatic or stressful life events.
In this webinar, Neff will discuss practices designed to increase motivation, foster courage and a growth mindset, and bounce back from failure, while cultivating self-compassion.
Neff is a researcher, author, and pioneer in the field of inner strength training and self-compassion. She is an insightful meditation practitioner, associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, and co-founder of the nonprofit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion. She is also co-developer of a training program called Mindful Self-Compassion, and co-author of “The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook”, as well as “Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program: A Guide for Professionals”.
The Glenbard Parent Series is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, Community Consolidated School District 93 Birth to 5 Community Coalition, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, DuPage Medical Group, Emmy Gaffey Foundation, the Glenbard Early Childhood Collaborative, Kiwanis Clubs of District 9 and the DuPage County Health Department Prevention Leadership Team.
For more information, visit www.glenbardgps.org or contact Glenbard District 87 Student and Community Projects Coordinator Gilda Ross at (630) 942-7668 or gilda_ross@glenbard.org.
