Our Mindful Parenting Workshops are facilitated by Joanne Jewell, our experienced parenting specialist who has worked with parents and children in schools and privately for the past 15 years. Her sessions are well loved and focus on supporting parents. Joanne incorporates strategies and ideas from a variety of highly respected sources, including Attachment Parenting and the writings of other professionals such; as Alfie Kohn, Dr Dan Siegel, Janet Lansbury, Faber & Mazlish, Tina Bryson, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Sue Gerhardt and Rebecca Eames to name a few. What these practitioners and Joanne have in common is the utmost respect for both children and parents, a desire to grow and focus on how we can be the best parent possible, not perfect but positive about our children and ourselves and their potential. Joanne’s personal mindfulness practice brings a compassionate clarity to her teaching and enables her to embed these practices into her workshops, which complement our Mindfulness programmes. Joanne is also a certified mindfulness teacher.
Whilst common strategies and skills run through all the workshops, each course is personalised to the aims and needs of the parents.
Joanne encourages parents to ask questions and spends time giving feedback to ensure that your learning is fully supported. You will start the course by reflecting on your personal goals and this will be the focus of your learning, supported by a knowledgeable and highly experienced educator who will facilitate your learning. In order to benefit fully from the course, it is important to attend every session.
The workshops are suitable for all parents with children aged from 1 all the way up to 18 years of age. Whilst the key skills you learn are suitable for all ages, we do group parents together with children of a similar age to maximise the learning experience. Each workshop has a different focus:
Contact us here to sign up or ask any questions about these workshops.
Upcoming Workshops February 2023:
Exploring Parenting and Anger
This workshop is aimed at parents of both younger children and adolescents own. This is a small, interactive session with opportunities for learning, discussion and personal as well as group exploration.
The key topics we will cover are:
- What is Anger?
- What did I learn about anger as a child?
- What am I teaching my own children about anger?
- The relationship between anger and behaviour
- How can I feel angry and still choose my response
- Self soothing and its role in calming the storms that life brings
We will be meeting at Keyani Wellness Centre – you can find the location using google maps here https://goo.gl/maps/FhopKE6PzTxviQg26
- Thursday 2nd February 2023, in person in Dubai
- AED350pp
- 9am – 12pm
Mindful Parenting of Children (up to 11 years)
This workshop is aimed at parents of children aged 4 to 11 yrs. You will learn the key benefits of Mindful Parenting and how to put it into practice in your home, with your own children. This is a small, interactive session with opportunities for learning, discussion and personal as well as group exploration.
The key topics we will cover are:
- What Mindful Parenting is – and isn’t
- Relevance to child development and neuroscience
- Building and maintaining a safe connected relationship with your child
- Setting and maintaining boundaries
- How to respond when you feel angry, helpless or out of control
- Practicing mindfulness as a parent
We will be meeting at Keyani Wellness Centre – you can find the location using google maps here https://goo.gl/maps/FhopKE6PzTxviQg26
Upcoming workshops:
- 1st February 2023
- 9am – 12pm
- AED350pp
Mindful Parenting of Adolescents
This workshop is aimed at parents of children 11 to 19yrs. You will learn the key benefits of Mindful Parenting and how to put it into practice in your home, with your own adolescent children. This is a small, interactive session with opportunities for learning, discussion and personal as well as group exploration.
The key topics we will cover are:
- What Mindful Parenting is – and isn’t
- Relevance to adolescent development and neuroscience
- Maintaining a safe connected relationship with your adolescent as they become more independent
- Setting and maintaining boundaries
- How to respond when you feel angry, helpless or out of control
- Practicing mindfulness as a parent
We will be meeting at Keyani Wellness Centre – you can find the location using google maps here https://goo.gl/maps/FhopKE6PzTxviQg26
- 2nd February 2023
- 6.30pm – 9pm
- AED300pp
