The Conscious Parent - Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D.,

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The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children Author: Shefali Tsabary, PhD Publisher: Namaste Publishing (November 1, 2010) Paperback: 300 pages ISBN-10: 1897238452 ISBN-13: 978-1897238455

Book Description
Instead of being merely the receiver of the parents' psychological and spiritual legacy, children function as ushers of the parents' development. Parents unwittingly pass on an inheritance of psychological pain and emotional shallowness. To handle the behavior that results, traditional books on parenting abound with clever techniques for control and quick fixes for dysfunction. In Dr. Shefali Tsabary's conscious approach to parenting, however, children serve as mirrors of their parents' forgotten self. Those willing to look in the mirror have an opportunity to establish a relationship with their own inner state of wholeness. Once they find their way back to their essence, parents enter into communion with their children, shifting away from the traditional parent-to-child "know it all" approach and more towards a mutual parent-with-child relationship. The pillars of the parental ego crumble as the parents awaken to the ability of their children to transport them into a state of presence.

About the Author
Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D., was exposed to Eastern philosophy at an early age and integrates its teachings with Western psychology, having received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University in New York. This blend of East and West allow her to reach a global audience and establishes her as one of a kind in the field of mindfulness psychology for families.

Dr. Shefali Tsabary lectures extensively on conscious parenting around the world and is in private practice. She is author of the award winning parenting book, The Conscious Parent as the newly released Out of Control: Why Disciplining Your Child Won't Work and What Will, as well as It's a Mom: What You Should Know About the Early Years of Motherhood, which debuted on the Indian National bestseller list for four weeks. Dr. Tsabary lives in New York City.

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I found this book was really important in helping me get centered with my son and letting go of what the author calls "egoic" barriers to parenting. S13 is diagnosed ADHD/ADD combined type, depressed, anxious, and ODD when he was 9. He's also gifted, and one of his counselors referred to him as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), with sensory defensiveness. He's wonderful, and I know it sounds so corny and cliche to say, but he's my greatest teacher. The Conscious Parent helped me put some language and understanding around that. When I feel stubborn, or anxious, or worried, or stuck in the vision and dream I have for my son, and who I wanted him to be, it's easy to forget that he is a separate person with his own way.