180: Heliotropic Parenting. With Dr. Harry Cohen

Your child’s growth can be powered by your positivity. Listen in and learn how to embrace heliotropic parenting today with Dr. Harry Cohen. Click here for the show notes and extra resources. My guest today shares important business mindset and strategies to be an effective and compassionate parent. What We Talked About: What is and how can the heliotropic approach be applied to parenting The power of listening and presence The importance of avoiding relationships or environments that drain you How to Grand-parent with love and boundaries What is a “fill in the potholes” mindset? Things to Remember “Parenting is figuring out when to step in, when to step back, when to step aside and what is the right thing to do for our children at their age and stage for this circumstance.” “The real art of parenting is forgiving yourself and the imperfect children you're trying to raise.” “Your presence is worth a lot.” “The more you get good at practicing having those difficult conversations lovingly, the better off you will be.”  “Help when you don't need to. Nobody will know but you.” “Parenting is the greatest opportunity in our lives for at least one human being to become an even better human being by the sheer force of our love.” - Dr. Harry Cohen   Click here for the show notes and extra resources.

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The Art of Parenting provides parents and caregivers support and encouragement as we nurture and guide the next generation. Do you struggle with your child’s demanding or frustrating behaviors? Do you find yourself spread way too thin trying to figure out this whole “parenting puzzle” (such as tantrums, hitting or biting, wanting a better relationship with your child, sibling rivalry, potty training, co-sleeping, etc.)? The Art of Parenting podcast, with your host Jeanne-Marie Paynel, is intended to help you decipher children's needs and learn how to better provide for them. I’ll be sharing simple tips and tricks that will make a huge difference in your home while giving you the support and encouragement you deserve to enhance and enrich your parenting experience. Each week I’ll be helping you find clarity and solutions to your toughest parenting problems through Q&A sessions and inspirational conversations with world-renowned experts in a variety of fields. Topics range from Montessori and RIE parenting methods to positive discipline, respectful and conscious parenting, minimalism and more! Parenting was never meant to be done alone and The Art of Parenting is here to debunk the general consensus that it has to be hard.