Shapiro is a professor at Santa Clara University and an internationally recognized expert in mindfulness. Shapiro has published three critically acclaimed books, including: “Good Morning, I Love You,” “The Art and Science of Mindfulness: Integrating Mindfulness into Psychology and the Helping Professions,” and “Mindful Discipline: A Loving Approach to Setting Limits & Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child.”
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TAKE AWAY
Dr. Joseph Williams, Superintendent of Queen Bee School District 16 cohosted the program and shared the following takeaway:
Physical fitness AND mental fitness are powerful tools with significant health and learning benefits. The practice of mindfulness is a great tool to enhance mental fitness and re-architect the structure of your brain to decrease stress, increase concentration, and strengthen your sense of belonging. Mindfulness is made up of 3 elements; intention (connecting us to our hopes/values, what matters most, guiding us to what we care about), attention (being in the present moment,)
and attitude (having an openness to kindness, dismissing negative and intrusive thoughts). Whatever has happened can't be changed, the important thing is what you do now. It is never too late to rewire our brain-you can start anytime. What you practice makes you stronger. Our children benefit when we treat ourselves with compassion, model gratitude, offer unconditional love, healthy boundaries, expect mistakes and commit to being present, listening deeply to our children moment by moment.
