Kathleen Scherek: Sacred Grandparenting - Part 1
Take 25 minutes over lunch to feed your soul!
Kathleen Scherek is an award-winning educator, author, and Sacred Parenting Coach. She mentors pregnant and new parents, grandparents, and child professionals who care for young children in the first 7 years of life. For more than 30 years, Kathleen has studied neuroscience, child development, energy psychology, vibrational health, quantum physics, and world religions. She has been a top international consultant to Fortune 200 companies, is a former university associate dean, and has advised the Walton and Gates Foundations about innovation in education. Co-founder of a Montessori-based school that has served thousands of families, she is a founding board trustee of several foundations.
In the first part of their conversation on Dare Ah New Belief, Nada and Kathleen discuss:
- Stepping outside of ourselves to see our grandchildren and children for who they really are.
- When we have grandchildren, our relationship with our own children changes.
- As a grandparent, you start to think of legacy, the impact you want to leave in the world, among other things.
- Introducing new light (the new baby) into a family can stir things up.
- Crafting environments to meet the grandchild where they are at.
Key takeaways:
- As a grandparent, stay in a place of curiosity
- Grandparents are in a supporting role
- As grandparents, you are involved in a soul agreement
- Research shows that when grandchildren are more involved with spiritual connections, they are more resilient to peer pressure, function more independently, and able to be more of their authentic selves
Tips:
- Be aware of your own self-care so you can play with your grandchildren
- Be mindful of the energy you bring to your children and grandchildren
- Wisdom is not correlated with age
- Cultivate your own senses
- Stay in the mode of play
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