Nurturing Your Child's Spirit - a conversation with Helen Purcell

This month's conversation is with Helen Purcell, director of the Living Wisdom School in Palo Alto, California. Helen is veteran educator with over 40 years of teaching experience as well as mother of two grown children.  Helen was part of the first team to spread the word about Education for Life and she says the EFL philosophy has informed both her teaching and parenting ever since.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Education for Life as a map for understanding and working with energy
• Creating a solution oriented family culture
• What to do when your child wants to quit
• Releasing expectations and nurturing the individual
• The mistake of over scheduling and how to combat it
• Single parenthood, small families and the need for community
• How to prioritize meditation as a parent
• Developing your child's spiritual life
• Sharing values like kindness and joy

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

• Living Wisdom School, Palo Alto
• Ananda Communities
• Education for Life
• Awake and Ready Exercises

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