Parent Express for 29-Nov-2005

Welcome to Parent Express, the PCI's new e-zine! Here you will find updates on the Parent Coaching Institute, along with ideas and practical tips for the parenting journey. The Parent Express is e-mailed twice a month.

New PCI Website: We are excited about the launch of our updated website. Please check out our new look at www.thepci.com.

New Radio Show Hosted by Gloria DeGaetano: We are also excited about the launch of Parent Appreciation Radio at 11 a.m. every Saturday Morning, on KKNW 1150 AM. Please tune in or listen to us live on the web at www.1150KKNW.com.

On Nov. 26 at 11 a.m. on 1150 AM our guest will be PCI Certified Parent Coach™ Kaaren Borsting, from Ashland, OR talking about ways to teach children gratitude. Please call in and join the conversation! In the Seattle area, call 425-373-5527. Out of town, call 888-298-5569. Kaaren has lots of great ideas to share! It's going to be a fun and informative program. For this special Thanksgiving program all callers receive a gift —a free copy of Gloria's book, Parenting Well in a Media Age.

The PCI is now taking applications for Spring Quarter 2006, to begin phone classes in March.

If you are a forward-thinking professional with an undergraduate degree and a deep calling to work with parents, welcome home. We seek the “best of the best” for our acclaimed distance-learning Parent Coach Certification Training Program™. Please click here for more information.

As a PCI Certified Parent Coach™ you'll have the opportunity to create a parent coaching practice, working with moms and dads who want to take their parenting to the next level. Call Anne Juhlian, our Director of Admissions, for more information: 425-753-8822 or email: anne@thepci.com. Register early to ensure a spot in our March 2006 class.

You are going to be amazed at what a PCI Parent Coach can do for you and your family!

PCI Certified Parent Coaches™ are caring, thoughtful professionals with years of experience working with parents. PCI Certified Parent Coaches™ have successfully completed the PCI Parent Coach Certification Training Program™ a comprehensive academic one-year, graduate-level program in collaboration with Seattle Pacific University.

Through a series of coaching conversations that can be either by telephone or in person, PCI Parent Coaches help you re-discover your dreams and design your life for more joy and satisfaction.

To find a PCI Parent Coach in your area, please click here. Or call 425-401-1519 for a referral to a PCI Parent Coach selected especially for you.

Tune in every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. on 1150 AM for true understanding, authentic affirmation, and real-world solutions to parenting challenges while sharing laughter and conversation. We want to hear your stories and learn from you what works well with your kids. We can all support and help one another be the best parents we can be! So call us on Saturday! In the Seattle area, call 425-373-5527. Out of town, call 888-298-5569. Listen to us on the web: www.1150kknw.com

Upcoming topics:

Moment to Moment: Mindfulness in Parenting

by Bridgid Normand
PCI Course Instructor and PCI Certified Parent Coach™

Children's lives, particularly those of very young children, are made up of moment to moment experiences — watching the spider spin its web on the windowsill; creating waves in the bathtub, or squishing slippery peas through little fingers. They are not preoccupied with the past or anxiously thinking about the future in the way that we adults often are. Their joy, excitement, frustration and sorrow are lived intensely in each moment. Our children are models for us, and have much to teach us about how to live fully in the present. They offer us an unrivalled opportunity to join them in their spontaneous delight at life.

However, they also present us with the daunting task of becoming aware of the moment to moment ways in which our actions affect them. Their very survival depends on us and they are tuned into our every action and word. They challenge us to be conscious of ourselves and the home environment we create. They require that we become acutely aware of their needs in order to provide them with optimal nurturing. They invite us to join with them in a crucible of development — our development as human beings and theirs. It is in the moment to moment interactions that they grow and we grow. How can a parent in today's hectic world learn to live in the moment and be present to your child? Here are some simple small actions to take.

Click here for small, but powerful actions you can take.

PCI on ABC!

LA PCI student Deborah Stambler appeared on Channel 7 for an ABC news segment, featuring PCI parent coaching with one of Deborah's clients. Deborah gave a fine interview that really helped moms and dads understand the immense value of parent coaching in their lives. You can check out the text of the segment by clicking here.

And kudos to Deborah for another great accomplishment! One of her poem‚s was published this fall in the prestigious Comstock Review. Way to go Deborah!

“Introducing the Parent Coach,” Colorado Pike's Peak Parent, September 2005, featured PCI Certified Parent Coach™ and Course Instructor Michelle Strickland and the Parent Coaching Institute training model. Congratulations, Michelle, on this two-page article!

September 2005, Positive Thinking Magazine, featured Gloria DeGaetano as the selected parent coach from the U. S. interviewed on the power of coaching to help stay positive.

Workshop, Re-Directing Media-Driven Kids, by Gloria DeGaetano, Friday, Feb. 3, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Bellevue, WA. For parents and for professionals working with families. If you are sick and tired about media's negative influences on the children and teens you love, then this workshop is for you! Based on Gloria's extensive research, participants receive practical tools and strategies that work and can be easily implemented at home or in classroom. No need to let our kids become corporate clones or media drones. Using Gloria's proven brain-compatible techniques, participants learn sure-fire ways to ignite children's full potential and avoid potential and predictable pit-falls of a media culture. Participants receive a free copy of Parenting Well in a Media Age (www.parentingwell
inamediaage.com), along with another one of Gloria's books or curriculum manuals of their choice. Cost: $109.00. Registrations accepted now by calling 425-401-1519. Purchase Orders may be faxed to: 425-401-1572. Space Limited.

To engage Gloria DeGaetano for a keynote or workshop, contact her at 425-401-1519 or 1-888-599-4447.

Workshop for PCI Students and Graduates Only. Mindfulness in Parent Coaching, Dec. 4 (9AM-4PM, Vashon Island. PCI Course Instructor and PCI Certified Parent Coach™ Bridgid Normand offers her popular workshop once again. This is a day filled with many insights as participants practice various strategies for increased self-awareness and the joy of slowing down, relating all to their parent coaching practice. Cost: $129.95. To register, call 425-401-1519. A perfect way to begin the hectic holiday season!

A Fun Way to Teach Children Gratitude Take time during an evening meal to have each family member say what he or she was especially grateful for that day. Once everyone has had a turn, find out more. Ask your children questions such as the ones below and encourage them to ask you these types of questions, too. Be prepared to delight in the wisdom and insights of your children! What made this so special for you? How do you feel inside when you are grateful for something? How does feeling gratititude make you wnat to help someone no so fortunate? Do you think you will feel grateful for this at another time? Why or why not?