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Parent Express for 24-May-2010
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May
2010 I hope spring is in full swing by now in your part of the country. It sure is here in the Pacific Northwest. Recently at one of our events, Dr. Jane Healy, whose new book is Different Learners, told us she "loved our man-eating rhodies." Yes, our flowers are often big—a great side-effect of all that rain. In the midst of all of spring's new growth, you may find yourself madly cleaning out closets, or having to repress the urge to do so because you are madly attending your child's last school functions or scheduling summer's baseball or swimming practices. Running around, cleaning up messes and basically enjoying the renewed energy that comes with this season can be a lot of fun, especially with more daylight to play in. Because of all the new-found energy, I always think of spring as a time to transform—to change and adjust on deep levels. I hope the article below helps to remind you of ways to use this season for any transformations of your choosing—both inward and outward! Happy Spring! Happy Transformations! Gloria DeGaetano, Founder and CEO
"I have been thinking for some time, since starting my PCI journey, that you have developed an absolutely excellent course. Recently I talked with a colleague and the conversation really solidified for me how much of your heart and soul comes through the curriculum, and how because you put your heart and soul into it, it inspires me to put my own heart and soul into it. That is an even bigger gift than the materials themselves, which honestly I find so thought provoking, affirming and interesting that my hands often tingle as I digest it all. So, THANK YOU. This is changing my life."
—Fiona Glass, PCI Student, Nelson, British Columbia
Apply now for summer quarter Parent Coach Certification®. Apply before June 1 to receive a $900 tuition discount for June start! The final application deadline for summer start is June 4. Thank you to all those who are calling to apply to The PCI™! Our phones are very busy these days. We are now accepting applications for summer quarter. Review our program overview here, including information on early application discounts and payment plans. Find a flyer on the Parent Coach Certification® Training Program here that you can review and share. Word is getting out about our innovative, energizing, and highly practical Parent Coach Certification® Training. Because of the overwhelming response, we highly encourage you not to delay in submitting your application for summer start. By planning ahead, you will be assured of a spot if accepted into the program, after the enrollment process is complete. Please send in the basic application as the first step. Download the application here. Once we receive this document, we will contact you for a phone interview. Transcripts and reference letters can follow the basic application by a few weeks. Questions? Please call (425) 401-1519 or email info@ThePCI.org. Please Note: Phone classes are in the evening time, usually at 5PM or 6PM (Pacific Time) to accommodate the work schedules of our students. Listen to an audio message from Gloria DeGaetano to learn about the five advantages of Parent Coach Certification®.
"Gloria, listening to you coach on the call last night was incredibly powerful for me. Also, what you shared about your thinking, and years of thinking in limiting ways, and the on-going process of changing that, was deeply encouraging to me. The PCI™ is like a grad school for habitual and emotional transformation. You created that!"
—Monica Struck, PCI Certified Parent Coach®
Poulsbo, Washington 
Working with a parent coach who has received Parent Coach Certification® through The PCI™ is giving yourself a valuable gift as well as a sound investment in your family's future. PCI Certified Parent Coaches® are caring, thoughtful professionals with years of experience working with parents. They 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 Certified Parent Coaches® help you re-discover your dreams and design your life for more joy and satisfaction. To find a PCI Certified Parent Coach® in your area, please click here or call (425) 401-1519 for a referral to a PCI Certified Parent Coach® selected especially for you. 
Visit www.ParentAppreciationRadio.com to listen to programs featuring PCI Certified Parent Coaches® and other experts from around the country discussing topics of interest to moms and dads. Programs are available as podcasts. Listeners can download individual episodes directly, listen to them from this site using a Web browser, or access them via the iTunes podcast directory. iTunes subscribers will automatically pick up new episodes as they become available!  Springtime: Time to Transform 
by Gloria DeGaetano,
The energy of springtime is the energy of movement. When I think of transforming self or helping to transform declining conditions on our planet, I think of forward movement—one small step at a time, usually. The pace we go doesn't matter as much as the "how" we do what we are moved to do. For it is in the "how" that we catalyze good in our everyday lives for the people we touch. The ripple effect moves out from there. The pace at which it moves out can often astound when the "how" is in alignment with three key qualities. These qualities define characteristics of internal states that shepherd our constructive actions, imbuing them with far-reaching results, making the good we do more sustainable. Here is a thumb-nail synthesis of each quality. By focusing on them and inviting them to grow within us, we bring more light to ourselves and to our world. Integrity In a thought-provoking article titled, "Awakening to the Highest Reaches of Integrity," in the Vision in Action Journal, Yasuhiko Genku Kimura defines "integrity" on three levels: "Integrity means being true to one's principles, one's word, and one's self, and true integrity involves the total accord between these three levels of being true. People who can sustain their commitment are those who say, "I am committed to making X happen," and then follow through with the necessary stages of action that ensure that X happens. Such people have integrity. They sustain their commitment to the end. God is reported to have said, "Let there be light," and immediately there was light. In the case of humans, it takes time for commitment to unfold, but the principle is the same. For example, we say, ‘Let there be peace on earth.' If the majority of us have true integrity, with which we are prepared to take sustained action, peace will surely prevail on earth." Why Try Parent Coaching?
by Gloria DeGaetano,
Recently a 35 year-old working mom told me, "I'll take process over problem-solving any day!" Meg had found out that parent coaching actually solves problems by not working on them. It's paradoxical, but true. By paying more attention to the actual process of discovery of what works and by holding the vision of our goal or preferred future, we not only solve identified problems, we attract more good into our lives than we ever thought possible. During the course of the coaching relationship, the changes that occur come from deep within—accompanied by many pleasant surprises! PCI parent coaching, unlike problem-solving, is truly a transformational process. In their book, How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation, (Jossey-Bass, 2001), Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow point out, "When we solve a problem quickly the one thing we can usually be certain of is that we ourselves are the same people coming out of the problem as we were going into it." (p. 43) Coaching, however changes us in fundamental ways. The shared relationship between the parent and coach produce regularly-occurring miracles. Actually these "miracles" are the natural outcome of coach and client working together in a type of sacred zone, synergistically moving forward, together delighted and often surprised, about how problems get "solved." |
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Author of The Self-Aware Parent Interviewed on Parenting Unplugged Radio
"I am struck with how much I have learned through my study at the The PCI™. When a client thanks me for my 'amazing parent coaching', I am naturally honored to receive such a compliment. But often I think the credit really goes to The PCI™ instructors for teaching me so well and to Gloria DeGaetano for having the courage and the energy to create The PCI™. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of it."
—Chris Donavan, PCI Certified Parent Coach®
Isle of Palms, South Carolina 
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Back issues of Parent Express are available on the PCI Web site. There you can read articles by Gloria DeGaetano and PCI Certified Parent Coaches®, and easily send past issues to friends and colleagues via e-mail.
"Gloria! Thank you! What you have given me through The PCI™ has touched every part of my life. I have never before embarked on a course of study so well created, relevant and important to me …and to so many others."
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This issue of Parent Express was originally published May 24, 2010. Some content, contact information, and links may be out of date, and the conversion from the original email edition may introduce formatting inconsistencies.
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