Raising Good Humans S2 Ep 25: Sharon Salzberg Brings the Wisdom of Real Mindfulness Practice Into Everyday Parenting
Nov 5, 2021
Sharon Salzberg, a renowned mindfulness teacher and bestselling author, shares her insights on incorporating mindfulness into parenting. She explores how mindfulness can help balance emotions and promote compassion. Listeners learn about practical meditation techniques, including brief daily practices that can transform family dynamics. Sharon highlights the importance of vulnerability in parenting and offers strategies for introducing mindfulness concepts to children. Her approachable wisdom makes these practices accessible and relatable for families.
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Meditation As Skills Training
- Meditation is skills training that builds concentration and resilience through gently returning attention to an object.
- Sharon Salzberg frames wandering attention as repeated opportunities to practice kindness and restart.
Mindfulness Reveals Added Noise
- Mindfulness is the quality of awareness that reduces added layers of past/future projections.
- It reveals how we enlarge experiences by adding judgments, expectations, or shame.
Pantyhose And The Kid Definition
- Sharon tells a gym pantyhose story to show how small events can trigger huge added narratives.
- She uses a pilot-program quote: a child defined mindfulness as "not hitting someone in the mouth."
