Making the Shift to Peaceful Parenting Six-Week Teleclass/NVC Online Workshop
Making the Shift to Peaceful Parenting Six-Week Teleclass/NVC Online Workshop
Get your peaceful parenting tool kit together.
This teleclass series is an opportunity for parents to get their parenting practice in alignment with the way they want to be.
I hear from so many parents that they want to parent their kids peacefully but feel frustrated because they haven't been able to. There are lots of reasons why parents struggle with peaceful parenting, and in this teleclass series we get to the bottom of what really interferes. We discuss practical strategies to deal with internal feelings that color the way parents relate to their kids.
The point of this practical class is to gain access to parenting tools that feel good to employ and are effective—without yelling, hitting, sarcasm, coercion, or threats. This isn't hands-off parenting; this isn't so-called permissive parenting. This isn't walk-all-over-mom-and-dad parenting, either! This is involved, honest, practical peaceful parenting.
Parents learn:
how to remove YELLING from the toolkit (and why that'd be a good idea),
what to replace yelling with so that you have great tools in your toolkit,
why kids behave maladaptively and how to best support them when they do--without feeling like a doormat,
why kids melt down and have tantrums, and how to get through these times,
how to turn around unwanted behavior (including the parents'),
how to help kids cooperate willingly and joyfully (yes…that is possible!)
how to help kids communicate more effectively,
how parents themselves can communicate more effectively,
what children really need from their parents,
how parents can meet kids' needs without that nagging feeling that they are also sacrificing their own needs,
how to turn things around when parents believe they have absolutely "lost it,"
how to transition from coercive, punitive parenting to peaceful parenting without feeling like they're being walked all over,
how to respond more effectively,
how to make power struggles a distant memory (really!),
how to develop strategies that feel good and that turn things around fast without losing their cool,
how to stop hitting,
how to help a parenting partner gain these skills, too,
positive steps to end bullying, AND
how to take better care of themselves so that they can be more responsive to their children and be the person they want their children to become!
Here are a couple of things to know about the class:
We meet via teleconference for six consecutive weeks at the specified day and time. (Contact Marji by clicking here to send a message if you haven't found a time that is practical for you. We are happy to arrange workable days/times for people to attend from all over the globe.)
Week 1: Overview and Some Crucial Information
Week 2: Emotional Regulation and Healing
Week 3: Effective Communications Skills
Week 4: Walking Our Talk — Practical Application
Week 5: Helping Our Kids Develop Resilience
Week 6: Putting It All Together ~ And...More Crucial Info for Moving Ahead
How does the teleclass/workshop work? Here's how:
We meet via Zoom… either phone in or attend the video session. We begin each session with a check-in, during which each participant (who wants to, of course) shares his or her successes, struggles, questions, or stumbles, and we discuss that. We then jump into the content for that week.
Class size is minimum 3 and no more than 6 participants/couples, because it is a highly interactive class, and this affords everyone the time to engage and be supported. The class is also offered for individuals and couples rather than a group setting.
At the end of each weekly session, homework is offered that is related to what we discussed during the session. These assignments help deepen the participants' experience and learning.
Each session is recorded and uploaded to a private password-protected page on the Peaceful Parent Whisperer website along with an outline of the content and the notes and homework for that session. The page is only accessible to the participants for confidentiality's sake. Participants can either download the recordings to listen to later and/or share with their parenting partner, or they can listen right there on the website. This is beneficial in case a participant has to miss a session or leave early or tend to their child during the class.
During the 6-week program (and afterwards, too), Marji is available, either by phone, by text, or by email to offer support during the times in between session when folks may need a little more help. This is a very critical part of what makes this program so effective!
If you have any other questions about how this works, or if you have any concerns or issues (like, you'd really like to participate but you're not sure how you'll manage money-wise), please reach out. We will figure out something. I have never turned anyone away because finances were tricky, and I'm not about to start now.
The point is that if you want to take the class but feel that there is something holding you back, let's see if we can find a way around that obstacle.
So...need more information? Have some questions? Want to take the class but the time isn't right? Drop me a line. You can send a message or call me on the phone (845-657-3111). As the Beatles used to say, "We can work it out!"
The total cost for the six-week series is $180 for a group or 3 to 6 families and $360 for individuals/couples taking the class alone. If you want to take this class, but you have financial considerations, use this link to send a message so we can make it happen.
NOTE: Both parents are invited and encouraged to attend for no additional charge.
Consider this: For the price of a few lattes per week, you could get started on the path to transform your whole relationship with your kids. Forever.
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Here are some things that people who have actually taken the class have to say about their experience:
“Thank you very much. You gave me a very valuable communication/relationship tool. I am so grateful!”
“Your tools are truly life-changing for me. You really have a gift.”
“No matter where a person is in their peaceful parenting journey, this class contains incredibly helpful, accessible information for everyone! My husband (pretty new to the idea of peaceful parenting) has especially benefited from the classes and feels very comfortable and accepted. He especially appreciates Marji’s patient, thorough and accessible answers to his many questions (and, so do I). This class has been a huge gift to us and to our kids! We cannot thank you enough. It’d be worth three times the price we paid, and we are already seeing a huge difference in our family dynamics!”
“Thank you for your guidance and compassion, Marji. I loved the course and will continue to work on the course material for my daughters and other relationships in my life.”
“Our 13-year-old daughter had a huge emotional outburst last night. She was yelling at us, being hurtful with her words, and it was really intense...as we talked through it she shared that she was feeling very jealous because she feels like her brother is getting more time with her dad than she is....It’s a confirmation that, as we learned in week one, that something like this intense emotional outburst is usually a reaction to a strong feeling our children need our help working through. Once we worked through it...she was back to her lovely self with a plan for time with daddy on the books!”
“Thank you for assisting us in understanding more fully life’s complexities with our older teenagers.”
“I have been finding immense joy in reconnecting with my little 6-year-old. I thought I knew this kid, but the tools we have learned in the class have transformed my relationship with him in a profound way. I’m learning to speak his language and the power struggles are not so very intense.”
“Working with [Marji] could be another path of wellness to being the parent you want to be. I know it has for me.”
“Yesterday felt like a parenting win!! Thank you for your awesome class. It’s made a big difference in all of our lives!”
“You have changed my life!!!”
“I do praise God for this class. It seems as if it’s a self-awareness change-who-you-are-so-you-can-be-the-parent-your-child-craves kind of class, and that to me is AWESOME! Every parenting class I have taken is all about how to “effectively discipline” your child...I am thrilled with this. Thank you, Marji!”
“Thanks again for a great class! I feel like I learned a lot, have new tools, and got more than I expected from participating. I’ll definitely recommend it to friends and family.”
“Such invaluable information that all three of us and any future children will all benefit from for the rest of our lives! We appreciate it so much!”
“I would highly suggest doing Marji Zintz’s class. She does 1.5 hour lessons on the phone for 6 weeks. She has really changed my life and somehow - I didn’t even know it was possible, but I know and love my kids even more after doing her class. She gave me such a deep insight into who my children are, how they feel, why they act how they act. She gave me tools to help guide me to become a better parent...She will be able to help you act like a fabulous mum - she will help you reconnect - she’ll change your parenting and compassion forever. Even if you feel like you are faking it at first...I finished the 6 week program a few weeks ago, and if my children knew it was her that has changed things so drastically for the better around here- they would be writing her thank-you notes! ”
“I love this class!!”