Parent Like a Guru - Introduction

 

Parent Like a Guru was initially created as a series of video-blogs produced in the winter of 2015. It was a shortened version of the book: Cultivating Spirituality in Children: 101 Ways to Make Every Child’s Spirit Soar. I wanted to provide a version of the book that was more accessible for busy parents, guardians and grandparents, who have little time to sit and read abook, chapter by chapter. Thus, Parent Like a Guru was born.

An unforeseen outcome of Parent Like a Guru was that the blogs were rich and empowering to the readers. So it made sense to create an e-book for those parents who wish to have the blogs accessible at a moment’s notice. And here we are!

The intention of Parent Like a Guru is to provide stories, thoughts, and experiences that inspire and empower you to let go of everything you think parenting is about. It's letting go of how you perceive yourself as a parent, guardian, or grandparent (from here on out, collectively referred to as parents). It’s intention is to support you in letting go of the stresses and the worries, plus the hoped-for outcomes of all the blood, sweat, and tears you have brought to this role as parents. It empowers you to let go of doing it right, being perfect, and never failing your children, or yourself. It supports you to give up feeling like a failure as a parent. In essence, parenting like a guru requires letting go of all of that, and more.

Parenting Like a Guru, taken on as a spiritual practice, is not about being in serenity every minute of every day or generating a “perfect” environment within which to instill everything you want for your children. It isn't even about meditating and silencing the mind. Parenting Like a Guru does, however, require you to empower yourself to become more mindful, such as training yourself to notice your thoughts, feelings, and body sensations, as well as what has you choose to do what you do.

Furthermore, another intention of Parent Like a Guru is to empower you to witness and become conscious of that which you really want in your relationship with your children, as well as that which you really want from your relationship with your children. Through this book, I want to empower you to be curious about you, as a human being in the role of a parent, grandparent, and guardian of all children on this planet.

By the way, I'd love for you to observe yourself without judging, without seeing mistakes, without feeling guilt and shame. Guru's are really just ordinary people who began to laugh at their humiliating and embarrassing mistakes. Over time, they just see the humor in being human. I so send this humor and humbleness your way. It's there if you need it!