[Workshop] Your Best Year Yet!

Extending this to the Terra Luz families especially since one of our wonderful mamas is graciously hosting this one day workshop up North.

Best Year Yet Workshop
***Make 2010 Your Best Year Yet!***

The end of the year is fast approaching. Are you starting to think about the year ahead? Are you wanting to be more intentional about how you spend (and earn) your time, energy and money in 2010? Would you like some guidance on setting goals and staying on track in the year to come?

In other words, are you interested in creating Your Best Year Yet?

If the answer to any of these questions is “yes”, please join us for a workshop that could transform how you move into and through 2010.

The book, “Your Best Year Yet!”, offers ten questions that allow you to gain clarity on:
*Where you’ve been over the past year
*What you’ve accomplished
*How you have been limiting yourself
*Your roles
*Your values
*Your goals for the year to come
*What you can do to make the next twelve months your most successful ever

It’s so much more than just a process of setting New Year’s resolutions. It’s a way of discovering what matters most and finding out what you really want life to look and feel like. As a result of taking the time to answer the ten questions you will leave with a set of guidelines that will help you get on track so you can begin to live the life of your dreams.

Leading the workshop is Carrie Contey, PhD, who has personally done “Your Best Year Yet!” several times. She shares that the results have been incredible and every time she is more and more amazed at how simple, powerful and effective it can be. As a facilitator, many of her participants have shared that taking the time to do the ten of “Your Best Year Yet!” questions was a valuable investment that has paid off and helped them (and their families) immensely.

Your Best Year Yet! Workshop
When: Sunday, January 31st
Time: 10:00am-3:00p.m.
Where: Tanya Gleinser's Place (mama to Mia)
            Round Rock
Cost: $65

RSVP by January 22, 2010 is required
For questions, and/or to reserve your space, please contact Carrie at carrie@earlyparenting.com

THE KUDOS:
"Carrie has an uncanny ability to see the roots of a child’s problems. She offers concrete ideas as to how to resolve these issues at home in a way that supports what the teachers do at school. SAMS, with a teaching approach that none of us experienced growing up, has needed to support parents more — Carrie is the answer. I can’t wait for her next event!" Sri Atmananda Memorial School Parent

"I took the Best Year Yet workshop with Carrie and I had such a huge breakthrough. I am already watching some old limitations crumble and big beams of light shooting through the chinks in the wall… I’m PRETTY excited to see how this year unfolds, to say the least! Anyone on the fence about taking the class, I urge you to just dive in… I think the upcoming new year deserves five hours of your time… " L.G., Austin, TX

THE BOOK:
http://www.amazon.com/Your-Best-Year-Yet-Successful/dp/0446675474

Time Magazine - The Case Against Over-Parenting

Carrie Contey was one of the guests featured on NPR's On Point show last week! In addition to discussing emotional development in children, I love how Carrie also brought in the importance of Slow Family Living . Having been a parent for over 17 years, and as hard as it can be, I agree with backing off, giving my children space, and letting them grow their own passions.

When you have 45 minutes, pull up a chair, sit back and enjoy.


Linky HERE

Muchas Gracias!

Our Parent Evening with Carrie was a huge success! The food was delicious, the company was fabulous, and the wine, hit the spot. :)

I would like to thank our families for being a part of this event, as we all felt it was a great start to community building, and Carrie's focus on Emotional Development left us with so much to think about when it comes to the minds of our little friends. There was something so heartwarming as I sat among the circle of moms, dads (and even a couple grandmothers). When parents were introducing themselves, at one point, I had to fight back tears. Of happiness, of course.



We hope you enjoyed viewing the 4 exhibits of the children's work (Herb Compositions, Encounters with Clay, Transparency and Texture Panel, and the Black and White Explorations). This is just the beginning, as the children continue to demonstrate to us their expressive languages.

We would love to have another parent evening before the holidays to enjoy some more food, company, and view more of the children's work which continues to unfold.


Photo courtesy of Chris Allen

Evening for Parents

Mark your calendars and book your sitter! Please join us for a Terra Luz Parent Event with the wonderful Carrie Contey.

Date: Thursday, October 8th
Time: Potluck & Childrens Art Exhibit 6:00-7:15
Carrie Contey Workshop 7:15-9:15pm
Where: Terra Luz
Investment: $30 per family

I hope to see all our families there as Carrie is someone who truly inspires me in my work and I would love for you all to get your cups filled as well.

Much Love,
Andrea

Filling Up Our Cup

This afternoon the Terra Luz teaching guides had some fantastic staff development with Carrie Contey, PhD and I would like to share some of the “golden nuggets” we walked away with.

We focused a large amount of time on Brain and Emotional Development of our little friends. I’m always fascinated by what Carrie has to say about research and brain development.

The work we do as educators and caregivers is an awesome responsibility. Children are in the midst of profound growth. We are regulating little people’s nervous systems every day, so us, as caregivers need to check in with ourselves to see where our own nervous systems are.

Some children have a full cup right away, some of them, just getting out of the car depletes them. We need to recognize that what fills one child’s cup is not going to fill another child’s cup.

Welcoming ritual that is essential: Connection that’s intimate and special... that is, I see you and I wonder what you’re needing today.

We took so much from our session with Carrie this afternoon and what sticks out most prominently for me is this question:

How do we help the children to imprint in their brain that school equals safe? Because that is precisely what Terra Luz's philosophy is built on. Feeling safe.

And this Mantra:
The boundary lies within.
Take a breath.
Make eye contact.
And ask, how are you feeling right now?

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Friends,
I would love for all the Terra Luz families to fill up their own cups with a parent workshop with Carrie. This will help continue to build our community and will be offered at here Terra Luz. We are looking at dates in late September or early October, probably on a Thursday evening. More information to come!