Parenting Now: Unconditional Positive Regard

I am delighted to share a good friend and inspiring force, Michelle Charfen. She joyfully jumped into my online Parenting Now conference, and I relished the chance to talk about something I find so important.

Michelle is a rockstar. Her life’s work is helping parents, educators, and individuals live with unconditional positive regard for themselves and in turn for others.

Unconditional positive regard! What a fantastic concept, what an interesting idea to let roll around…

Michelle is clear that when parents love and support themselves – unconditionally – parenting radically changes. That unconditional positive regard parents show toward themselves begins to affect the way they interact with their kids as well. It is becomes easier to parent with empathy and true connection. And it becomes abundantly clear how absolutely amazing these people around you truly are.

Furthermore, Michelle states that mistakes and ruptures are places for growth. (So if you freaked out on your kids recently – take a breath.) We are always learning and growing. In her “Centered Parenting” classes, her goal is to help parents figure out how to return to center once they become aware that they have gone astray.

Michelle has a wonderful TEDx talk entitled, “Unconditional Positive Regard: The Power of Self-Acceptance.”

Check out her new website at: michellecharfen.com and make sure to tune in to our conversation that really gets to the meat of all this goodness!

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Michelle and I dive into why unconditional positive regard is so helpful for parents, and how to get it, as part of the Parenting Now virtual conference. Register here!