Blah. Blah blah. Blah. Blah, blah, blah! This is the sound or noise that children, spouses, and friends hear when we try to communicate during times of conflict.  Meaningful conversations and effective communication never occurs when people are angry, frustrated, exhausted, feeling defensive or mentally preoccupied.  You cannot  teach a child the principles of self-control while they are having a “level 10” meltdown in the grocery store.  Nor can you discuss marital issues (parenting, finances, [...]

One of the many concepts we love from the Parenting from The Tree of Life class, is The Potato Principle.  Derived from a dining experience and shared by the Ezzo’s ministry associates Don and Karen Kurtz, The Potato Principle speaks to the idea that we can become fixated on the flaws at the expense of looking at the overall good in our child’s behavior. Have you, your spouse or your children ever thrown out or [...]

In all the curriculum that we lead parents through, the concept of CouchTime remains as one of the most impactful tools we discuss.  Over the years we've had many parents ask us to provide more insight regarding CouchTime. So we thought it might be helpful to provide a little more detail regarding the why, when, where, and how of CouchTime. Why The Benefits of CouchTime for us were numerous. First of all, it got us [...]