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Mindful parenting is about cultivating self-compassion in parents, preventing intergenerational transmission of mental health problems, and cultivating confidence and joy in children and our relationships with them.

Keynotes and presentations include introductions to attachment theory, Mindfulness tools and ‘Time-in’.

Program

8:45am	Registrations
9:15am	Welcome to Conference, Intro to Program
9:30am 9:30am	Keynote 1: What is this thing called Mindfulness? Keynote 2: Building Mindful Relationships
10:30am	Morning Tea
11:00am 9:30am	Presentation 1: Mindful Parenting & Attachment Theory Presentation 2: Core Elements of Mindful Parenting
12:30pm	Lunch
1:20pm	Musical Performance - 'Sacred Things'
1:30pm 9:30am	Workshop 1: Five Strategies to Parenting Mindfully: An Introduction to the Mindfulness-Based Parenting Program (MBPP)
3:15pm	Afternoon Tea
3:45pm	Workshop 2: Time-In is the New Time-Out!
5:00pm	Summary discussion and close
5:30pm	End

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Keynotes
What is this thing called Mindfulness? (Liana Taylor)
Mindfulness offers us a way to see that which is going on around and within us more clearly. Practising mindfulness offers us the opportunity to relate to our experience differently and live more effortlessly, more and more in the lightness of being. As we are increasingly able to pay attention with calmness, focus and kindness, we can respond in compassionate and constructive ways to ourselves and to others.

Building Mindful Relationships (Liana Taylor)
Being mindful allows us to create the emotional and mental space that supports us to nurture rich, heartfelt and joyful relationships. Being 'mindful' does not necessarily stop the daily dramas of life unfolding, but it does give us a different way to relate to the unexpected or unpleasant as they arise. Just as we become more mindful and relate differently within ourselves, so too we can cultivate new ways of relating to others when they behave in ways that we find unexpected or unpleasant. And as we relate differently to these dynamics, we open a whole vista of new options for those relationships.

Presentations
Mindful Parenting & Attachment Theory: An Introduction to the Mindful Awareness Parenting (MAP™) Program (Dr Rebecca Coleman PhD)
This session will cover how mindfulness, self-compassion and attachment theory interface to support professionals, parents and young children (from birth to 5 years of age). This session is primarily information based, but will also use short experiential exercises.

Core Elements of Mindful Parenting (Fiona Glover)
This presentation introduces participants to Seven Important Aspects of Mindful Parenting and the mechanisms of change brought about by mindful parenting in preventing and treating mental health problems in children, parenting difficulties, and preventing intergenerational transmission of mental health problems from parents to children.

Workshops
Five Strategies to Parenting Mindfully: An Introduction to the Mindfulness-Based Parenting Program (MBPP) (Fiona Glover)
This short workshop introduces participants to some “How To” strategies of Mindful Parenting which are explored more fully in the 8 week Mindfulness-Based Parenting Program (MBPP). Based on the traditional MBSR and MBCT programs, participants will learn how to adapt the attitudes of mindfulness, as well as the skills and strategies developed in these programs, to the valuable area of parenting, and to their work with children and families.

Time-In is the New Time-Out! (Dr Rebecca Coleman PhD)
This brief workshop provides an introduction to the theory and practice of using ‘time-in’ for relationship ruptures and disconnection with young children. It focuses on the importance of parenting self-compassion in times of emotional distress and perceived failure, and includes a self-compassion experiential exercise.

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Speakers

Liana Taylor, Director Mindfulness Centre, Clinical Psychologist and Meditation Teacher.
Liana is one of the leading teachers of mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) to professionals across Australia. She has retreated with, taken teachings from or trained with the creators of MBCT, MBSR and ACT. With over 20 years’ experience in private practice in both Clinical Psychology and Family Therapy, and over a decade of teaching and speaking to other health professionals, Liana brings a rich understanding of Mindfulness, and how and when to apply it in a therapeutic context and in daily life, to her teaching and presentations.

Fiona Glover, Mental Health Social Worker and CBT Specialist.
Fiona has a strong background in evidence based medicine and believes that an holistic perspective is central to lasting change. She practises meditation and mindfulness and is passionate about bringing the gift of mindfulness to others. Fiona has taught Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) groups for individuals with depression, anxiety and chronic pain, and to parents since 2004.

Dr Rebecca Coleman PhD, Clinical Psychologist.
Dr. Coleman is the founder and director of the Mindful Awareness Parenting (MAP™) Instructor Training and Parent Workshop Series. She has been involved in the discipline of psychology for the past 20 years. Her passion is Level 1 interventions (‘promotion and prevention’) in the area of parental and infant mental health. Dr Coleman was recently awarded an international fellowship for past accomplishments and future promise in the area of child and adolescent mental health.

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