Shauna Shapiro Quotes

While mindfulness does not necessarily change what is happening, it changes our relationship to what is happening.

word “discipline” often evokes strong emotional reactions, particularly because it is often used synonymously with “punishment.” However, the original meaning of discipline is “to teach.

Each day, write down your intention, the choice point, and which path you chose.

A mindful parent is one who is committed to practicing being present and awake, and to listening deeply to her child, moment by moment. Mindfulness depends upon awareness.

a harmonious home and supporting self-discipline in our children requires that we as parents become more self-disciplined.

What you practice grows stronger •​Practice, not perfect •​Kindness matters •​Happiness is based on internal, not external factors

Whatever you’re doing, whether you love it or loathe it, you’ll be happiest and most effective if you are present.

One of the great paradoxes of mindfulness is that by accepting pain, we reduce our suffering. Our resistance to pain compounds and increases our suffering. Mindfulness teaches us how to accept the boulders of life.

We must change our mind-set from one of self-improvement to one of self-liberation. Self-liberation means freedom from our limiting beliefs, our misguided idea that there is something wrong with us that needs to be “fixed.” Our constant attempts to “get it right” and to be “perfect” leave us in a state of exhaustion, never resting in the present moment, never happy with who we are.

Mindfulness means to see clearly. •​Mindfulness allows us to shift from reaction to response. •​Mindfulness awakens us to life — not just the challenges, but also the boundless beauty.

Mindfulness practice is not about creating or changing anything about your experience. It is changing the way you relate to your experience by adding the resonance of intention, attention, and attitude.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself” (1923, 17). In some

Children respond more to our state of consciousness than to our words. When we are present, grounded, and clear, our children listen.

gardener knows that she can’t simply shout at the plant to make it grow faster. Nor will pushing and pulling it result in a tree’s maturing and bearing fruit before its time

nourishment that children need to become self-disciplined falls into five categories of experience that we call the five essential elements of Mindful Discipline: 1) unconditional love, 2) space, 3) mentorship, 4) healthy boundaries, and 5) mis-takes.