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Rhank you Yogi and all and each of you !!!

It was great experience and sheer pleasure learning with you

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On-Line Session 6 (2 hours 15 minutes)  Structuring Positive Change in Families

Warm Up – PD Communication and individual learning

9 Steps for Effective FAMILY MEETINGS (TP Manual p. 171)

Breakout rooms - Fun (TP Manual p. 167) 4 groups

The Positive Discipline Association, next steps, certification, parenting classes, etc. (Handout)

CONTINUUM OF CHANGE (TP Manual p.105)

Closing CELEBRATION (Candle) – Share one aha, learning, next step

Evaluations

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All About Me: Kyle Brignall (he/him/his)

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All About Me: Kyle Brignall (he/him/his)

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Hi everyone!

I'm Kyle (he/him)! I'm a 29-year-old graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States) in my second and final year in the Graduate School of Social Work, where I want to continue my professional career as a therapist dealing with mood disorders in adolescents. I play semi-professional volleyball (indoor, grass, beach--I love it all!), have an obsession for candy, and am currently re-learning Spanish while in Barcelona, Spain for the summer with my partner, McLean!

Mood disorders have a special place in my heart, having personally dealt with depression since 8th grade. My depression hit its peak in my undergraduate career at the University of Pittsburgh, and I realized I needed help, despite the shame I felt for doing so. Reaching out to a therapist saved my life and changed my outlook on mental health, taking me down a path on discovering how my environments, my childhood experiences, and my family had significant impacts on who I am today.

I'm super happy to be taking this Positive Discipline course with such amazing professionals and people and continue to learn how positive discipline can not only help me with how I was raised but impact my future clients and my future children.

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Physical materials are available to purchase at a discounted price using the following link: https://www.positivediscipline.com/products/teaching-parenting-physical-materials-participant-package (You must be logged in to your account to access the link.)

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1. I am from a small town from Jalisco, Mexico!

2. I am married, we have three wonderful boys!

3. I work in primary education as a Student Support Advocate.

4. I live in the greater area of Seattle WA.

5. I love families and their wellbeing—they are the heart of our society🤍

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On-Line Session 4 (2 hours 15 minutes)  Creating Supportive Parent Communities

Warm Up

Complete facilitation of two activities from the last session

Top Card

MISTAKEN GOAL Iceberg Deep (TP Manual p. 197) PHPPSS Demonstration (TP Manual pp.361, 358 or Handouts.)

PHPPSS ABC groups (TP Manual p. 371 or Handout)

PHPPSS discussion

Read - Facilitating the Positive Discipline Way – When an activity doesn’t work, group dynamics, dealing with difficult participants, using PD activities that are a good fit for your audience – digging deeper in to manual (TP Manual)

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Logged on my account but still can not access to the videos.

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I'm not sure where to start, but let me date back to 1980 when I was born.

Neh, I'll just share a story from a psychic who told me I was meant to be a teacher. Since then, I have worked on projects related to education in various places: as an IT instructor in the States, an English teacher for kids, an adult learning account manager, and a grammar school principal in Taiwan, an adult learning and crowdfunding director in Bangkok, and the COO of an educational group in China.

Then COVID happened, and my career and life changed completely in a bad way. However, it turned out to be a good start for me. Now, I am a mother to a 9-month-old baby girl (something I never thought would happen).

I'm taking this course because I've seen a lot of horrible parenting throughout my career journey. I was the one helping and guiding the parents in my schools. Once, my CEO said to me, “Karlie, you don’t have a child, so the parents might not buy what you teach them, but it’s ok. Mother Teresa didn’t have her own child, but she was remarkably influential.”

Now that I have my own child, I want to see if I can raise an amazing one. I also want to update and refresh my knowledge so I can start parenting programs at some point and somewhere to continue my journey of assisting parents and providing a better parenting style for our future kids.

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On-Line Session 3 (2 hours 15 minutes)  Understanding Behavior

Chat storm – what really pushes my buttons? Color of anger (warm-up) and manual exploration

Participants facilitate activities (Five breakout rooms, 12 minutes to practice, 10 minutes to facilitate with whole group being participants, 5 minutes for feedback).  Activities: BRAIN IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND p. 93, POSITIVE TIME OUT p. 287, ENCOURAGEMENT VS. PRAISE p. 149, MR. PUNISHMENT p. 271, (15 min) EMPOWERING VS. DISCOURAGING p. 155.

Pluses and Wishes – TP Manual Closing Activity - Facilitation

Video Part 3 (Watch the following videos)

TOP CARD - Lynnlott.com

Plusses and Wishes

Mistaken Goal Video

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Hello Lovely Awesome People!

I came out of a happy retirement because the perfect job as a part time lower school (pre-k through 5th grade) counselor landed in my lap! I have a MSW and a school counseling credential and during the pandemic added a Life Coach certification. With a recently emptied nest this job is a huge blessing. Kids are so wonderful! Aren't we lucky to have such meaningful work? I literally get paid to spread love and kindness and help others grow their social and emotional intelligence. I support children, staff and parents. I love PD. For me, after decades of experience and study, PD makes the most sense for everyone lucky enough to practice it <3

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I am a middle school counselor in Seattle and love my career! Since having kids, I have felt my heart and priorities shift and am leaning more into parent coaching. Taking this PD is helping discern what is next for me. My husband is a former preschool teacher and currently is our stay at home dad (our superhero!). We spend so much time talking about parenting, and how we are raising our kids, who are 3 and 7 months.

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Hi there. I am a Certified CranioSacral Therapist who started my private practice in this and Osteopathic Bodywork in 2005 after working as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant for 25 years. From there, I got my Certified Massage Therapist, trained to become a Certified Mediator, and have been a Certified Infant Massage Therapist and am an Accredited T'ai Chi Chih Instructor. I'm pivoting my private practice to Health Coaching, and am a lot of different things to my repertoire to offer my clients.

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I’m preschool teacher and I’m finishing faculty of pedagogy in Rijeka in Croatia. Parenting and emotional development are the topics which I’m more interested. Positive Discipline interested me because I want to work with groups of parents and helping them with resolving challenges and empowering emotional healthy kids.

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Our first class on July 23,2024!

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On-Line Session 2 (2 hours 15 minutes)  Parenting for the LONG Term

Courage Warm up and Zoom Tools (Annotate, Screen share, screen shot, mute, video/computer, video on and off, screen views, pinning/ split screen

Discuss two roles in workshop: one as Parent Educator and one as Parent

TWO LISTS, Do As I Say (TP Manual p. 351 and 25)

CURIOSITY QUESTIONS

Activity: (If not covered on day 1) COMPETENT GIANT and FOUR R’S OF RECOVERY FROM MISTAKES (TP Manual p. 99 and 191)

CONCEPTS OF ALFRED ADLER (Chapter 2 and Handout)

KINDNESS & FIRMNESS (Focus Only On – TP Manual p. 231)

Facilitation skills – What have you noticed so far? Read document on Padlet

Assignments (Set up our 5 presentation groups for Session 3 and assign the activities. Please read yours in advance. The activities are in your Facilitator Manual (download tab - 2nd document)

1. BRAIN IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND p. 93 - Melody

2. POSITIVE TIME OUT p. 287 - Lucija

3. ENCOURAGEMENT VS. PRAISE p. 149 - Patrycja

4. MR. PUNISHMENT p. 271  - Sara and Melissa

5. EMPOWERING VS. DISCOURAGING p. 155 - Sarah

6. WHEEL OF CHOICE p. 347 - Karlie

7. FAMILY MEETING p. 169 - Mariana

8. Routine Charts Kyle

Video Part 2 ((Watch the following videos)

Two Lists and Draw a Child

Mistaken Goal Chart and PHPPSS

Top Card

ABC Groups (Yellow)

Write all about me

Read  facilitation tips article (Available on the G-Docs under day 2)

Group photo during session 3 and prepare your activity for session 3

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Hi! I'm excited to be here and training to teach Positive Discipline together. I earned my MSW and then quickly pivoted to high-tech marketing roles, where I've been for over 15+ years. As the mom to 2 awesome and challenging girls, I've done lots of parenting education and am now planning on returning to my helping roots as a parenting coach.

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I'm from Poland, I teach English. I love travelling to sunny places, reading and eating good food. I'm a mum of 13 year-old and the owner of two big dogs. my first time with PD was bad so I decided to remove the spell or face the beast as I call it.happy to be here

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I was not able to see the video on the warm up shirt activity. It says" acess denied"

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Yogi Patel | Transformation Through Empowerment

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Date: January 4, 11, 18, 25, February 1, and 8, 2025 (Saturdays).

Time: 9:00 - 11:00 AM Pacific Time

Location: online

Rates: Early Bird: Register by December 1st, 2024. $220 one parent and one child (age 13 - 22) $50 for each additional family member

Regular Registration: July 2nd - August 15th, 2024. $250 one parent and one child (age 13 -22) $50 for each additional family member.

Referral: Bring a friend and take $25 off your Early Bird or Regular Registration! Once your friend registers, we will credit $25 back to your credit card.

Once registered, you'll receive a welcome letter and the Zoom link via Google Calendar.

Materials (PDF): Participants need to purchase a copy of the book Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen. This book can be purchased new at www.positivediscipline.com, or used/Kindle/Audible at amazon.com.

Parent and Teen Class Description:

Are conflicts with your teen affecting your family dynamic? Are you tired of nagging or feeling anxious about discussing issues with your teen? Are you concerned about the long-term health of your family if these challenges persist?

Imagine a scenario where you could establish clear expectations and trust your teen to meet them. Envision conversations about problems that don't escalate into arguments. Picture spending quality time together and genuinely enjoying each other's company. Picture feeling confident in your family's connection and resilience.

If you're wishing for a closer, more connected, and respectful relationship with your family, we warmly invite both you and your teen to join us for our Empowering Relationships Series!
Over the course of six weeks, you and your teen will:

1. Engage in activities crafted to foster empathy and understanding between each other.

2. Hone communication skills that deepen your bond and mutual understanding.

3. Learn to navigate challenges as opportunities for growth and learning, together.

4. Strengthen problem-solving abilities to forge an effective partnership.

5. Experience a transformation in your family relationship through collaboration, connection, and shared time together.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your family dynamics and create lasting positive change. Join us for our Family Empowerment Series and embark on a journey towards a stronger, more harmonious family life.

Date: January 4, 11, 18, 25, February 1, and 8, 2025 (Saturdays).

Time: 9:00 - 11:00 AM Pacific Time

Location: online

Rates: Early Bird: Register by December 1st, 2024. $220 one parent and one child (age 13 - 22) $50 for each additional family member

Regular Registration: July 2nd - August 15th, 2024. $250 one parent and one child (age 13 -22) $50 for each additional family member.

Referral: Bring a friend and take $25 off your Early Bird or Regular Registration! Once your friend registers, we will credit $25 back to your credit card.

Once registered, you'll receive a welcome letter and the Zoom link via Google Calendar.

Materials (PDF): Participants need to purchase a copy of the book Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen. This book can be purchased new at www.positivediscipline.com, or used/Kindle/Audible at amazon.com.

Parent and Teen Class Description:

Are conflicts with your teen affecting your family dynamic? Are you tired of nagging or feeling anxious about discussing issues with your teen? Are you concerned about the long-term health of your family if these challenges persist?

Imagine a scenario where you could establish clear expectations and trust your teen to meet them. Envision conversations about problems that don't escalate into arguments. Picture spending quality time together and genuinely enjoying each other's company. Picture feeling confident in your family's connection and resilience.

If you're wishing for a closer, more connected, and respectful relationship with your family, we warmly invite both you and your teen to join us for our Empowering Relationships Series!
Over the course of six weeks, you and your teen will:

1. Engage in activities crafted to foster empathy and understanding between each other.

2. Hone communication skills that deepen your bond and mutual understanding.

3. Learn to navigate challenges as opportunities for growth and learning, together.

4. Strengthen problem-solving abilities to forge an effective partnership.

5. Experience a transformation in your family relationship through collaboration, connection, and shared time together.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your family dynamics and create lasting positive change. Join us for our Family Empowerment Series and embark on a journey towards a stronger, more harmonious family life.

Date: January 4, 11, 18, 25, February 1, and 8, 2025 (Saturdays).

Time: 9:00 - 11:00 AM Pacific Time

Location: online

Rates: Early Bird: Register by December 1st, 2024. $220 one parent and one child (age 13 - 22) $50 for each additional family member

Regular Registration: July 2nd - August 15th, 2024. $250 one parent and one child (age 13 -22) $50 for each additional family member.

Referral: Bring a friend and take $25 off your Early Bird or Regular Registration! Once your friend registers, we will credit $25 back to your credit card.

Once registered, you'll receive a welcome letter and the Zoom link via Google Calendar.

Materials (PDF): Participants need to purchase a copy of the book Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen. This book can be purchased new at www.positivediscipline.com, or used/Kindle/Audible at amazon.com.

Parent and Teen Class Description:

Are conflicts with your teen affecting your family dynamic? Are you tired of nagging or feeling anxious about discussing issues with your teen? Are you concerned about the long-term health of your family if these challenges persist?

Imagine a scenario where you could establish clear expectations and trust your teen to meet them. Envision conversations about problems that don't escalate into arguments. Picture spending quality time together and genuinely enjoying each other's company. Picture feeling confident in your family's connection and resilience.

If you're wishing for a closer, more connected, and respectful relationship with your family, we warmly invite both you and your teen to join us for our Empowering Relationships Series!
Over the course of six weeks, you and your teen will:

1. Engage in activities crafted to foster empathy and understanding between each other.

2. Hone communication skills that deepen your bond and mutual understanding.

3. Learn to navigate challenges as opportunities for growth and learning, together.

4. Strengthen problem-solving abilities to forge an effective partnership.

5. Experience a transformation in your family relationship through collaboration, connection, and shared time together.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your family dynamics and create lasting positive change. Join us for our Family Empowerment Series and embark on a journey towards a stronger, more harmonious family life.

Refund policy: You must cancel on or before Monday, July 8th, 2024 in order to receive a full refund. Questions? Contact Yogi Patel at +1 619 356 1149 or yogi@yogipateltte.com or Eva Dwight at 480.363.7686 or endwightccc@gmail.com.

Date: January 4, 11, 18, 25, February 1, and 8, 2025 (Saturdays).

Time: 9:00 - 11:00 AM Pacific Time

Location: online

Rates: Early Bird: Register by December 1st, 2024. $220 one parent and one child (age 13 - 22) $50 for each additional family member

Regular Registration: July 2nd - August 15th, 2024. $250 one parent and one child (age 13 -22) $50 for each additional family member.

Referral: Bring a friend and take $25 off your Early Bird or Regular Registration! Once your friend registers, we will credit $25 back to your credit card.

Once registered, you'll receive a welcome letter and the Zoom link via Google Calendar.

Materials (PDF): Participants need to purchase a copy of the book Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen. This book can be purchased new at www.positivediscipline.com, or used/Kindle/Audible at amazon.com.

Parent and Teen Class Description:

Are conflicts with your teen affecting your family dynamic? Are you tired of nagging or feeling anxious about discussing issues with your teen? Are you concerned about the long-term health of your family if these challenges persist?

Imagine a scenario where you could establish clear expectations and trust your teen to meet them. Envision conversations about problems that don't escalate into arguments. Picture spending quality time together and genuinely enjoying each other's company. Picture feeling confident in your family's connection and resilience.

If you're wishing for a closer, more connected, and respectful relationship with your family, we warmly invite both you and your teen to join us for our Empowering Relationships Series!
Over the course of six weeks, you and your teen will:

1. Engage in activities crafted to foster empathy and understanding between each other.

2. Hone communication skills that deepen your bond and mutual understanding.

3. Learn to navigate challenges as opportunities for growth and learning, together.

4. Strengthen problem-solving abilities to forge an effective partnership.

5. Experience a transformation in your family relationship through collaboration, connection, and shared time together.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your family dynamics and create lasting positive change. Join us for our Family Empowerment Series and embark on a journey towards a stronger, more harmonious family life.

Date: January 4, 11, 18, 25, February 1, and 8, 2025 (Saturdays).

Time: 9:00 - 11:00 AM Pacific Time

Location: online

Rates: Early Bird: Register by December 1st, 2024. $220 one parent and one child (age 13 - 22) $50 for each additional family member

Regular Registration: July 2nd - August 15th, 2024. $250 one parent and one child (age 13 -22) $50 for each additional family member.

Referral: Bring a friend and take $25 off your Early Bird or Regular Registration! Once your friend registers, we will credit $25 back to your credit card.

Once registered, you'll receive a welcome letter and the Zoom link via Google Calendar.

Materials (PDF): Participants need to purchase a copy of the book Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen. This book can be purchased new at www.positivediscipline.com, or used/Kindle/Audible at amazon.com.

Parent and Teen Class Description:

Are conflicts with your teen affecting your family dynamic? Are you tired of nagging or feeling anxious about discussing issues with your teen? Are you concerned about the long-term health of your family if these challenges persist?

Imagine a scenario where you could establish clear expectations and trust your teen to meet them. Envision conversations about problems that don't escalate into arguments. Picture spending quality time together and genuinely enjoying each other's company. Picture feeling confident in your family's connection and resilience.

If you're wishing for a closer, more connected, and respectful relationship with your family, we warmly invite both you and your teen to join us for our Empowering Relationships Series!
Over the course of six weeks, you and your teen will:

1. Engage in activities crafted to foster empathy and understanding between each other.

2. Hone communication skills that deepen your bond and mutual understanding.

3. Learn to navigate challenges as opportunities for growth and learning, together.

4. Strengthen problem-solving abilities to forge an effective partnership.

5. Experience a transformation in your family relationship through collaboration, connection, and shared time together.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your family dynamics and create lasting positive change. Join us for our Family Empowerment Series and embark on a journey towards a stronger, more harmonious family life.

Date: January 4, 11, 18, 25, February 1, and 8, 2025 (Saturdays).

Time: 9:00 - 11:00 AM Pacific Time

Location: online

Rates: Early Bird: Register by December 1st, 2024. $220 one parent and one child (age 13 - 22) $50 for each additional family member

Regular Registration: July 2nd - August 15th, 2024. $250 one parent and one child (age 13 -22) $50 for each additional family member.

Referral: Bring a friend and take $25 off your Early Bird or Regular Registration! Once your friend registers, we will credit $25 back to your credit card.

Once registered, you'll receive a welcome letter and the Zoom link via Google Calendar.

Materials (PDF): Participants need to purchase a copy of the book Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen. This book can be purchased new at www.positivediscipline.com, or used/Kindle/Audible at amazon.com.

Parent and Teen Class Description:

Are conflicts with your teen affecting your family dynamic? Are you tired of nagging or feeling anxious about discussing issues with your teen? Are you concerned about the long-term health of your family if these challenges persist?

Imagine a scenario where you could establish clear expectations and trust your teen to meet them. Envision conversations about problems that don't escalate into arguments. Picture spending quality time together and genuinely enjoying each other's company. Picture feeling confident in your family's connection and resilience.

If you're wishing for a closer, more connected, and respectful relationship with your family, we warmly invite both you and your teen to join us for our Empowering Relationships Series!
Over the course of six weeks, you and your teen will:

1. Engage in activities crafted to foster empathy and understanding between each other.

2. Hone communication skills that deepen your bond and mutual understanding.

3. Learn to navigate challenges as opportunities for growth and learning, together.

4. Strengthen problem-solving abilities to forge an effective partnership.

5. Experience a transformation in your family relationship through collaboration, connection, and shared time together.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your family dynamics and create lasting positive change. Join us for our Family Empowerment Series and embark on a journey towards a stronger, more harmonious family life.

Refund policy: You must cancel on or before Monday, July 8th, 2024 in order to receive a full refund. Questions? Contact Yogi Patel at +1 619 356 1149 or yogi@yogipateltte.com or Eva Dwight at 480.363.7686 or endwightccc@gmail.com.

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Dates: November 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, and 22, 2024

Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am PST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: Early Bird rate $599 ends on October 03 Regular Rate: $655 begins on October 3, 2024. Group of three or more registering together receive a $50 per person discount.

Materials (PDF for Participants):

About EPW: This Seminar is a great option for Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, and Teachers.

This workshop provides professional development for Human Resources Professionals, Mentors and Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Volunteer Coordinators, Team Leaders, School Administrators and Leadership Personnel, Positive Discipline Certified Educators, Trainers, Lead Trainers, and others familiar with the Positive Discipline program.

Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser, the experience is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to help business professionals understand how to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities based on Positive Discipline principles and tools to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants say that the Team Problem Solving Steps and the Team Meeting process provide fun and effective ways for them to get specific help with real challenges at work.

Attendees will earn recognition as Certified Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitators and will learn:

1. Ways to use empowering methods of communication to promote a respectful, highly productive workplace environment.

2. Core Positive Discipline activities for a workplace audience. How Positive Discipline principles present a timely, holistic model for businesses.

3. A deeper understanding of Top Card with a focus on strengths and how to use other Empowering People tools in workplace situations.

4. How childhood memories impact some of your beliefs.

5. How to be encouraging to yourself and others.

6. How the Team Meeting process and Team Problem Solving Steps (that are so effective in families, classrooms, and marriages) are also fun and effective in businesses.

Facilitator: Yogi Patel
Yogi Patel With over three decades of diverse experience, I have learned that the crux of achievement lies in nurturing individuals to realize their full potential by cultivating purpose, creativity, and personal growth. I offer an evolving and visionary approach to leadership and human development that transcends traditional methods. My programs are created to facilitate positive transformation, fostering open dialogue and equipping individuals with the critical thinking tools needed to shape their own values.

My goal is to build a generation of leaders characterized by empowerment, empathy, and the capacity to make impactful contributions to the communities they engage with. I am a certified Master Trainer for Empowering People in the Workplace, with a rich history of leadership roles in startups and Fortune 500 Companies and a Management certificate from Harvard Business School. My leadership journey has spanned organizations of all sizes, including two schools I founded from the ground up. Over two decades, I served over a thousand students, passionately advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Furthermore, I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, offering coaching, training, and unwavering support to parents, leaders, and teachers. My mission is to ignite a passion for excellence, arming you with the skills necessary to cultivate a respectful, collaborative environment and to lead with unwavering courage.

Dates: November 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, and 22, 2024

Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am PST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: Early Bird rate $599 ends on October 03 Regular Rate: $655 begins on October 3, 2024. Group of three or more registering together receive a $50 per person discount.

Materials (PDF for Participants):

About EPW: This Seminar is a great option for Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, and Teachers.

This workshop provides professional development for Human Resources Professionals, Mentors and Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Volunteer Coordinators, Team Leaders, School Administrators and Leadership Personnel, Positive Discipline Certified Educators, Trainers, Lead Trainers, and others familiar with the Positive Discipline program.

Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser, the experience is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to help business professionals understand how to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities based on Positive Discipline principles and tools to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants say that the Team Problem Solving Steps and the Team Meeting process provide fun and effective ways for them to get specific help with real challenges at work.

Attendees will earn recognition as Certified Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitators and will learn:

1. Ways to use empowering methods of communication to promote a respectful, highly productive workplace environment.

2. Core Positive Discipline activities for a workplace audience. How Positive Discipline principles present a timely, holistic model for businesses.

3. A deeper understanding of Top Card with a focus on strengths and how to use other Empowering People tools in workplace situations.

4. How childhood memories impact some of your beliefs.

5. How to be encouraging to yourself and others.

6. How the Team Meeting process and Team Problem Solving Steps (that are so effective in families, classrooms, and marriages) are also fun and effective in businesses.

Facilitator: Yogi Patel
Yogi Patel With over three decades of diverse experience, I have learned that the crux of achievement lies in nurturing individuals to realize their full potential by cultivating purpose, creativity, and personal growth. I offer an evolving and visionary approach to leadership and human development that transcends traditional methods. My programs are created to facilitate positive transformation, fostering open dialogue and equipping individuals with the critical thinking tools needed to shape their own values.

My goal is to build a generation of leaders characterized by empowerment, empathy, and the capacity to make impactful contributions to the communities they engage with. I am a certified Master Trainer for Empowering People in the Workplace, with a rich history of leadership roles in startups and Fortune 500 Companies and a Management certificate from Harvard Business School. My leadership journey has spanned organizations of all sizes, including two schools I founded from the ground up. Over two decades, I served over a thousand students, passionately advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Furthermore, I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, offering coaching, training, and unwavering support to parents, leaders, and teachers. My mission is to ignite a passion for excellence, arming you with the skills necessary to cultivate a respectful, collaborative environment and to lead with unwavering courage.

Dates: November 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, and 22, 2024

Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am PST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: Early Bird rate $599 ends on October 03 Regular Rate: $655 begins on October 3, 2024. Group of three or more registering together receive a $50 per person discount.

Materials (PDF for Participants):

About EPW: This Seminar is a great option for Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, and Teachers.

This workshop provides professional development for Human Resources Professionals, Mentors and Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Volunteer Coordinators, Team Leaders, School Administrators and Leadership Personnel, Positive Discipline Certified Educators, Trainers, Lead Trainers, and others familiar with the Positive Discipline program.

Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser, the experience is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to help business professionals understand how to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities based on Positive Discipline principles and tools to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants say that the Team Problem Solving Steps and the Team Meeting process provide fun and effective ways for them to get specific help with real challenges at work.

Attendees will earn recognition as Certified Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitators and will learn:

1. Ways to use empowering methods of communication to promote a respectful, highly productive workplace environment.

2. Core Positive Discipline activities for a workplace audience. How Positive Discipline principles present a timely, holistic model for businesses.

3. A deeper understanding of Top Card with a focus on strengths and how to use other Empowering People tools in workplace situations.

4. How childhood memories impact some of your beliefs.

5. How to be encouraging to yourself and others.

6. How the Team Meeting process and Team Problem Solving Steps (that are so effective in families, classrooms, and marriages) are also fun and effective in businesses.

Facilitator: Yogi Patel
Yogi Patel With over three decades of diverse experience, I have learned that the crux of achievement lies in nurturing individuals to realize their full potential by cultivating purpose, creativity, and personal growth. I offer an evolving and visionary approach to leadership and human development that transcends traditional methods. My programs are created to facilitate positive transformation, fostering open dialogue and equipping individuals with the critical thinking tools needed to shape their own values.

My goal is to build a generation of leaders characterized by empowerment, empathy, and the capacity to make impactful contributions to the communities they engage with. I am a certified Master Trainer for Empowering People in the Workplace, with a rich history of leadership roles in startups and Fortune 500 Companies and a Management certificate from Harvard Business School. My leadership journey has spanned organizations of all sizes, including two schools I founded from the ground up. Over two decades, I served over a thousand students, passionately advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Furthermore, I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, offering coaching, training, and unwavering support to parents, leaders, and teachers. My mission is to ignite a passion for excellence, arming you with the skills necessary to cultivate a respectful, collaborative environment and to lead with unwavering courage.

Empowering People in the Workplace

Online video participation is required for this workshop.

The PDA is also approved through the American Montessori Society to provide CE credit for EPW workshops.

Workshop Registrations: A full refund (minus a $35 processing fee) will be given when the request for a refund is made up to 30 days before the first day of a workshop. Refunds are not available for cancelations less than 30 days before a workshop or if you register but do not attend a workshop; however, paid registrants can transfer to another workshop within one year at no additional cost, minus fees paid to the credit card processing agency. Refunds are unavailable after a transfer is made or if you do not provide advanced notice that you will not attend the workshop.

Dates: November 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, and 22, 2024

Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am PST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: Early Bird rate $599 ends on October 03 Regular Rate: $655 begins on October 3, 2024. Group of three or more registering together receive a $50 per person discount.

Materials (PDF for Participants):

About EPW: This Seminar is a great option for Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, and Teachers.

This workshop provides professional development for Human Resources Professionals, Mentors and Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Volunteer Coordinators, Team Leaders, School Administrators and Leadership Personnel, Positive Discipline Certified Educators, Trainers, Lead Trainers, and others familiar with the Positive Discipline program.

Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser, the experience is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to help business professionals understand how to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities based on Positive Discipline principles and tools to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants say that the Team Problem Solving Steps and the Team Meeting process provide fun and effective ways for them to get specific help with real challenges at work.

Attendees will earn recognition as Certified Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitators and will learn:

1. Ways to use empowering methods of communication to promote a respectful, highly productive workplace environment.

2. Core Positive Discipline activities for a workplace audience. How Positive Discipline principles present a timely, holistic model for businesses.

3. A deeper understanding of Top Card with a focus on strengths and how to use other Empowering People tools in workplace situations.

4. How childhood memories impact some of your beliefs.

5. How to be encouraging to yourself and others.

6. How the Team Meeting process and Team Problem Solving Steps (that are so effective in families, classrooms, and marriages) are also fun and effective in businesses.

Facilitator: Yogi Patel
Yogi Patel With over three decades of diverse experience, I have learned that the crux of achievement lies in nurturing individuals to realize their full potential by cultivating purpose, creativity, and personal growth. I offer an evolving and visionary approach to leadership and human development that transcends traditional methods. My programs are created to facilitate positive transformation, fostering open dialogue and equipping individuals with the critical thinking tools needed to shape their own values.

My goal is to build a generation of leaders characterized by empowerment, empathy, and the capacity to make impactful contributions to the communities they engage with. I am a certified Master Trainer for Empowering People in the Workplace, with a rich history of leadership roles in startups and Fortune 500 Companies and a Management certificate from Harvard Business School. My leadership journey has spanned organizations of all sizes, including two schools I founded from the ground up. Over two decades, I served over a thousand students, passionately advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Furthermore, I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, offering coaching, training, and unwavering support to parents, leaders, and teachers. My mission is to ignite a passion for excellence, arming you with the skills necessary to cultivate a respectful, collaborative environment and to lead with unwavering courage.

Dates: November 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, and 22, 2024

Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am PST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: Early Bird rate $599 ends on October 03 Regular Rate: $655 begins on October 3, 2024. Group of three or more registering together receive a $50 per person discount.

Materials (PDF for Participants):

About EPW: This Seminar is a great option for Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, and Teachers.

This workshop provides professional development for Human Resources Professionals, Mentors and Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Volunteer Coordinators, Team Leaders, School Administrators and Leadership Personnel, Positive Discipline Certified Educators, Trainers, Lead Trainers, and others familiar with the Positive Discipline program.

Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser, the experience is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to help business professionals understand how to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities based on Positive Discipline principles and tools to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants say that the Team Problem Solving Steps and the Team Meeting process provide fun and effective ways for them to get specific help with real challenges at work.

Attendees will earn recognition as Certified Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitators and will learn:

1. Ways to use empowering methods of communication to promote a respectful, highly productive workplace environment.

2. Core Positive Discipline activities for a workplace audience. How Positive Discipline principles present a timely, holistic model for businesses.

3. A deeper understanding of Top Card with a focus on strengths and how to use other Empowering People tools in workplace situations.

4. How childhood memories impact some of your beliefs.

5. How to be encouraging to yourself and others.

6. How the Team Meeting process and Team Problem Solving Steps (that are so effective in families, classrooms, and marriages) are also fun and effective in businesses.

Facilitator: Yogi Patel
Yogi Patel With over three decades of diverse experience, I have learned that the crux of achievement lies in nurturing individuals to realize their full potential by cultivating purpose, creativity, and personal growth. I offer an evolving and visionary approach to leadership and human development that transcends traditional methods. My programs are created to facilitate positive transformation, fostering open dialogue and equipping individuals with the critical thinking tools needed to shape their own values.

My goal is to build a generation of leaders characterized by empowerment, empathy, and the capacity to make impactful contributions to the communities they engage with. I am a certified Master Trainer for Empowering People in the Workplace, with a rich history of leadership roles in startups and Fortune 500 Companies and a Management certificate from Harvard Business School. My leadership journey has spanned organizations of all sizes, including two schools I founded from the ground up. Over two decades, I served over a thousand students, passionately advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Furthermore, I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, offering coaching, training, and unwavering support to parents, leaders, and teachers. My mission is to ignite a passion for excellence, arming you with the skills necessary to cultivate a respectful, collaborative environment and to lead with unwavering courage.

Dates: November 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, and 22, 2024

Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am PST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: Early Bird rate $599 ends on October 03 Regular Rate: $655 begins on October 3, 2024. Group of three or more registering together receive a $50 per person discount.

Materials (PDF for Participants):

About EPW: This Seminar is a great option for Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, and Teachers.

This workshop provides professional development for Human Resources Professionals, Mentors and Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Volunteer Coordinators, Team Leaders, School Administrators and Leadership Personnel, Positive Discipline Certified Educators, Trainers, Lead Trainers, and others familiar with the Positive Discipline program.

Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser, the experience is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to help business professionals understand how to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities based on Positive Discipline principles and tools to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants say that the Team Problem Solving Steps and the Team Meeting process provide fun and effective ways for them to get specific help with real challenges at work.

Attendees will earn recognition as Certified Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitators and will learn:

1. Ways to use empowering methods of communication to promote a respectful, highly productive workplace environment.

2. Core Positive Discipline activities for a workplace audience. How Positive Discipline principles present a timely, holistic model for businesses.

3. A deeper understanding of Top Card with a focus on strengths and how to use other Empowering People tools in workplace situations.

4. How childhood memories impact some of your beliefs.

5. How to be encouraging to yourself and others.

6. How the Team Meeting process and Team Problem Solving Steps (that are so effective in families, classrooms, and marriages) are also fun and effective in businesses.

Facilitator: Yogi Patel
Yogi Patel With over three decades of diverse experience, I have learned that the crux of achievement lies in nurturing individuals to realize their full potential by cultivating purpose, creativity, and personal growth. I offer an evolving and visionary approach to leadership and human development that transcends traditional methods. My programs are created to facilitate positive transformation, fostering open dialogue and equipping individuals with the critical thinking tools needed to shape their own values.

My goal is to build a generation of leaders characterized by empowerment, empathy, and the capacity to make impactful contributions to the communities they engage with. I am a certified Master Trainer for Empowering People in the Workplace, with a rich history of leadership roles in startups and Fortune 500 Companies and a Management certificate from Harvard Business School. My leadership journey has spanned organizations of all sizes, including two schools I founded from the ground up. Over two decades, I served over a thousand students, passionately advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Furthermore, I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, offering coaching, training, and unwavering support to parents, leaders, and teachers. My mission is to ignite a passion for excellence, arming you with the skills necessary to cultivate a respectful, collaborative environment and to lead with unwavering courage.

Empowering People in the Workplace

Online video participation is required for this workshop.

The PDA is also approved through the American Montessori Society to provide CE credit for EPW workshops.

Workshop Registrations: A full refund (minus a $35 processing fee) will be given when the request for a refund is made up to 30 days before the first day of a workshop. Refunds are not available for cancelations less than 30 days before a workshop or if you register but do not attend a workshop; however, paid registrants can transfer to another workshop within one year at no additional cost, minus fees paid to the credit card processing agency. Refunds are unavailable after a transfer is made or if you do not provide advanced notice that you will not attend the workshop.

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Dates: November 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, and 22, 2024

Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am PST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: Early Bird rate $599 ends on October 03 Regular Rate: $655 begins on October 3, 2024. Group of three or more registering together receive a $50 per person discount.

Materials (PDF for Participants):

About EPW: This Seminar is a great option for Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, and Teachers.

This workshop provides professional development for Human Resources Professionals, Mentors and Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Volunteer Coordinators, Team Leaders, School Administrators and Leadership Personnel, Positive Discipline Certified Educators, Trainers, Lead Trainers, and others familiar with the Positive Discipline program.

Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser, the experience is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to help business professionals understand how to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities based on Positive Discipline principles and tools to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants say that the Team Problem Solving Steps and the Team Meeting process provide fun and effective ways for them to get specific help with real challenges at work.

Attendees will earn recognition as Certified Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitators and will learn:

1. Ways to use empowering methods of communication to promote a respectful, highly productive workplace environment.

2. Core Positive Discipline activities for a workplace audience. How Positive Discipline principles present a timely, holistic model for businesses.

3. A deeper understanding of Top Card with a focus on strengths and how to use other Empowering People tools in workplace situations.

4. How childhood memories impact some of your beliefs.

5. How to be encouraging to yourself and others.

6. How the Team Meeting process and Team Problem Solving Steps (that are so effective in families, classrooms, and marriages) are also fun and effective in businesses.

Facilitator: Yogi Patel
Yogi Patel With over three decades of diverse experience, I have learned that the crux of achievement lies in nurturing individuals to realize their full potential by cultivating purpose, creativity, and personal growth. I offer an evolving and visionary approach to leadership and human development that transcends traditional methods. My programs are created to facilitate positive transformation, fostering open dialogue and equipping individuals with the critical thinking tools needed to shape their own values.

My goal is to build a generation of leaders characterized by empowerment, empathy, and the capacity to make impactful contributions to the communities they engage with. I am a certified Master Trainer for Empowering People in the Workplace, with a rich history of leadership roles in startups and Fortune 500 Companies and a Management certificate from Harvard Business School. My leadership journey has spanned organizations of all sizes, including two schools I founded from the ground up. Over two decades, I served over a thousand students, passionately advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Furthermore, I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, offering coaching, training, and unwavering support to parents, leaders, and teachers. My mission is to ignite a passion for excellence, arming you with the skills necessary to cultivate a respectful, collaborative environment and to lead with unwavering courage.

Dates: November 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, and 22, 2024

Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am PST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: Early Bird rate $599 ends on October 03 Regular Rate: $655 begins on October 3, 2024. Group of three or more registering together receive a $50 per person discount.

Materials (PDF for Participants):

About EPW: This Seminar is a great option for Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, and Teachers.

This workshop provides professional development for Human Resources Professionals, Mentors and Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Volunteer Coordinators, Team Leaders, School Administrators and Leadership Personnel, Positive Discipline Certified Educators, Trainers, Lead Trainers, and others familiar with the Positive Discipline program.

Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser, the experience is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to help business professionals understand how to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities based on Positive Discipline principles and tools to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants say that the Team Problem Solving Steps and the Team Meeting process provide fun and effective ways for them to get specific help with real challenges at work.

Attendees will earn recognition as Certified Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitators and will learn:

1. Ways to use empowering methods of communication to promote a respectful, highly productive workplace environment.

2. Core Positive Discipline activities for a workplace audience. How Positive Discipline principles present a timely, holistic model for businesses.

3. A deeper understanding of Top Card with a focus on strengths and how to use other Empowering People tools in workplace situations.

4. How childhood memories impact some of your beliefs.

5. How to be encouraging to yourself and others.

6. How the Team Meeting process and Team Problem Solving Steps (that are so effective in families, classrooms, and marriages) are also fun and effective in businesses.

Facilitator: Yogi Patel
Yogi Patel With over three decades of diverse experience, I have learned that the crux of achievement lies in nurturing individuals to realize their full potential by cultivating purpose, creativity, and personal growth. I offer an evolving and visionary approach to leadership and human development that transcends traditional methods. My programs are created to facilitate positive transformation, fostering open dialogue and equipping individuals with the critical thinking tools needed to shape their own values.

My goal is to build a generation of leaders characterized by empowerment, empathy, and the capacity to make impactful contributions to the communities they engage with. I am a certified Master Trainer for Empowering People in the Workplace, with a rich history of leadership roles in startups and Fortune 500 Companies and a Management certificate from Harvard Business School. My leadership journey has spanned organizations of all sizes, including two schools I founded from the ground up. Over two decades, I served over a thousand students, passionately advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Furthermore, I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, offering coaching, training, and unwavering support to parents, leaders, and teachers. My mission is to ignite a passion for excellence, arming you with the skills necessary to cultivate a respectful, collaborative environment and to lead with unwavering courage.

Dates: November 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, and 22, 2024

Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am PST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: Early Bird rate $599 ends on October 03 Regular Rate: $655 begins on October 3, 2024. Group of three or more registering together receive a $50 per person discount.

Materials (PDF for Participants):

About EPW: This Seminar is a great option for Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, and Teachers.

This workshop provides professional development for Human Resources Professionals, Mentors and Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Volunteer Coordinators, Team Leaders, School Administrators and Leadership Personnel, Positive Discipline Certified Educators, Trainers, Lead Trainers, and others familiar with the Positive Discipline program.

Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser, the experience is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to help business professionals understand how to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities based on Positive Discipline principles and tools to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants say that the Team Problem Solving Steps and the Team Meeting process provide fun and effective ways for them to get specific help with real challenges at work.

Attendees will earn recognition as Certified Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitators and will learn:

1. Ways to use empowering methods of communication to promote a respectful, highly productive workplace environment.

2. Core Positive Discipline activities for a workplace audience. How Positive Discipline principles present a timely, holistic model for businesses.

3. A deeper understanding of Top Card with a focus on strengths and how to use other Empowering People tools in workplace situations.

4. How childhood memories impact some of your beliefs.

5. How to be encouraging to yourself and others.

6. How the Team Meeting process and Team Problem Solving Steps (that are so effective in families, classrooms, and marriages) are also fun and effective in businesses.

Facilitator: Yogi Patel
Yogi Patel With over three decades of diverse experience, I have learned that the crux of achievement lies in nurturing individuals to realize their full potential by cultivating purpose, creativity, and personal growth. I offer an evolving and visionary approach to leadership and human development that transcends traditional methods. My programs are created to facilitate positive transformation, fostering open dialogue and equipping individuals with the critical thinking tools needed to shape their own values.

My goal is to build a generation of leaders characterized by empowerment, empathy, and the capacity to make impactful contributions to the communities they engage with. I am a certified Master Trainer for Empowering People in the Workplace, with a rich history of leadership roles in startups and Fortune 500 Companies and a Management certificate from Harvard Business School. My leadership journey has spanned organizations of all sizes, including two schools I founded from the ground up. Over two decades, I served over a thousand students, passionately advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Furthermore, I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, offering coaching, training, and unwavering support to parents, leaders, and teachers. My mission is to ignite a passion for excellence, arming you with the skills necessary to cultivate a respectful, collaborative environment and to lead with unwavering courage.

Empowering People in the Workplace

Online video participation is required for this workshop.

The PDA is also approved through the American Montessori Society to provide CE credit for EPW workshops.

Workshop Registrations: A full refund (minus a $35 processing fee) will be given when the request for a refund is made up to 30 days before the first day of a workshop. Refunds are not available for cancelations less than 30 days before a workshop or if you register but do not attend a workshop; however, paid registrants can transfer to another workshop within one year at no additional cost, minus fees paid to the credit card processing agency. Refunds are unavailable after a transfer is made or if you do not provide advanced notice that you will not attend the workshop.

Dates: November 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, and 22, 2024

Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am PST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: Early Bird rate $599 ends on October 03 Regular Rate: $655 begins on October 3, 2024. Group of three or more registering together receive a $50 per person discount.

Materials (PDF for Participants):

About EPW: This Seminar is a great option for Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, and Teachers.

This workshop provides professional development for Human Resources Professionals, Mentors and Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Volunteer Coordinators, Team Leaders, School Administrators and Leadership Personnel, Positive Discipline Certified Educators, Trainers, Lead Trainers, and others familiar with the Positive Discipline program.

Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser, the experience is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to help business professionals understand how to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities based on Positive Discipline principles and tools to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants say that the Team Problem Solving Steps and the Team Meeting process provide fun and effective ways for them to get specific help with real challenges at work.

Attendees will earn recognition as Certified Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitators and will learn:

1. Ways to use empowering methods of communication to promote a respectful, highly productive workplace environment.

2. Core Positive Discipline activities for a workplace audience. How Positive Discipline principles present a timely, holistic model for businesses.

3. A deeper understanding of Top Card with a focus on strengths and how to use other Empowering People tools in workplace situations.

4. How childhood memories impact some of your beliefs.

5. How to be encouraging to yourself and others.

6. How the Team Meeting process and Team Problem Solving Steps (that are so effective in families, classrooms, and marriages) are also fun and effective in businesses.

Facilitator: Yogi Patel
Yogi Patel With over three decades of diverse experience, I have learned that the crux of achievement lies in nurturing individuals to realize their full potential by cultivating purpose, creativity, and personal growth. I offer an evolving and visionary approach to leadership and human development that transcends traditional methods. My programs are created to facilitate positive transformation, fostering open dialogue and equipping individuals with the critical thinking tools needed to shape their own values.

My goal is to build a generation of leaders characterized by empowerment, empathy, and the capacity to make impactful contributions to the communities they engage with. I am a certified Master Trainer for Empowering People in the Workplace, with a rich history of leadership roles in startups and Fortune 500 Companies and a Management certificate from Harvard Business School. My leadership journey has spanned organizations of all sizes, including two schools I founded from the ground up. Over two decades, I served over a thousand students, passionately advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Furthermore, I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, offering coaching, training, and unwavering support to parents, leaders, and teachers. My mission is to ignite a passion for excellence, arming you with the skills necessary to cultivate a respectful, collaborative environment and to lead with unwavering courage.

Dates: November 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, and 22, 2024

Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am PST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: Early Bird rate $599 ends on October 03 Regular Rate: $655 begins on October 3, 2024. Group of three or more registering together receive a $50 per person discount.

Materials (PDF for Participants):

About EPW: This Seminar is a great option for Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, and Teachers.

This workshop provides professional development for Human Resources Professionals, Mentors and Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Volunteer Coordinators, Team Leaders, School Administrators and Leadership Personnel, Positive Discipline Certified Educators, Trainers, Lead Trainers, and others familiar with the Positive Discipline program.

Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser, the experience is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to help business professionals understand how to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities based on Positive Discipline principles and tools to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants say that the Team Problem Solving Steps and the Team Meeting process provide fun and effective ways for them to get specific help with real challenges at work.

Attendees will earn recognition as Certified Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitators and will learn:

1. Ways to use empowering methods of communication to promote a respectful, highly productive workplace environment.

2. Core Positive Discipline activities for a workplace audience. How Positive Discipline principles present a timely, holistic model for businesses.

3. A deeper understanding of Top Card with a focus on strengths and how to use other Empowering People tools in workplace situations.

4. How childhood memories impact some of your beliefs.

5. How to be encouraging to yourself and others.

6. How the Team Meeting process and Team Problem Solving Steps (that are so effective in families, classrooms, and marriages) are also fun and effective in businesses.

Facilitator: Yogi Patel
Yogi Patel With over three decades of diverse experience, I have learned that the crux of achievement lies in nurturing individuals to realize their full potential by cultivating purpose, creativity, and personal growth. I offer an evolving and visionary approach to leadership and human development that transcends traditional methods. My programs are created to facilitate positive transformation, fostering open dialogue and equipping individuals with the critical thinking tools needed to shape their own values.

My goal is to build a generation of leaders characterized by empowerment, empathy, and the capacity to make impactful contributions to the communities they engage with. I am a certified Master Trainer for Empowering People in the Workplace, with a rich history of leadership roles in startups and Fortune 500 Companies and a Management certificate from Harvard Business School. My leadership journey has spanned organizations of all sizes, including two schools I founded from the ground up. Over two decades, I served over a thousand students, passionately advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Furthermore, I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, offering coaching, training, and unwavering support to parents, leaders, and teachers. My mission is to ignite a passion for excellence, arming you with the skills necessary to cultivate a respectful, collaborative environment and to lead with unwavering courage.

Dates: November 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, and 22, 2024

Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am PST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: Early Bird rate $599 ends on October 03 Regular Rate: $655 begins on October 3, 2024. Group of three or more registering together receive a $50 per person discount.

Materials (PDF for Participants):

About EPW: This Seminar is a great option for Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, and Teachers.

This workshop provides professional development for Human Resources Professionals, Mentors and Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Volunteer Coordinators, Team Leaders, School Administrators and Leadership Personnel, Positive Discipline Certified Educators, Trainers, Lead Trainers, and others familiar with the Positive Discipline program.

Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser, the experience is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to help business professionals understand how to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities based on Positive Discipline principles and tools to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants say that the Team Problem Solving Steps and the Team Meeting process provide fun and effective ways for them to get specific help with real challenges at work.

Attendees will earn recognition as Certified Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitators and will learn:

1. Ways to use empowering methods of communication to promote a respectful, highly productive workplace environment.

2. Core Positive Discipline activities for a workplace audience. How Positive Discipline principles present a timely, holistic model for businesses.

3. A deeper understanding of Top Card with a focus on strengths and how to use other Empowering People tools in workplace situations.

4. How childhood memories impact some of your beliefs.

5. How to be encouraging to yourself and others.

6. How the Team Meeting process and Team Problem Solving Steps (that are so effective in families, classrooms, and marriages) are also fun and effective in businesses.

Facilitator: Yogi Patel
Yogi Patel With over three decades of diverse experience, I have learned that the crux of achievement lies in nurturing individuals to realize their full potential by cultivating purpose, creativity, and personal growth. I offer an evolving and visionary approach to leadership and human development that transcends traditional methods. My programs are created to facilitate positive transformation, fostering open dialogue and equipping individuals with the critical thinking tools needed to shape their own values.

My goal is to build a generation of leaders characterized by empowerment, empathy, and the capacity to make impactful contributions to the communities they engage with. I am a certified Master Trainer for Empowering People in the Workplace, with a rich history of leadership roles in startups and Fortune 500 Companies and a Management certificate from Harvard Business School. My leadership journey has spanned organizations of all sizes, including two schools I founded from the ground up. Over two decades, I served over a thousand students, passionately advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Furthermore, I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, offering coaching, training, and unwavering support to parents, leaders, and teachers. My mission is to ignite a passion for excellence, arming you with the skills necessary to cultivate a respectful, collaborative environment and to lead with unwavering courage.

Empowering People in the Workplace

Online video participation is required for this workshop.

The PDA is also approved through the American Montessori Society to provide CE credit for EPW workshops.

Workshop Registrations: A full refund (minus a $35 processing fee) will be given when the request for a refund is made up to 30 days before the first day of a workshop. Refunds are not available for cancelations less than 30 days before a workshop or if you register but do not attend a workshop; however, paid registrants can transfer to another workshop within one year at no additional cost, minus fees paid to the credit card processing agency. Refunds are unavailable after a transfer is made or if you do not provide advanced notice that you will not attend the workshop.

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"Empowering People in the Workplace" workshop by Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser offers tools rooted in Positive Discipline and Adlerian Psychology. Perfect for HR, mentors, entrepreneurs, and educators to create a respectful, productive workplace. Available online and in person. @yogipatel_tte

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Author's Note: This is a complete revision of the post originally titled "Maslow Got It Wrong." My earlier version included inaccuracies, as some readers pointed out, like the assumption Maslow depicted his theory in a pyramid shape. I have documented and attempted to correct these errors in this companion post called What I Got Wrong: Revisions to My Post About Maslow and the Blackfoot. I've updated the post you'll read below, so it is more focused on what we can learn from the Blackfoot and from other Native cultures. I have retitled this post to reflect this emphasis more clearly.
Some months ago, I was telling my friend and GatherFor Board Member Roberto Carlos Rivera that I had come across unpublished papers by Abraham Maslow suggesting changes to his famous Hierarchy of Needs. Roberto, Executive Director of Alliance for the 7th Generation, was familiar with the subject and turned me on to something else I didn't know: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs may have been inspired by the Siksika (Blackfoot) way of life. In reading follow-up materials he sent me, I learned Maslow spent six weeks living at Siksika - which is the name of the people, their language, and the Blackfoot Reserve - in the summer of 1938. His time there upended some of his early hypotheses and possibly shaped his theories. While I initially came to believe Maslow appropriated and misrepresented the teachings of the Blackfoot, I have learned that this narrative, while held by some, may not be accurate even according to Blackfoot scholars. Yet what has been far more valuable for me in this inquiry was learning what Maslow witnessed at Siksika. Whereas mainstream American narratives focus on the individual, the Blackfoot way of life offers an alternative resulting in a community that leaves no one behind.

Ryan Heavy Head (also known as Ryan FirstDiver) and the late Narcisse Blood, members of the Blackfoot Nation, received a grant from the Canadian Government's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to research Blackfoot influences on Maslow. Their lectures summarize their findings and are stored in the Blackfoot Digital Library. Dr. Cindy Blackstock - a member of the Gitxsan First Nation tribe, a professor at McGill, and Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society - has conducted similar research. My primary investigation into this topic involved watching Blood and Heavy Head's lectures; reading the works of and corresponding with Cindy Blackstock; speaking to and reviewing the writings and podcasts of the world's foremost Maslow expert, Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman; speaking to Ryan Heavy Head on the phone; and consulting the sources cited at the end of this article.

According to Blood and Heavy Head's lectures (2007), 30-year-old Maslow arrived at Siksika along with Lucien Hanks and Jane Richardson Hanks. He intended to test the universality of his theory that social hierarchies are maintained by dominance of some people over others. However, he did not see the quest for dominance in Blackfoot society. Instead, he discovered astounding levels of cooperation, minimal inequality, restorative justice, full bellies, and high levels of life satisfaction. He estimated that "80-90% of the Blackfoot tribe had a quality of self-esteem that was only found in 5-10% of his own population" ( video 7 out of 15, minutes 13:45-14:15). As Ryan Heavy Head shared with me on the phone, "Maslow saw a place where what he would later call self-actualization was the norm." This observation, Heavy Head continued, "totally changed his trajectory." (For the reader wondering what self-actualization is, Maslow offered this definition, influenced by Kurt Goldstein, in his 1943 paper: "This tendency might be phrased as the desire to become more and more what one is, to become everything that one is capable of becoming." The word itself does not exist in the Siksika language, but the closest word is niita'pitapi, which Ryan Heavy Head told me means "someone who is completely developed, or who has arrived.")

Deeply curious about the reason for the stark difference between Blackfoot culture and his own culture, Maslow sought out positive deviants, or unusually successful individuals. He started with the wealthiest members of the Blackfoot tribe. He discovered that "for the Blackfoot, wealth was not measured by money and property but by generosity. The wealthiest man in their eyes is one who has almost nothing because he has given it all away" (Coon, 2006). Maslow witnessed a Blackfoot "Giveaway" ceremony in his first week at Siksika. During the Giveaway, members of the tribe arranged their tipis in a circle and publicly piled up all they had collected over the last year. Those with the most possessions told stories of how they amassed them and then gave every last one away to those in greater need (Blood & Heavy Head, 2007, video 7 out of 15, minutes 13:00-14:00). By contrast, as shared by Maslow's biographer Edward Hoffman, Maslow observed different qualities in members of his own culture:

To most Blackfoot members, wealth was not important in terms of accumulating property and possessions: giving it away was what brought one the true status of prestige and security in the tribe. At the same time, Maslow was shocked by the meanness and racism of the European-Americans who lived nearby. As he wrote, "The more I got to know the whites in the village, who were the worst bunch of creeps and bastards I'd ever run across in my life, the more it got paradoxical."

Maslow continued his investigation by looking into negative deviants. He was curious how the Blackfoot might deal with lawbreakers without the strategy of dominance that he'd seen in his own culture. He found that "when someone was deviant, [the Siksika] didn't peg them as deviant. A person who was deviant could redeem themselves in society's eyes if they left that behavior behind" (Blood & Heavy Head, 2007, video 7 out of 15, minutes 15:44-16:08).

Because Maslow never himself depicted his hierarchy as a pyramid (Kaufman, 2019) and the Blackfoot did not draw their worldview on a tipi (Heavy Head, personal conversation, 2021), this diagram should not be read as an exact comparison or as capturing the nuances of both lenses. However, I have included it here to help those of us mired in Western thinking see the different emphasis of First Nations perspectives.

Maslow then wondered whether the answer to producing high self-actualization might lie in child-rearing. He found that children were raised with great permissiveness and treated as equal members of Siksika society, in contrast to a strict, disciplinary approach found in his own culture. Despite having great freedom, Siksika children listened to their elders and served the community from a young age ( ibid, minutes 16:35-17:07).

According to Heavy Head, witnessing the qualities of self-actualization among the Blackfoot and diving into their practices led Maslow to deeper research into the journey to self-actualization, and the eventual publishing of his famous Hierarchy of Needs concept in his 1943 paper.

Ryan Heavy Head shared with me that, while there are strong belief systems and long standing traditions in place, the Blackfoot don't have a "model" for their worldview, neatly codified in a paper like Maslow's. But to help explain the different emphases of the Western worldview and the views of First Nations, Dr. Cindy Blackstock, herself a member of the Gitxsan tribe who interviewed members of the Blackfoot Nation, created the illustration below (Michel, 2014):

Blackstock makes clear that there is great diversity among First Nations, but the above diagram captures some of the similarities she's found in her study of them, including the Blackfoot. I summarize my understanding of her diagram below.

Self-Actualization

Maslow appeared to ask, "how do we become self-actualized?". Many First Nation communities, though they would not have used the same word, might be more likely to believe that we arrive on the planet self-actualized. Ryan Heavy Head explained the difference through the analogy of earning a college degree. In Western culture, you earn a degree after paying tuition, attending classes, and proving sufficient mastery of your area of study. In Blackfoot culture, "it's like you're credentialed at the start. You're treated with dignity for that reason, but you spend your life living up to that." While Maslow saw self-actualization as something to earn, the Blackfoot see it as innate. Relating to people as inherently wise involves trusting them and granting them space to express who they are (as perhaps manifested by the permissiveness with which the Siksika raise their children)rather than making them the best they can be. For many First Nations, therefore, self-actualization is not achieved; it is drawn out of an inherently sacred being who is imbued with a spark of divinity. Education, prayer, rituals, ceremonies, individual experiences, and vision quests can help invite the expression of this sacred self into the world. (As some readers have commented, this concept appears in other belief systems, such as Paulo Freire's challenge to the "banking concept of education" and the Buddhist notion that all beings contain Buddha-nature.)

Community Actualization

As Maslow witnessed in the Blackfoot Giveaway, many First Nation cultures see the work of meeting basic needs, ensuring safety, and creating the conditions for the expression of purpose as a community responsibility, not an individual one. Blackstock refers to this as "Community Actualization." Edgar Villanueva (2018) offers a beautiful example of how deeply ingrained this way of thinking is among First Nations in his book Decolonizing Wealth. He quotes Dana Arviso, Executive Director of the Potlatch Fund and member of the Navajo tribe, who recalls a time she asked Native communities in the Cheyenne River territory about poverty:

"They told me they don't have a word for poverty," she said. "The closest thing that they had as an explanation for poverty was 'to be without family.'" Which is basically unheard of. "They were saying it was a foreign concept to them that someone could be just so isolated and so without any sort of a safety net or a family or a sense of kinship that they would be suffering from poverty." (p. 151)

Ryan Heavy Head explains that such communal cooperation is especially important for the Blackfoot because of their relationship to place, something Maslow entirely omitted in his theories:

the one thing that [Maslow] really missed was the Indigenous relationship to place. Without that, what he's looking at as self-actualization doesn't actually happen. There's a reason people aren't critical of their tribe: you've got to live with them forever.

In other words, having your life bound up with those around you for its whole duration can support creating a culture of generosity, trust, and cooperation, rather than one of inequality and individualism. Being in conflict with permanent neighbors, while also living in such a communal culture, can prove costly and stressful. Learning to cooperate, forgiving wrongdoing, and pursuing the sharing of resources and wisdom make life much more tolerable in these conditions.

Cultural Perpetuity

The skillfulness to nourish a community-wide family, keep each person fed, live in harmony with the land, and minimize internal and external conflicts is handed down from generation to generation in First Nations. Because knowledge can vanish as people pass on, each generation sees it as their responsibility to perpetuate their culture by adding to the tribe's communal wisdom and passing on ancestral teachings to children and grandchildren. As Cindy Blackstock (2019) explains:

First Nations often consider their actions in terms of the impacts of the "seven generations." This means that one's actions are informed by the experience of the past seven generations and by considering the consequences for the seven generations to follow.

Many First Nations have developed both formal rituals and informal apprenticeships for the transfers of wisdom from elders to youngsters to ensure the community is able to support self-actualization and community-actualization in perpetuity.

As Blackfoot scholar Billy Wadsworth (of the Blood, or Kanai Tribe) summarizes in dialogue with Cindy Blackstock (2011), Maslow did not "fully situate the individual within the context of community." If he had done so, and also more deeply integrated the Blackfoot perspective, "the model would be centered on multi-generational community actualization versus on individual actualization and transcendence."

Maslow himself may have agreed with this critique. Scott Barry Kaufman (2020) shares an excerpt from an unpublished Maslow essay from 1966, 23 years after he published his paper on the Hierarchy of Needs, called "Critique of Self-Actualization Theory",

self-actualization is not enough. Personal salvation and what is good for the person alone cannot be really understood in isolation. The good of other people must be invoked as well as the good for oneself. It is quite clear that purely inter-psychic individualist psychology without reference to other people and social conditions is not adequate.

What else emerges when we see the individual as deeply situated in community?

The triangular models above suggest that there's a place to start meeting our needs and a place we end up. But is it true that our needs follow Maslow's hierarchy of "prepotency", where some needs consistently take priority over others? Maslow (1943) himself indicates there are many exceptions to his hierarchy and Blackstock (2011) agrees, citing Seneca First Nation member and psychologist Terry Cross:

Cross (2007) argues that human needs are not uniformly hierarchical but rather highly interdependent [...] [P]hysical needs are not always primary in nature as Maslow argues, given the many examples of people who forgo physical safety and well-being in order to achieve love, belonging, and relationships or to achieve spiritual or pedagogical objectives. The idea of dying for country is an example of this as men and women fight in times of war.

Blackstock represents Cross' ideas in the circular model below:

This circular model reveals thinking in line with many First Nations: depending on the situation, the order in which our needs must be met is subject to change. A circular model captures the inter-relatedness of our needs and helps highlight that we can experience needs simultaneously and in changing order. This way of viewing needs makes more sense when seeing an individual as deeply rooted in a community, especially because a community is capable of meeting multiple needs in parallel. While one individual is cooking, another may be keeping children safe, while another may be negotiating peace with people from other tribes.

When we organize a society as though each individual is primarily responsible for meeting their own needs, we may see results like Maslow predicted in his 1943 paper:

In actual fact, most members of our society who are normal, are partially satisfied in all their basic needs and partially unsatisfied in all their basic needs at the same time. A more realistic description of the hierarchy would be in terms of decreasing percentages of satisfaction as we go up the hierarchy of prepotency, For instance, if I may assign arbitrary figures for the sake of illustration, it is as if the average citizen is satisfied perhaps 85 per cent in his physiological needs, 70 per cent in his safety needs, 50 per cent in his love needs, 40 per cent in his self-esteem needs, and 10 per cent in his self-actualization needs.

In this hierarchical view and the subsequent execution of it in society, it's rare to see individuals who have met their needs. Here's Maslow again:

We shall call people who are satisfied in these needs, basically satisfied people [...] Since, in our society, basically satisfied people are the exception, we do not know much about self-actualization, either experimentally or clinically.

But Maslow seemed to discover that basically satisfied people were the norm at Siksika, where community was primarily responsible for meeting the needs of its members.

Though Maslow saw full bellies, low-inequality, and rates of self-actualization at 80-90%, why didn't he alert the world to all we could be learning from the Blackfoot? He clearly held them in high regard, as he indicated in journals and in his biography.

It's possible that Maslow may have faced dismissal if he had publicized Blackfoot teachings. Dr. Richard Katz, author of Indigenous Healing Psychology: Honoring the Wisdom of First Peoples, Harvard professor, and personal friend of Maslow's speaks to this point in a podcast conversation with Scott Barry Kaufman (minutes 28:50-32:20). He says he never spoke directly with Maslow about this, but postulates that Maslow may have been concerned that elevating Siksika teachings might diminish the validity of the ideas he was putting forth. Such barriers to Indigenous contributions have remained in academia until today (Blackstock, 2019).

Despite the fallibility of our mainstream institutions, publicly challenging prevailing worldviews is risky business. Galileo's elevation and defense of the Copernican heliocentric solar system, for example, led to his being labeled a heretic by the Catholic Church and placed under permanent house arrest.

By offering compelling alternatives, Indigenous worldviews pose a threat to our status quo. Lakota Medicine Man John Fire Lame Deer offers one poignant contrast between the world he grew up in and the world of "the white man":

Before our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we had no criminals. You can't have criminals without a jail. We had no locks or keys, and so we had no thieves. If a man was so poor that he had no horse, tipi or blanket, someone gave him these things. We were too uncivilized to set much value on personal belongings. We wanted to have things only in order to give them away. We had no money, and therefore a man's worth couldn't be measured by it. We had no written law, no attorneys or politicians, therefore we couldn't cheat. We really were in a bad way before the white men came, and I don't know how we managed to get along without these basic things which, we are told, are absolutely necessary to make a civilized society. (Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions, p. 70)

Consider Lame Deer's description and what Maslow witnessed at Siksika. Then consider the repetition of the idea that "the United States of America is the greatest country in the world" despite the facts that one in four US households experience food insecurity, 4 in 10 Americans can't afford a $400 emergency, the richest 0.1 percent make 196x as much as the bottom 90 percent, and with 40 million in poverty, the US may be the most unequal nation in the Western world.

Precisely for whom is the United States the greatest country in the world?

The wealthiest Americans, unlike the Blackfoot during the Giveaway Ceremony - devote the smallest portion of their income to supporting those in need. As Ken Stern writes in The Atlantic:

In 2011, the wealthiest Americans - those with earnings in the top 20 percent - contributed on average 1.3 percent of their income to charity. By comparison, Americans at the base of the income pyramid - those in the bottom 20 percent - donated 3.2 percent of their income. [...] Some experts have speculated that the wealthy may be less generous [than other classes] - that the personal drive to accumulate wealth may be inconsistent with the idea of communal support.

Since its inception, mainstream US culture has consistently failed to meet the basic needs of so many of its people. Who wins when, despite this shortcoming, we tell tales of American greatness? Who is left out?

As Seneca First Nation member and psychologist Terry Cross defines it in this keynote presentation, "culture is one group or people's preferred way of meeting their basic human needs." The American Dream tells us that we meet our basic needs by working hard to "pull ourselves up by our bootstraps." That way, we become free from having to depend on anyone else.

Who benefits from this story being told? Is it even true? As Daniel Suelo says in The Man Who Quit Money, " There's not a creature or even a particle in the universe that's self-sufficient. We're all dependent on everybody else" (p. 133). Who sewed the clothes you're wearing right now? How many materials from how many different parts of the world are inside the device you're reading this post on? How many hands touched the food you ate for lunch on its way to your table? How many living beings participated in the creation of your home, in your education, and in your emotional state? Even if you purchased these goods with money you earned, you are relying on a community to care for you. Our lives are inextricably tied up with one another. Indigenous communities offer us an example of what is possible when we embrace this reality.

Because it has affected us all and exposed fissures in our structural underpinnings, this pandemic may be our moment to interrupt our old story. It's prompted us to embrace previously heretical ideas like reparations, universal basic income in the form of stimulus checks, and mutual aid. This is our moment to step out of our lonely struggle to fend for ourselves, a story maintained by those winning in the status quo. This is our moment not to create something new, but to return to an ancient way of being, known to the Blackfoot, the Lakota, the Natives of the Cheyenne River Territory, and other First Nations. It's a story that leaves no one without family: a story in which we begin by offering each other belonging, and continue by teaching our descendants how we lived:.

About the Author

For years, I've been wrestling with the American Dream - especially the part that tells us we should all be self-made. My parents immigrated to the US from India with $200 in their pockets. While they worked hard, they might not have been able to navigate life in a brand-new country if my Uncle Suresh hadn't given them a place to stay or if a kind stranger named Dr. Bob Selker had made a call that landed my dad his first job at a hospital in Denver. My own family's experience taught me that no one makes it on their own. My belief that no one makes it on their own led to creating GatherFor. We organize and resource teams of neighbors experiencing unemployment, housing and food insecurity, and other socioeconomic challenges to support each other like a family would. We provide them direct cash assistance and workshops as requested on the way to supporting them cultivate a "neighborhood safety net." We're currently piloting in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and you can learn more at gatherfor.org and support our direct cash assistance efforts here if you'd like.

Writing this post, especially after receiving a great deal of public feedback, involved multiple drafts, rewrites, and conceptual reorientations. You cansee another post detailing my earlier inaccuracies and corrections here. I am sincerely grateful to Colette Kessler and Vidya Ravilochan for serving as thought partners and diligent editors for multiple drafts of this post. I also want to thank Roberto Rivera for teaching me about many of the concepts presented here; Ryan Heavy Head for his phone call with me and reviews of this draft; Scott Barry Kaufman for compassionate corrections to nuances about Maslow's work; and Abby Nimz, Kamasamudram Ravilochan, Etan Kerr-Finell, and Sheryl Winarick for feedback. This post would not be possible without the work of Ryan Heavy Head and Narcisse Blood for telling the story of Maslow's time at Siksika and Cindy Blackstock for the development of her Breath of Life Theory. Lastly, I want to convey my deepest thanks to the Siksika and other Native peoples for sharing the teachings that I believe we have so much to learn from.

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Have you ever found yourself saying, "I'll never do that again," only to find yourself doing the exact same thing just a short time later? If so, you're not alone. It's likely all of us have repeated some of our mistakes at one time or another.

But making the same mistakes over and over can be costly in more ways than one. Perhaps your team has lost faith in you because your behavior doesn't match your words. Or maybe your errors have cost you or someone else a lot of money.

The good news is, you can take steps to learn from your mistakes. Then, instead of repeating them again, you'll gain valuable wisdom that will help you in the future.

Here are five ways to learn from your mistakes:
1. Acknowledge Your Errors
So often, leaders say things like, "I'm sorry you felt that way," or "It's unfortunate it didn't work out." But blaming other people or minimizing your responsibility isn't helpful to anyone.

Before you can learn from your mistakes, you have to accept full responsibility for your role in the outcome. That can be uncomfortable sometimes, but until you can say, "I messed up," you aren't ready to change.
2. Ask Yourself Tough Questions
While you don't want to dwell on your mistakes, reflecting on them can be productive. Ask yourself a few tough questions:
* What went wrong? * What could I do better next time? * What did I learn from this?
Write down your responses and you'll see the situation a little more clearly. Seeing your answers on paper can help you think more logically about an irrational or emotional experience.
3. Make A Plan
Beating yourself up for your mistakes won't help you down the road. It's important to spend the bulk of your time thinking about how to do better in the future.

Make a plan that will help you avoid making a similar mistake. Be as detailed as possible but remain flexible since your plan may need to change.

Whether you find an accountability partner or you track your progress on a calendar, find a way to hold yourself accountable. Keep in mind that what works for one person might not work with someone else.
4. Make It Harder To Mess Up
Don't depend on willpower alone to prevent you from taking an unhealthy shortcut or from giving into immediate gratification. Increase your chances of success by making it harder to mess up again.

As a psychotherapist, I've worked with people who have found some creative ways to become more disciplined. I once worked with a woman who blew her budget every month because she shopped online late whenever she was bored.

To prevent herself from having instant access to her cards, she froze her credit cards in a big block of ice. She'd have to wait for the ice to melt to get the number. Whenever she found herself trying to thaw the block of ice, she would pause and realize how ridiculous the situation was and she'd stop short of spending money she didn't have.
5. Create A List Of Reasons Why You Don't Want To Make The Mistake Again
Sometimes, it only takes one weak moment to indulge in something you shouldn't. Creating a list of all the reasons why you should stay on track could help you stay self-disciplined, even during the toughest times.

I once worked with a woman who wanted to stop talking to her ex-boyfriend. She knew he wasn't good for her but she couldn't' resist answering the phone whenever he called.

She created a list of all the reasons why she shouldn't talk to him-it was bad for her mental health, they were toxic together, etc. She laminated the list and taped it to the back cover of her phone. Whenever he called, she'd turn her phone over and begin to read over the list. It helped her resist the temptation to answer the phone.

Self-discipline is like a muscle. Each time you delay gratification and make a healthy choice, you grow mentally stronger.
Move Forward With Your New-Found Wisdom
Sometimes, mistakes aren't just one big blunder. Instead, they're a series of little choices that lead to failure. So pay attention to your errors, no matter how big or how small they might seem. And recognize that each mistake can be an opportunity to build mental muscle and become better.

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1. Invite the volunteer to sit next to you and explain that he or she is now a co-facilitator because everyone can learn from the demonstration. Ask for a scribe to write on a flip chart: the volunteer’s name, spouse’s name, the names and ages of all the children, and other household members.

2. Ask the volunteer to share a newspaper headline of the concern (just a few words). Ask the group for a show of hands of those who have had a similar concern or feelings. Point out how many people he/she will be helping.

3. Ask the volunteer to describe the last time the problem happened, in enough detail, so the group can role-play the problem later in Step #7. “What did you do and say? What did the child (or others) do and say? And then what happened?” Include others who may have been in the room or another room.

4. Ask, “How did you feel?” If he/she has trouble (or says, “frustrated”), show the “Feelings Column 2” on the “Mistaken Goal Chart” and ask him/her to choose the feeling that comes closest.

5. Ask the volunteer to read columns 3 and 4 after the chosen feeling, to verify if this is how he/she reacts, and how the child responds. If it doesn’t fit, ask the volunteer to find the rows in columns 3 and 4 that do fit. Then read column 5 to identify the belief, and column 6 for one or more ways adults may contribute.

6. Ask the group, “How many of you have had similar feelings, reactions, or beliefs?” Let the group know that this is just a working hypothesis.

7. Set up a role-play. Invite the volunteer to role-play the child. (Use your intuition about offering other choices.). Include volunteers to play people who might have been in the same or another room. Ask for volunteers to play each part, starting with the lines they heard during the description of the problem. Advise that they “act” the part while being in the here and now to respond to what is happening now, not how they think the child usually responds—and to exaggerate and have fun.

8. Stop the role-play as soon as you think they have had time to experience feelings and decisions (usually two minutes or less). Ask the role-players (starting with the child) what they were thinking, feeling, and deciding (to do) as the people they were role-playing.

9. Put the volunteer in a “cone of silence" (to listen, but not respond). Ask the group to brainstorm solutions. Be sure they are addressed to the scribe at the flip chart for recording, not to the volunteer. Invite the group to refer to the last two columns of the Mistaken Goal Chart, the Positive Discipline Tool Cards, or ideas from their wisdom.

10. Ask the volunteer to listen closely while the scribe reads all the suggestions, and then choose one to try. Bring back the volunteers to role-play with the volunteer playing him/herself (so he or she can practice) or to play the child if a punitive suggestion is chosen (so he/she can experience the child’s reaction). At the end of the role-play, process the thoughts, feelings, and decisions of each role player, starting with the child.

11. Ask for a verbal commitment from the volunteer to try the suggestion for one week and report back to the group.

12. Invite 3 or 4 people from the group to express their appreciation for the volunteer by asking, “What help did you get for yourself by watching this? What did you see that you appreciate about the volunteer? What ideas did you see that you could use?”

Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way Lynn Lott and Jane Nelsen       www.positivediscipline.com (Revised 3/28/19)

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The first step is to complete one of our certification workshops.

If you are already certified we encourage you to join at the Educator level. If you are interested in pursuing our Advanced Candidate Training program, you can join at the Trainer Candidate level. When you apply to upgrade your membership to Trainer Candidate, we will send you an application. Those who have completed the Advanced Candidate Training are members at the Trainer level.

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Positive Discipline Association - Benefits and Pricing

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By joining the Positive Discipline Association as a Supporter, Educator, Trainer Candidate, Trainer or Lead Trainer, you're helping to create more peaceful homes, schools and communities.

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Some general thoughts for the group:	             *Connect with others in the PDA (PDA list serve, social media outlets, your act colleagues, Think Tank).       * Keep in mind your compass/objective.  For example, in “Praise vs. Encouragement” the compass is to differentiate between the two. 	               *Notice when you feel an intense emotional reaction as you are leading groups or in your daily life and connect it to Top Card and/or Mistaken Goals.                	*Remember the 2 Hats.        *Less is more. 	         *Trust the process. 	 *Draw forth. Focus on asking rather than telling. Allow time for people to think. 	*Reflect on how you will link the pieces of the workshop together.	            *Facilitate from your heart not your head. 	      *Cherish the sacred silence. 

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Some general thoughts for the group:	             *Connect with others in the PDA (PDA list serve, social media outlets, your act colleagues, Think Tank).       * Keep in mind your compass/objective.  For example, in “Praise vs. Encouragement” the compass is to differentiate between the two. 	               *Notice when you feel an intense emotional reaction as you are leading groups or in your daily life and connect it to Top Card and/or Mistaken Goals.                	*Remember the 2 Hats.        *Less is more. 	         *Trust the process. 	 *Draw forth. Focus on asking rather than telling. Allow time for people to think. 	*Reflect on how you will link the pieces of the workshop together.	            *Facilitate from your heart not your head. 	      *Cherish the sacred silence. 

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Activities facilitated by the participants:

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Activities facilitated by the participants:

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Take a look at Tips for Facilitation under Resources.BRAIN IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND p. 93, | Andrea Maher (6 minutes)

POSITIVE TIME OUT 287, (12 minutes)

ENCOURAGEMENT VS. PRAISE p. 149, (8 minutes)Yogi

MR. PUNISHMENT . 271, (15 Minutes)

EMPOWERING VS. DISCOURAGING . 155. | (8 minutes)

FAMILY MEETING p.169 -  A. 12 minutes)

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Online Teaching Parenting Workshop Evaluation Form - English

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Online Teaching Parenting Workshop Evaluation Form - English.

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On-Line Session 5  (2 hours 15 minutes) Our Styles and Facilitation

Warm UP

Decide what you will do and follow through (TP Manual p. 125)

PHPPSS

ABC Groups for PHPSS

Closing

Video Part 5 (Review the following videos)

PHPPSS ABC GROUPS

FAMILY MEETINGS – demo

Routine Chart

Crate an agenda for your class and bring it to session 6

Review the manual and ask questions. Use the Parking Lot tab

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On-Line Session 1 (2 hours 15 minutes) Introducing… You, Me, and PD!

Welcome, Facilitator and Hosts introductions

Warm up (Intro)  Breakout rooms

Introductions: First name, where you are from, what you hope to learn (chart in the chat box)

Develop our agreements (chart)

Jobs- Timer, Chat box Monitor, Hand Monitor, Photographer (chart)

Preview the materials together.

Manual walkthrough

Teaching Parenting is; 4 Components of Parenting Class

Activity: What is Positive Discipline? What is Diversity

COMPETENT GIANT

Overview of Iceberg

What is discipline? The 5 Criteria of Positive Discipline (TP Manual p. 132)

Video Part 1 (watch the following videos)

Warm-up T-Shirt Activity (watch a video)

Competent Giant

Parking Lot and Questions