The topic around food and children comes up very often. For example, I know many parents who feel very hopeless and start arranging their lives around food. While I totally understand this, because I was one of them too, I now see that my own attachments and beliefs about food determined my relationship with my [...]
As promised, I would like to talk more about the Achuars, an Amazonian tribe in Ecuador, which I met on a trip I took with my family this summer. We travelled in a nine-seater airplane about an hour into the Rainforest until we landed in a hand carved airstrip. Ten families lived in that specific [...]
After my TEDxDubai talk last year, Johan and I had the privilege to speak at TEDxSantaCruz in June. I must admit it was an incredible experience. It was about Trust. Please feel free to share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter, but mostly ENJOY it. Here is the video. Gonan and Johan Premfors [...]
Some of you may have noticed already that I have been quiet with my blog posts for a while. There are couple of reasons for that: First, I have been on a journey to the Amazon in Ecuador, visiting a tribe called the Achuars with an Organization called Pachamama Alliance. The experience was so deep that I [...]
If you knew you were dying in the next 10 minutes what would be the one thing you would wish you could change? This is what happened to Ric Elias on flight US Airways Flight 1549 in 2009. Elias didn’t die as the captain of the plane managed to land the plane in the Hudson [...]
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Recently, I have connected with some childhood friends, and have been reminded of my first love. It was interesting because I didn’t remember much about it until friends and I reminisced over stories. Songs, like signposts, directed my thoughts to places traversed lifetimes ago. I was only 13 years old in middle school, and this [...]
Imagine that you are stuck in a foreign place where the health care is not enough for your child. Imagine that the doctors start talking about leukemia, and suddenly every day begins to count. Imagine having to do a medical evacuation, but instead of being sent home you get sent to another strange city where [...]
Aslı Nemutlu Aslı 17 yaşında, sevdiği şeyi yaparken, kayak kayarken, aramızdan ayrıldı. Korkunç bir kaza onu bu dünyadan ve sevdiklerinden aldı. Ne yazık ki, Aslı’nın trajik ölümünden sonra, okulda yazdığı bir kompozisyonu, bir köşe yazarı tarafından ele alınarak, oldukça yargılayıcı ve hatalı bir yorum eşliğinde, Aslı’nın 17 yıllık kısa ama güzel hayatını ve ailesini gölgeleyecek [...]
Recently, I have connected with some childhood friends, and have been reminded of my first love. It was interesting because I didn’t remember much about it until friends and I reminisced over stories. Songs, like signposts, directed my thoughts to places traversed lifetimes ago. I was only 13 years old in middle school, and this [...]
Step-parents play an important role in the lives of children. However, their identity as “parents” is frequently complicated and defined by a common fear and misconception: A step-parent can never replace a biological parent and is therefore ill-equipped to parent their step-child. As someone who grew up with two brothers, one who was step-parented by [...]
Last night I returned from Cairo, a city still in turmoil. TV screens across the city broadcast live feeds from Tahrir Square and other hotspots. Angry chants fill the air wherever you go including the airport lounges at Cairo International Airport. Young, old, Egyptian or foreigner – you simply cannot escape the anger in Egypt. [...]
How much of your time with your children is spent worrying about other obligations? When we are getting our children ready for school in the morning, but also fretting about work, or imagining how a meeting will proceed, or planning the next event, we are not being present with our children. The same is true [...]
We often hold onto a lot of assumptions about our children, based on old stories of how they once were. As parents we must understand and accept that our kids are growing and changing every day and that they will continue to do so into adulthood. Therefore, if we choose to hold our children in [...]
After writing last week’s post on Limiting Beliefs, a few people asked me to further clarify the definition of and role that limiting beliefs play in our lives. Limiting beliefs are beliefs that prevent us from living fulfilled, happy and satisfied lives. These are the stories we tell ourselves and end up living them. They [...]
Here are some scheduled workshop dates: Dubai Trust 28-30th September 2012 Mexico City Parentology 26-28th October 2012 Dubai Parentology 22-24th November 2012 Dubai Trust 29 Nov-01 December 2012 Mexico City Trust 11-13th January 2013 If you noticed all the courses are in Dubai and in Mexico City. Because of family circumstances Gonan’s traveling is [...]
2012 we have many Parentology and Trust workshops planned around the globe. If you want to check out dates, have a look at here.
This spring we have a number of Trust and Parentology workshops planned around the globe! To learn more about our workshops, click here. To register, click here. Dubai Trust Workshop (May 5-7) Barcelona Parentology Workshop (May 20-22) Dubai Parentology Workshop (May 26-28) Toronto Parentology Workshop (June 3-5) London Parentology Workshop (June 17-19) -The Parentology Team [...]
Dr. Dan Siegel shows us a great way of looking at the minds of our children in his TEDxBlue talk. He also says “the relationships are our life’s blood, as we brush our teeth every morning we do need to brush our brain by learning reflective skills.” Dr. Daniel J. Sigel at TEDxBlue Do we [...]
The topic around food and children comes up very often. For example, I know many parents who feel very hopeless and start arranging their lives around food. While I totally understand this, because I was one of them too, I now see that my own attachments and beliefs about food determined my relationship with my [...]
After my TEDxDubai talk last year, Johan and I had the privilege to speak at TEDxSantaCruz in June. I must admit it was an incredible experience. It was about Trust. Please feel free to share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter, but mostly ENJOY it. Here is the video. Gonan and Johan Premfors [...]
Dr. Dan Siegel shows us a great way of looking at the minds of our children in his TEDxBlue talk. He also says “the relationships are our life’s blood, as we brush our teeth every morning we do need to brush our brain by learning reflective skills.” Dr. Daniel J. Sigel at TEDxBlue Do we [...]
After my TEDxDubai talk last year, Johan and I had the privilege to speak at TEDxSantaCruz in June. I must admit it was an incredible experience. It was about Trust. Please feel free to share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter, but mostly ENJOY it. Here is the video. Gonan and Johan Premfors [...]
If you knew you were dying in the next 10 minutes what would be the one thing you would wish you could change? This is what happened to Ric Elias on flight US Airways Flight 1549 in 2009. Elias didn’t die as the captain of the plane managed to land the plane in the Hudson [...]