Conscious Parenting Series · Article 4 of 4 The most precious inheritance parents can leave their children is, their own happiness - Thich Nhat Hanh We have covered a lot of ground in this series. We explored three inner states, Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas, and how they shape our behavior as parents. We looked at how these states express themselves as recognizable parenting patterns. And in the previous article, we examined the nine everyday factors that push and pull these st

Conscious Parenting Series · Article 3 of 4 In the previous articles, we explored three inner states: Sattva (calm clarity), Rajas (restless drive), and Tamas (heavy disengagement), and how each one shows up in parenting. Today, we ask a more practical question: what determines which state you are in? The ancient Indian philosophy that gave us the concept of the Gunas also gave us something else: a clear-eyed account of the factors that shape our inner life. These factors are

Understanding the inner states that drive how we show up for our children Conscious Parenting Series · Article 2 of 4 In the first article of this series, we introduced the idea of three fundamental qualities of the mind, Sattva (clarity and balance), Rajas (drive and restlessness), and Tamas (heaviness and inertia), that are always present and always shifting. Today, we look at how each of these states expresses itself when you are in the role of a parent. The point is not