“We are at each other’s throats,” a client told me via tele-coaching this week. “We’re together all the time, he lost his job, we have three kids trying to do schoolwork, and I have to cloister in the bedroom to work from home. We are in constant conflict.” Another client via telephone downplayed his conflicts with his partner, (I will use “partner” to mean spouse or mate in any …
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April 19, 2020
We are in the midst of the COVID-19 lock down, spending a lot of time together, and discovering new ways of bonding and learning. At the same time, many of us are eating a lot of junk food because it provides easy take-out or delivery options. We and our kids eat that junk food together, and it lasts around the house for snacks. The family bonding is wonderful, but …
April 13, 2020
We have two important announcements today. First, our Gurian Summer Training Institute will happen! It is going to be an online event over the weekend of June 27-28, with each session also available online to paid participants for a set period of time after the weekend. While we will miss seeing you in Carlsbad, CA this year, we are excited by the ability to reach you where you are. Please …
April 5, 2020
I (Michael Gurian) happen to be Jewish, so I am going to borrow words from the Pirke Avot (an ancient Hebrew text on Ethics) to begin this blog post: “The world rests on three things: Torah (study), Avodah (prayer/spiritual growth), and Gemilut Chasadim (acts of loving kindness.)” Whatever your religion–even if you are an atheist–this saying might still give sustenance, especially if rewritten this way: “In a crisis, these three …
March 30, 2020
We are in the midst of a COVID crisis that is affecting nearly everyone’s lives. Many schools are shutting their brick-and-mortar doors for the time being, and moving students online. In-person and on-site professional development is grinding to a stand still in many districts for fear of people gathering together in one room. Large and small conferences are also shuttered across the country. Our hearts go out to everyone affected …
March 21, 2020
In this special edition of our normal newsletter, I want to share some thoughts about how to talk with kids about the COVID crisis, manage your plethora of new family time while schools are closed, and stay sane during what will be hard times for all of us. Tim Wright and I did a podcast on this subject just two days ago which you can access on www.wonderofparenting.com by subscribing …
March 21, 2020
Here’s some shocking data for you. Or maybe, if you work in a school, not so shocking. Across the United States, *boys receive two-thirds of the D’s and F’s in our schools but less than 40% of the A’s *boys are twice as likely as girls to be labeled “emotionally disturbed” and twice as likely to be diagnosed with a behavioral or learning disorder *boys are four times as likely …
March 11, 2020
The Gurian Institute has launched a podcast in collaboration with our friend and colleague, Tim Wright. The podcast is called The Wonder of Parenting: A Brain Science Approach to Parenting. It is specifically for parents, teachers, and others raising children from birth to college age. Michael Gurian answers questions from listeners and provides parenting advice. You can find our podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. We just hit the milestone …
March 5, 2020
Today, we are re-posting an edited version of a post that Michael Gurian wrote for our Gurian Institute Newsletter and Psychology Today more than a year ago. It is about the crises faced by our boys and young men. Over the last year and a half, we have received multiple requests that we post this blog again, and especially as Michael Gurian was just in the Los Angeles Unified School …
February 27, 2020
Our Summer Training Institute is set for the weekend of June 12-14, 2020 at beautiful Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California. Army and Navy Academy (www.armyandnavyacademy.org) is a Gurian Model School and sits right on the beach. We are honored that the school has hosted us now for six years, and we thank everyone there for their wonderful job supporting visitors and guests. To learn more about the Summer …
February 21, 2020
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