I feel excited and thrilled to announce a new group I've started through meetup.com, Mindfulness Skills Meetup.  The focus of the group is to learn about mindfulness, practice some mindfulness skills and meet like-minded individuals.  At this time, we will meet once a month. The group will be informal and is not a therapy group, nor does it substitute medical or mental health care. 

Please click the link below to learn more:

meetup.com/San-Francisco-Mindfulness-Skills-Meetup/

You're welcome to contact me with any questions or if you'd like more information.

Last week, I had an opportunity to speak to a group of parents at a high school here in San Francisco.

It was a privilege to meet some of the parents and get to share some knowledge and ideas about teens and self-esteem.

During the presentation, I spoke about adolescent brain development, using some of the information from Daniel J. Siegel's work.  So much is going on in a teen's brain and body at the same time!

As a group, we brainstormed a definition for self-esteem, as well as qualities of high and low self-esteem.

I also shared with the group some components that contribute to self-esteem, such as the home environment, community and the teen's own thoughts, feelings and perceptions.
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The presentation ended with some tips for parents on what they can do to help teens develop and access high self-esteem qualities.

I appreciated the participation and engagement of the parents, teachers and students who were in attendance.  I am grateful to have been invited to speak.

I am hopeful I will have another opportunity to continue to connect with parents and teens at this and other high schools in San Francisco.