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Shefali Tsabary

Shefali Tsabary is a clinical psychologist and author focused on conscious parenting, emotional wellness, and family relationships. Best known for The Conscious Parent, she has also written The Awakened Family and The Parenting Map. Through her books, talks, and media appearances, she has helped popularize mindfulness-based approaches to parenting.

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Shefali Tsabary is an Indian-born clinical psychologist and author whose work has consistently linked Eastern contemplative traditions with Western psychology. Born in Mumbai, she left India at 21 to study drama therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, an experience she later described as formative in her turn toward meditation, mindfulness, and self-inquiry. She later earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from Columbia University and built a professional focus on family dynamics, personal development, and the emotional inheritances adults carry into intimate life and parenting. ((https://drshefali.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DrShefali_Parenting_March2014_HowWeveCreatedABullyingEpidemic.pdf))

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Wishing people well is one thing, but wanting them to be something specific is controlling
-Happiness and Success Are the Wrong Goals for Your Kids
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Self-discipline is something we learn for ourselves, not something that can ever be imposed effectively by someone else
-Why Everything We Know About Discipline Is Wrong
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Consequences and punishment are fundamentally different
-Are Punishments and Consequences Different?
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Every moment is here for us to grow
-The 10 Principles That Are Sacred To My Life
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Choosing to believe someone or not is our choice
-What's the Main Reason You Feel Hurt by Someone? The Answer May Surprise You!
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The most powerful tool you have is your ability to create a story that uplifts you rather than one that kills your spirit
-The One Most Powerful Choice You Have Is?
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Consciousness waits for no one
-Want to Know the Greatest Barrier to Family Harmony?
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You have the freedom to cut the strings
-Are You Often Puppeteered by Culture and Don't Even Know It?

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"Shefali Tsabary shines the light of wisdom on the most enlightened aspect of parenting"

Michael Bernard Beckwith

"Dr. Shefali Tsabary is a clinical psychologist, an international speaker, and a three-time New York Times bestselling author"

Oprah Daily

"Shefali Tsabary’s invaluable book shows how parenting can become a great opportunity for spiritual awakening"

Eckhart Tolle

"Dr. Shefali Tsabary wears many hats; she is an author of three best-selling parenting books, an international speaker, and a clinical psychologist"

Darpan

"In this book, Dr. Shefali Tsabary describes the importance of compassion in simple, secular terms"

Dalai Lama

"It’s a philosophy pioneered by Dr Shefali Tsabary, who combines her training in Western psychology and Eastern philosophy"

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