Whining, Eye Rolling, and I Hate You – Resonance for Contempt as Parents and Grandparents

About the Event

In a world focused on respect and measuring success through cooperation, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most: the invisible thread of love between parents, grandparents and the kids they both love, no matter the age. 

When kids and close others respond to us with contempt, it can be devastating–on our immune systems and on our mental health. It can also be hard to believe that underneath the contempt live important emotions that can to be named and held with care.

Contempt can be a hugely important tool for a child living in a world where they are largely powerless. And it can be immensely triggering for us, as vulnerable people, to receive contempt, and so we need good strategies to wonder about, think about, and ask about what’s going on as it’s happening, in order to allow the interactions we have with our children and grandchildren to end in a different place, and to have our relationships be strengthened rather than weakened.

It is both difficult and essentially important to look at the ways that our habits of thought and the stories that we hold onto about the kids we love interrupt the emergent evolution of our connection with them. Resonance and relational neuroscience give us the tools and information we need to locate these patterns and transform them. 

This course invites parents, grandparents, and caregivers into the kind of relationship many have dreamed of but haven’t known how to find: one rooted not in control or cooperation, but in presence, curiosity, and mutual becoming. Together we will learn how to bring resonance into our parenting and grandparenting, so that we can support our kin in their development of secure attachment and joyful emergence.

Cost and How to Register

*PLEASE NOTE:

• Your tuition payment is non-refundable (but it is transferable).
• The course will be recorded for those who want to learn asynchronously for some or all sessions.
• This work is not therapy and is not a substitute for therapy. If you have a sense that you would be destabilized by yourself or others speaking about difficult events, then this event may not be for you. While we hope that the processes and information that we share can be of use in your journey, we do not have the resources to support extreme psychological difficulties.

If you have questions or need support, please email help@sarahpeyton.com

About Sarah

Sarah Peyton, Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication and neuroscience educator, integrates brain science and the use of resonant language to heal personal and collective trauma with exquisite gentleness.

Sarah is a sought-after expert who brings neuroscience expertise together with depth work, self-compassion, and the transformative potential of language. She works with audiences internationally to create a compassionate understanding of the effects of relational trauma on the brain, and teaches people how words change and heal us.

Sarah teaches and lectures internationally and is the author of four books on relational neuroscience and self-compassion: Your Resonant Self: Guided Meditations and Exercises to Engage Your Brain’s Capacity for Healing, the companion Your Resonant Self Workbook: From Self-sabotage to Self-care, and Affirmations for Turbulent Times: Resonant Words to Soothe Body and Mind, and The Antiracist Heart: A Self-Compassion and Activism Handbook, co-authored alongside Roxy Manning, PhD.