Description
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.
Where?
The course will meet via zoom. We welcome participants from all time zones who wish to learn asynchronously for some or all of the sessions. Recordings and visuals will be made available to those who are registered for the live program (typically available within 72 hours of the live session).
When?
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific Time
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What To Expect
This is an interactive and practice-based class. The class will be recorded, and can be practiced with kids or grandkids if you are not able to participate live.
What You'll Learn
Part 1: Resonance for How Hard it is to Receive Contempt
Part 2: Transforming Contempt Process for Yourself
Part 3: Contract Work about Respect – and Acknowledgment that Respect is the Hardest Thing to Work With
Part 4: Practice Dialogues for Somebody Who has Contempt
Who is This Course For?
Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, foster parents, neighbors, adoptive family: all are welcome. Kids are welcome for the first half of the webinar!
This Course Includes Resonant Assistant Support
Assistant support is available during classes. There are three ways this happens:
- In groups of three with one assistant and two participants, so that participants can practice the breakout exercises with support.
- In small groups, with 1 assistant and 3+ participants, with work with one participant occurring by lottery, and the remaining participants observing.
- Depending on assistant availability, the third option is 1-1 support to receive resonant processes like time travel and unconscious contracts for material that comes up during class.
Cost
Early bird price: $100 until February 5, 2026
Regular Price: $150
Scholarship Information
Partial scholarships may be available for this course. For more information, please write to help@sarahpeyton.com after February 14, 2026.
Please Note:
- Your tuition payment is non-refundable (but it is transferable).
- This 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 course 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.
