While I’m deeply immersed in all things related to the Neufeld attachment-based developmental approach having had the wonderful opportunity to welcome Dr. Gordon Neufeld( Neufeld Institute ) to my podcast, I’ve included a link to a 10 minute in-person conversation I had with Dr. Neufeld around the topic of PLAY. Parents, educators, mentors, family members, […]
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Dr. Gordon Neufeld
Dr. Gordon Neufeld is a Vancouver-based developmental psychologist with over 40 years of experience with children and youth and those responsible for them. A foremost authority on child development, Dr. Neufeld is an international speaker, a best-selling author (Hold On to Your Kids) and a leading interpreter of the developmental paradigm. Dr. Neufeld has a […]
Dr. Gordon Neufeld on why children need play
I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Gordon Neufeld, developmental psychologist and best-selling author of Hold on to your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers (co-authored with Canadian Physician Gabor Maté) and founder of The Neufeld Institute. The topic was play, the nature of it, what true play is […]
Is spring break over yet?
Where’s the desert oasis? Isn’t it always here ? Isn’t that the soul’s journey? To experience the oasis at all times ? The gift in the present. The power in the now. I’m trying. Conflicting desires don’t make it easy. Wanting to be one place while being in another. Wanting to be doing something while […]
Is it spring break yet?
I thought I would be scrambling for plans and trying to find ways to make spring break ‘fun’ for one of my guys who is off for 10 days !! Oh me oh my. And actually despite my resistance to this break since January, because I want to keep working, my mind and body […]
Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed
Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed is a Montrealer; born and raised on the West Island where she resides with her husband and two kids. She is the founder and editor in chief of CanadianMomEh.com, an online lifestyle blog celebrating Canadian diversity. She is the CEO of Social Diversity Media Inc. a culturally diverse digital PR/Marketing firm. She […]