GPS Parent Series speaker to help quiet one's inner critic
On Tuesday, Dec. 19, the Glenbard Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present "Dialing Back the Inner Critic" with psychologist and author Lisa Baylis at noon and 7 p.m. via Zoom.
Has stress and the demands of life left you weary, distracted or uninspired? Do you find that you get down or criticize yourself frequently? Baylis says it doesn't have to be that way and to remember that you are not alone.
Research shows that meeting yourself and others with compassion and kindness is the antidote to fatigue, burnout and stress. Baylis will speak about the importance of care and compassion for ourselves at a time when compassion fatigue and burnout are happening too often.
As an educator and parent, Baylis understands the importance of prioritizing our well-being as a way of modelling wellness for our families. Learn how to recognize the compassionate voice within you rather than letting the critical voice be the driver in your head.
Baylis authored the best-selling book "Self-Compassion for Educators" and created the AWE Method, Awakening the Wellbeing for Educators. She is the education director for the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, a nonprofit organization created by Kristin Neff and Chris Germer to spread self-compassion around the world.
Go to glenbardgps.org for the links to these two webinars.
To be placed on a reminder list for GPS events or submit a question in advance, contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at gilda_ross@glenbard.org or (630) 942-7668.
Continuing professional development units are available.
The Glenbard Parent Series is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, Community Consolidated School District 93 Birth to 5 Coalition, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, Duly Health and Care, DuPage Regional Office of Education, Emmy Gaffey Foundation, Glenbard Early Childhood Collaborative, Kids Matter, Kiwanis Clubs, Prevention Leadership Team of the DuPage County Health Department, and Webb-Hutter Family Fund of DuPage Foundation.