Research-based ideas
to help kids thrive
THE BOOK TOUR
>>> Turning IDEAS into ACTION >>>
Jen is visiting places where parents and teachers of young children meet:
preschools, libraries, conferences, and workplaces, for lively workshops that will help you to immediately implement ideas in the book.
preschools, libraries, conferences, and workplaces, for lively workshops that will help you to immediately implement ideas in the book.
THE BOOK TOUR
>>Turning IDEAS into ACTION>>
Jen is visiting places where parents and teachers of young children meet:
preschools, libraries, conferences, and workplaces, for lively workshops that will help you to immediately implement ideas in the book.
preschools, libraries, conferences, and workplaces, for lively workshops that will help you to immediately implement ideas in the book.
We're back from an incredible three months on the road during the Fall of '23 - including visits to Boulder County Colorado, Vancouver BC, Seattle & Portland. We connected with you all in so many meaningful ways, it's hard not to get excited for what the future holds.
Life on the road is all consuming, so we're playing catch up to a long 'to do' list - including updating this page and creating a new one for collaborating & planning 2024. If you already know you'd like the tour to come your way, please get in touch!
Life on the road is all consuming, so we're playing catch up to a long 'to do' list - including updating this page and creating a new one for collaborating & planning 2024. If you already know you'd like the tour to come your way, please get in touch!
Thank you so much to Your Parenting Mojo listeners and members who helped make Fall '23 a huge success - we hope to see more of you in 2024!
THE SECRET IS OUT
"Treehouse Learning hosted a series of workshops for both teachers and parents with Jen Lumanlan on her Parenting Beyond Power book and framework so now we have a shared language to address problems together.
Within our first few weeks of school after the workshops, we applied this content across multiple dimensions of interpersonal relationships, and not just in the classrooms and via the parent/child or teacher/child relationships! A teacher left the program early in the school year, and we used what we'd learned in Jen's workshops to navigate an otherwise emotional and challenging situation by recognizing, communicating about and addressing everyone's needs through this abrupt transition - children, parents, teachers, and admin staff.
Parents shared with us that these same tools also helped them to improve communication in their families - both with their children and far beyond this as well! They can now understand interpersonal challenges in an entirely different way, and can navigate formerly intractable conflicts with spouses and their own parents with grace and compassion, as they work to meet everyone's needs."
Within our first few weeks of school after the workshops, we applied this content across multiple dimensions of interpersonal relationships, and not just in the classrooms and via the parent/child or teacher/child relationships! A teacher left the program early in the school year, and we used what we'd learned in Jen's workshops to navigate an otherwise emotional and challenging situation by recognizing, communicating about and addressing everyone's needs through this abrupt transition - children, parents, teachers, and admin staff.
Parents shared with us that these same tools also helped them to improve communication in their families - both with their children and far beyond this as well! They can now understand interpersonal challenges in an entirely different way, and can navigate formerly intractable conflicts with spouses and their own parents with grace and compassion, as they work to meet everyone's needs."
AMY
Owner, Treehouse Learning
"Our preschool was honored to have Jen Lumanlan at our Parent Education night. Jen is a master teacher: approachable, knowledgeable, accepting, and FUN! Her message is clear and her parenting framework is a tool that can be used with children, but also with adults and parents at our school. We are excited to put it to use in our community. Thanks Jen!"
KACIA
Director, Broadmoor Preschool
"Jen has an incredible ability to span BIG ideas down to small, step-by-step, practical strategies while simultaneously providing opportunity for reflection and self-learning. I left the workshop feeling strengthened in my ability to approach difficult situations, having a better understanding of the play between children's needs and my own, with a deeper awareness of the connections between White Supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism in my relationships and teaching practice."
GRETCHEN
Director of Curriculum & Development, ICRI & Hearts Leap Programs
"Thank you for a great workshop last night. You have an amazing insight and empathy that helps get to the heart of difficulties and I saw you pivot and help shape people's responsiveness and shift perspectives. You're doing important work, and I'm grateful."
AMY
Parent
"I have three children in co-op preschools so I've done a lot of parent training. This was by far and away the best!"
REBECCA
Parent
THE SECRET IS OUT
"Treehouse Learning hosted a series of workshops for both teachers and parents with Jen Lumanlan on her Parenting Beyond Power book and framework so now we have a shared language to address problems together.
Within our first few weeks of school after the workshops, we applied this content across multiple dimensions of interpersonal relationships, and not just in the classrooms and via the parent/child or teacher/child relationships! A teacher left the program early in the school year, and we used what we'd learned in Jen's workshops to navigate an otherwise emotional and challenging situation by recognizing, communicating about and addressing everyone's needs through this abrupt transition - children, parents, teachers, and admin staff.
Parents shared with us that these same tools also helped them to improve communication in their families - both with their children and far beyond this as well! They can now understand interpersonal challenges in an entirely different way, and can navigate formerly intractable conflicts with spouses and their own parents with grace and compassion, as they work to meet everyone's needs."
Within our first few weeks of school after the workshops, we applied this content across multiple dimensions of interpersonal relationships, and not just in the classrooms and via the parent/child or teacher/child relationships! A teacher left the program early in the school year, and we used what we'd learned in Jen's workshops to navigate an otherwise emotional and challenging situation by recognizing, communicating about and addressing everyone's needs through this abrupt transition - children, parents, teachers, and admin staff.
Parents shared with us that these same tools also helped them to improve communication in their families - both with their children and far beyond this as well! They can now understand interpersonal challenges in an entirely different way, and can navigate formerly intractable conflicts with spouses and their own parents with grace and compassion, as they work to meet everyone's needs."
AMY
Owner, Treehouse Learning
"Our preschool was honored to have Jen Lumanlan at our Parent Education night. Jen is a master teacher: approachable, knowledgeable, accepting, and FUN! Her message is clear and her parenting framework is a tool that can be used with children, but also with adults and parents at our school. We are excited to put it to use in our community. Thanks Jen!"
KACIA
Director, Broadmoor Preschool
"Jen has an incredible ability to span BIG ideas down to small, step-by-step, practical strategies while simultaneously providing opportunity for reflection and self-learning. I left the workshop feeling strengthened in my ability to approach difficult situations, having a better understanding of the play between children's needs and my own, with a deeper awareness of the connections between White Supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism in my relationships and teaching practice."
GRETCHEN
Director of Curriculum & Development, ICRI & Hearts Leap Programs
"Thank you for a great workshop last night. You have an amazing insight and empathy that helps get to the heart of difficulties and I saw you pivot and help shape people's responsiveness and shift perspectives. You're doing important work, and I'm grateful."
AMY
Parent
"I have three children in co-op preschools so I've done a lot of parent training. This was by far and away the best!"
REBECCA
Parent
PARENTING BEYOND POWER
TRAVELING WORKSHOPS
How to Use Connection & Collaboration to Transform Your Family - and the World
PARENTING BEYOND POWER
TRAVELING WORKSHOPS
How to Use Connection & Collaboration to Transform Your Family - and the World
'23 Tour Kickoff
BOULDER, CO | VANCOUVER, BC | SEATTLE, WA | PORTLAND, OR
(Aug. - Nov. 2023)
Dedicated podcast listeners in Vancouver, BC tipped Jen off to a very special kid & family-centric book store with meaningful goals and aspirations for a hopeful future - Kinder Books. Here Jen sits with parents in one of a few intimate workshops at this gem of place.
Preschools are hubs for building community as we grow alongside each other as parents. Jen's parent workshop at Broadmoor Preschool, a play-based, parent cooperative preschool in the California Bay Area, kicked off the school year by creating real vulnerability and intimacy between parents - setting the stage for deeper relationships to develop.
Jen with the teachers at Treehouse Learning after two full days of workshops. Amy Benson May (on Jen's left), second generation leader & steward of the family-owned early education center, has listened to the Your Parenting Mojo podcast for years and has participated in Jen's workshops and memberships.
When she heard about the book tour, Amy immediately hatched a plan to bring the Parenting Beyond Power parent, teacher & community workshops to Boulder County, Colorado.
When she heard about the book tour, Amy immediately hatched a plan to bring the Parenting Beyond Power parent, teacher & community workshops to Boulder County, Colorado.
In addition to teacher, parent & community workshops, Jen and Treehouse Learning hosted a special parent discussion where a small group of parents agreed to talk on camera about culture & parenting before and after a special workshop. Conversations got deep and real, and the parents created the beginning of a lasting friendship. We're extremely grateful to everyone who has joined us on this journey as we hold space for each other and collectively strive for a better tomorrow.
Parents from South Seattle College Cooperative Preschools getting coached through real-life struggles they are experiencing with their kids, using repeatable tools & strategies from the book they can implement as soon as they get home.
Jen welcoming parents for a workshop at the warm & tightly knit Vancouver Co-Housing community.
A illuminating conversation (coming before end of the year) - Jen and Moms Against Racism Canada (MAR) founder Kerry Cavers chat at the intersection of culture & parenting - Vancouver, B.C.
Jen with Anne Uebbing, owner of Kinder Books
Leading a teacher workshop at the very preschool Carys attended - Heart's Leap North - Berkeley, CA
Group coaching during an evening parent workshop at play-based parent cooperative Broadmoor Preschool
Jen leading a workshop for White parents of 'racialized' children at a special weekend-long Mom's Against Racism (MAR) Canada family retreat on Hornby Island, British Columbia
A illuminating conversation (coming before end of the year) - Jen and Moms Against Racism Canada (MAR) founder Kerry Cavers chat at the intersection of culture & parenting - Vancouver, B.C.
'23 Tour Kickoff
(Aug. - Nov. 2023)
BOULDER, CO
VANCOUVER, BC
VANCOUVER, BC
SEATTLE, WA
PORTLAND, OR
PORTLAND, OR
Dedicated podcast listeners in Vancouver, BC tipped Jen off to a very special kid & family-centric book store with meaningful goals and aspirations for a hopeful future - Kinder Books. Here Jen sits with parents in one of a few intimate workshops at this gem of place.
Jen with the teachers at Treehouse Learning after two full days of workshops. Amy Benson May (on Jen's left), second generation leader & steward of the family-owned early education center, has listened to the Your Parenting Mojo podcast for years and has participated in Jen's workshops and memberships.
When she heard about the book tour, Amy immediately hatched a plan to bring the Parenting Beyond Power parent, teacher & community workshops to Boulder County, Colorado.
When she heard about the book tour, Amy immediately hatched a plan to bring the Parenting Beyond Power parent, teacher & community workshops to Boulder County, Colorado.
In addition to teacher, parent & community workshops, Jen and Treehouse Learning hosted a special parent discussion where a small group of parents agreed to talk on camera about culture & parenting before and after a special workshop. Conversations got deep and real, and the parents created the beginning of a lasting friendship. We're extremely grateful to everyone who has joined us on this journey as we hold space for each other and collectively strive for a better tomorrow.
More news to come from our visit to Treehouse - and many, many thanks to Amy & her team for their belief in and support for Parenting Beyond Power!
More news to come from our visit to Treehouse - and many, many thanks to Amy & her team for their belief in and support for Parenting Beyond Power!
Kelly Hampton Coaching helped us bring together a mix of soon to be parents, parents of both young and older children, as well as educators from the Edmonds, WA area - thank you Kelly!
Preschools are hubs for building community as we grow alongside each other as parents. Jen's parent workshop at Broadmoor Preschool, a play-based, parent cooperative preschool in the California Bay Area, kicked off the school year by creating real vulnerability and intimacy between parents - setting the stage for deeper relationships to develop.
Parents from the Edmonds Cooperative Preschool Community in Washington get coached through bed time routine struggles in an evening workshop. Teachers from the same schools participated in an educator focused workshop just a couple of days prior.
2023 EVENT SCHEDULE
Thank you to everyone who hosted us for the tour kickoff!
Jen with Anne Uebbing, owner of Kinder Books, a very special kid/family-centric book store
Group coaching during an evening parent workshop at play-based parent cooperative Broadmoor Preschool
Teacher workshop at the very preschool Carys attended - Heart's Leap North - Berkeley, CA
Jen with old friend, and Director of Curriculum & Development ICRI & Heart's Leap Programs - Gretchen Stizel
45 educators at Hutch Kids Seattle made for an extremely engaged Friday evening group. When talks got real (and vulnerable), it's clear this group can lean on each other.
Digging into tools directly found in Parenting Beyond Power with parents from Vancouver Co-Housing... another great dad turnout!
Fall 2023 Event List Recap
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Virtual
Zoom Launch Event (PUBLIC)
Sept. 5
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Building Belonging Event
Sept. 25
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Louisville, CO
Treehouse Learning
Teacher Workshop
Louisville, CO
Teacher Workshop
Louisville, CO
Aug. 12 | 2pm-4pm
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Treehouse Learning (PUBLIC)
Public Workshop
Louisville, CO
Public Workshop
Louisville, CO
Aug. 25 | 6pm - 8pm
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Bay Area
International Child Resource Institute
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA
Aug. 7
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Grand Launch Party! (PUBLIC)
Gill Tract Farm, Albany
Gill Tract Farm, Albany
Postponed to January 2024
Broadmoor Preschool
Oakland, CA
Oakland, CA
Sept 12
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Blue Skies for Children
Oakland, CA
Oakland, CA
Dec 22
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Vancouver, Canada
Culture TALKS: Vancouver (PUBLIC)
Vancouver Panel Event
Vancouver Panel Event
Sept. 16
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Moms Against Racism Canada
Hornby Island, BC
Hornby Island, BC
Sept. 23 - 24
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Kinder Books Event (PUBLIC)
Mini-Workshop
New Westminster, BC
Mini-Workshop
New Westminster, BC
Sept. 18, 10-11:30am
Sept. 20, 6:30-8pm
Sept. 20, 6:30-8pm
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Vancouver Co-housing (PUBLIC)
Workshop
Vancouver, BC
Workshop
Vancouver, BC
Sept. 30, 2-4pm
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Westside Montessori Vancouver
Parent Workshop
Parent Workshop
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South Vancouver Family Place
Parent Workshop
Vancouver, BC
Parent Workshop
Vancouver, BC
Oct. 19, 7pm - 9pm
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Seattle, WA
Culture TALKS Seattle
University Book Store Seattle Panel Event (PUBLIC)
University Book Store Seattle Panel Event (PUBLIC)
Oct. 11
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Washington Association for the Education of Young Children Conference (PUBLIC)
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA
Oct. 13
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Kelly Hampton Coaching (PUBLIC)
Public workshop
Edmonds, WA
Public workshop
Edmonds, WA
Oct. 15
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Hutch Kids
Parent Workshop
Seattle, WA
Parent Workshop
Seattle, WA
Oct. 18
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Hutch Kids
Teacher Workshop
Seattle, WA
Teacher Workshop
Seattle, WA
Oct. 20
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Edmonds College
Instructor/Teacher Workshop
Edmonds, WA
Instructor/Teacher Workshop
Edmonds, WA
Oct. 20
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Edmonds College
Parent Workshop
Edmonds, WA
Parent Workshop
Edmonds, WA
Oct. 23
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South Seattle College
Parent Workshop
Seattle, WA
Parent Workshop
Seattle, WA
Oct. 24
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Bellingham Technical College
Parenting Education Staff Workshop
Bellingham, WA
Parenting Education Staff Workshop
Bellingham, WA
Oct. 26
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North Seattle College
Parent Workshop
Seattle, WA
Parent Workshop
Seattle, WA
Oct. 26
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North Seattle College
Teacher Workshop
Seattle, WA
Teacher Workshop
Seattle, WA
Oct. 27
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Portland, OR
Shop, Sip, & Sign
Portland, OR
Portland, OR
Oct. 28
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Beech Street Parenting
Parent Workshop
Portland, OR
Parent Workshop
Portland, OR
Nov. 4
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// 2024 & BEYOND... //
We are currently in the planning phase for next year. If you'd like for us to try to swing your way, schedule a future event or develop a custom program - please get in touch!
Parents from the Edmonds Cooperative Preschool Community in Washington get coached through bed time routine struggles in an evening workshop. Teachers from the same schools participated in an educator focused workshop just a couple of days prior.
Jen leading a workshop for White parents of 'racialized' children at a special weekend-long Mom's Against Racism (MAR) Canada family retreat on Hornby Island, British Columbia
Educators and community leaders from the surrounding Boulder County, including friends from Mapleton Montessori, participating in a special Educators workshop hosted by Tree House Learning
Parents from Hutch Kids Seattle started with a video screening before talks got intimate, real and transformative. Many preschools such as Hutch Kids have made both teacher and parent workshops available to their community.
Kelly Hampton Coaching helped us bring together a mix of soon to be parents, parents of both young and older children, as well as educators from the Edmonds, WA area - thank you Kelly!
Panelists at Culture TALKS Seattle "Weaving Stories: Re-Weaving Our Future" after an evening of sharing intimate stories on how culture has impacted our lives and how we can build upon the present for generations to come.
Many, many thanks to Iris Paradela-Hunter for helping to not only spearhead coordination of the very first Culture TALKS in Vancouver "Building Real Community: At Every Scale", but for being a dear friend and supporter of the podcast!
Jen and Kerry share a moment after some real talks. Photo taken the morning after Culture TALKS Vancouver and just before a special weekend-long MAR family retreat on Hornby Island, British Columbia.
Virtual
Zoom Launch Event (PUBLIC)
Sept. 5
Sept. 5
(completed)
Building Belonging Event
Sept. 25
Sept. 25
(completed)
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Louisville, CO
Treehouse Learning (Public)
Public Workshop
Louisville, CO
Aug. 25 @ 6p - 8p
Public Workshop
Louisville, CO
Aug. 25 @ 6p - 8p
(completed)
Treehouse Learning
Teacher Workshop
Louisville, CO
Aug. 12 @ 2-4p
Teacher Workshop
Louisville, CO
Aug. 12 @ 2-4p
(completed)
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Bay Area
International Child Resource Institute
Berkeley, CA
Aug. 7
Berkeley, CA
Aug. 7
(completed)
Grand Launch Party! (Public) Gill Tract Farm
Albany, CA
Postponed to January 2024
Albany, CA
Postponed to January 2024
Broadmoor Preschool
Oakland, CA
Sept. 12
Sept. 12
(completed)
Blue Skies for Children
Oakland, CA
Dec. 22
Oakland, CA
Dec. 22
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Vancouver, Canada
Culture TALKS: Vancouver (PUBLIC)
Panel event
Vancouver, BC
Sept. 16
Vancouver, BC
Sept. 16
(completed)
Moms Against Racism Canada
Hornby Island, BC
Sept. 23-24
Sept. 23-24
(completed)
Kinder Books (PUBLIC)
Mini-Workshop focused on tools for parents
New Westminster, BC
Mini-Workshop focused on tools for parents
New Westminster, BC
Sept. 18, 10-11:30am
Sept. 20, 6:30-8pm
Sept. 20, 6:30-8pm
(completed)
Vancouver Co-housing | Workshop (PUBLIC)
Vancouver, BC
Sept. 30, 2-4pm
Vancouver, BC
Sept. 30, 2-4pm
(completed)
Westside Montessori
Parent Workshop
Vancouver, BC
Oct. 4
Parent Workshop
Vancouver, BC
Oct. 4
(completed)
South Vancouver Family Place
Parent Workshop
Vancouver, Canada
Oct. 19
Parent Workshop
Vancouver, Canada
Oct. 19
(completed)
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Seattle, WA
Culture TALKS: Seattle
University Book Store
Panel Event (Public)
Seattle, WA
Oct. 11
University Book Store
Panel Event (Public)
Seattle, WA
Oct. 11
(completed)
Washington Association for the Education of Young Children (PUBLIC)
Seattle, WA
Oct. 13
Seattle, WA
Oct. 13
(completed)
Kelly Hampton Coaching (PUBLIC)
Workshop
Oct. 15
Workshop
Oct. 15
(completed)
Hutch Kids
Seattle, WA
Parent Workshop - Oct. 18
Teacher Workshop - Oct. 20
Seattle, WA
Parent Workshop - Oct. 18
Teacher Workshop - Oct. 20
(completed)
Edmonds College
Edmonds, WA
Instructor / Teacher Workshop - Oct. 20
Parent Workshop - Oct. 23
Edmonds, WA
Instructor / Teacher Workshop - Oct. 20
Parent Workshop - Oct. 23
(completed)
South Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Parent Workshop - Oct. 24
Seattle, WA
Parent Workshop - Oct. 24
(completed)
Bellingham Technical College
Bellingham, WA
Parenting Education Staff Workshop - Oct. 26
Bellingham, WA
Parenting Education Staff Workshop - Oct. 26
(completed)
North Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Parent Workshop - Oct. 26
Teacher Workshop - Oct. 27
Seattle, WA
Parent Workshop - Oct. 26
Teacher Workshop - Oct. 27
(completed)
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Portland, OR
Shop, Sip, & Sign
Portland, OR
Oct. 28
Portland, OR
Oct. 28
(completed)
Beech Street Parenting
Portland, OR
Nov. 4
Portland, OR
Nov. 4
(completed)
// 2024 & BEYOND... //
We are currently in the planning phase for next year. If you'd like for us to try to swing your way, schedule a future event or develop a custom program - please get in touch!
45 educators at Hutch Kids Seattle made for an extremely engaged Friday evening group. When talks got real (and vulnerable), it's clear this group can lean on each other. Many preschools such as Hutch Kids have made both teacher and parent workshops available to their community.
Educators and community leaders from the surrounding Boulder County, including friends from Mapleton Montessori, participating in a special Educators workshop hosted by Treehouse Learning
Panelists at Culture TALKS Seattle "Weaving Stories: Re-Weaving Our Future" after an evening of sharing intimate stories on how culture has impacted our lives and how we can build upon the present for generations to come.
Many, many thanks to Iris Paradela-Hunter for helping to not only spearhead coordination of the very first Culture TALKS in Vancouver "Building Real Community: At Every Scale", but for being a dear friend and supporter of the podcast!
Jen welcoming parents for a workshop at the warm & tightly knit Vancouver Co-Housing community.
Parents from South Seattle College Cooperative Preschools getting coached through real-life struggles they are experiencing with their kids, using repeatable tools & strategies from the book they can implement as soon as they get home.
Jen and Kerry share a moment after some real talks. Photo taken the morning after Culture TALKS Vancouver and just before a special weekend-long MAR family retreat on Hornby Island, British Columbia
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