Susan Stiffelman > Quotes

“our ability to live joyful and successful lives depends on our ability to adapt.”
― Susan Stiffelman, Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm, and Connected

“WHEN OUR CHILDREN PERCEIVE US AS STEADY AND CALM—REGARDLESS OF THEIR MOODS OR BEHAVIOR—THEY CAN RELAX, KNOWING THEY CAN RELY ON US TO GET THEM THROUGH THE CHALLENGING MOMENTS OF THEIR LIVES.”
― Susan Stiffelman, Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm, and Connected

“The trick isn’t making unpleasant experiences go away; it is making peace with them.”
― Susan Stiffelman , Parenting with Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids

“He who is most attached to a particular outcome has the least amount of power.”
― Susan Stiffelman, Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm, and Connected

“The journey is the destination, even when we aspire to great heights. We are meant to not only reach for the stars, but to enjoy the ride.”
― Susan Stiffelman

“True happiness is quiet and deep. It is a state we settle into that infuses the moments of our life — ordinary and extraordinary alike — with deep joy.”
― Susan Stiffelman, Parenting with Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids

“As frustrating as it is when our child doesn’t match up to who we would like him to be, we don’t lose our cool because he is annoying or uncooperative. We lose it because we think he shouldn’t be annoying or uncooperative.”
― Susan Stiffelman, Parenting with Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids

“thoughts as drugs.”
― Susan Stiffelman, Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm, and Connected

“One of the greatest gifts you can give yourself is allowing yourself to move through life without taking other people’s behaviour personally.”
― Susan Stiffelman, Parenting with Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids