Strong Parenting, Even in Uncertain Times

On-Demand Class · Parent Wellness

Practical tools to enbrance your inner strength and RISE during uncertain and turbulent times. Simple tools you can practice with your children to support their growth and development along side you.

Class Description

Please join me for this short course to discover how to honor yourself, select your mindset, and craft an outlook for a more fulfilling and joy-filled life. This session will give you practical tools for you to RISE – Recognize your worth, Inventory your strengths, Select your lens, and Enjoy sharing your gifts. Drawing from the research of Robert Emmons, Barbara Fredrickson, Sonja Lyubomirsky, and others, you will learn strategies based on radical self-compassion and self-care that you can apply in your daily life to facilitate a change in your mindset and improve any aspect of your life.

Class Materials

Please join me with an open mind and an open heart.

Your Instructor

Patty DeVries

Patty DeVries, MS Patty graduated from Stanford in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology after receiving a full-athletic scholarship. While at Stanford, she was a nine-time NCAA All-American in shot put and discus, won the 1989 women’s Olympic-style weightlifting championships in her weight class and competed at the 1988 Olympic Trials in the discus. In 1995, she founded TimeOut Services, which by 2008, earned $5 million in yearly revenue and employed over 100 team members. Patty and her team were instrumental in designing the original wellness programs for Google, Cisco, Yahoo!, Safeway and KLA-Tencor. In 2009, Patty sold TimeOut’s corporate wellness division and trademarked Community BootCamp program to Plus One of New York (now part of Optum). Patty's awards include: The key to the City of Grand Fork, North Dakota, Business Journal’s Top Women in Business, the Top 50 Influential Women of Silicon Valley and a Wellness Council of America (WELCOA) Top 100 wellness professionals. After 10 years working with the faculty and staff at Stanford University, Patty and her husband have created Living Well USA. www.livingwellusa.com

Degrees and Certifications

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Stanford University Masters degree in Health Promotion Management from Nebraska Methodist College G.R.A.C.E. Compassion Training from Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico BJ Fogg Behavior Change BootCamp

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