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Toddler & Up Moms Program

Our children are wired for closeness. They need it like air. They need it like food. And so do we.

Our beloved Toddler & Up groups are back for Winter/Spring of 2025!

Tears & Tantrums: Parenting Through Connection — for moms who are new to our toddler groups!

This special 4-session series is a deep dive into parenting and community for moms of our amazing (and sometimes amazingly intense) toddlers. As a group we take on how to navigate big emotions (our children’s and our own) and we experiment with parenting tools such as Special Time and Stay Listening that help us build stronger relationships with our children, even in the hardest moments. In the safety of community with fellow parents we explore and move the stuff that can get in the way of our ability to slow down and connect with our children, set limits with warm authority, and stay connected to the best-self parents we thought we’d always be.

For those who would like, we set up phone-based listening partnerships to extend the love and support between meetings. If you did the moms group, you know the deep listening we offer each other in this group helps us build reserves for the demanding work of listening to our children.

Co-facilitated by Mary Esther Malloy, MA and Aisha Williams, PhD

• Program Components 
  • Evening Groups with Mary Esther Malloy and Aisha Williams meet from 7:30 to 9:00pm. 1 x month 
  • Optional but highly recommended:
    • Lunch hour Check-ins meet from 12:00 to 1:00. 1 x month, with M.E. and Dr. Aisha Williams
    • Listening Partners meet on your schedule 1 x week, with another mom in the program
    • One-on-One Coaching Session with facilitator
    • The Relationship Lab, Imago Couples Dialogue for Parents meets 1 x month. Optional but highly recommended, with Imago Couples Therapist Baw Wolovsky and her husband Dave Wolovsky.
    • Open access to our Lunch-hour Workshops
  • Fee: $425.
  • Registration below!

Mindful Mamas On-going Core Parenting Group – for our beloved returners! 

This winter our theme is Building Resilience through spiritual parenting. We are reading The Spiritual Child by Lisa Miller. We will explore parenting for resilience through what she calls the oldest and newest big idea in parenting. You are invited to join The Relationship Lab and of course Mothering in Color or White Parents Taking on Racism. For parents returning to our program. Looking forward to building on the years we’ve logged and relationships we’ve built!

Please note, registration is through email for this group: info@mindfulbirthny.com

• Program Components 
  • Evening Groups with Mary Esther Malloy meet from 7:15 to 9:15pm. 1 x month 
  • Optional but highly recommended:
    • Lunch hour Check-ins meet from 12:00 to 1:00. 1 x month, with M.E. and Dr. Aisha Williams
    • Listening Partners meet on your schedule 1 x week, with another mom in the program
    • One-on-One Coaching Session with Mary Esther Malloy
    • The Relationship Lab, Imago Couples Dialogue for Parents meets 1 x month. Optional but highly recommended, with Imago Couples Therapist Baw Wolovsky and her husband Dave Wolovsky.
  • Fee: $295.
  • Registration for this group is via email, not the website.  Email info@mindfulbirthny.com and we will get you registered.

More about these parenting groups

What are Listening Partnerships? We set up phone-based listening partnerships to extend the love and support between meetings. The deep listening we offer each other helps us build reserves for the demanding work of loving our kids through the ups and downs of their childhoods, setting limits, helping them with fears, and responding skillfully to our children’s big emotions.

The Relationship Lab, with Baw and Dave Wolovsky. Being parents means building a more resilient partnership. What if you could use moments of conflict to get closer to your partner and even help your relationship grow? Is this the kind of partnership you would want for your children some day? Perhaps one of the greatest gifts you can give your children is to grow up with parents who are affectionate and resilient together. Put this idea to the test in our Relationship Lab, 4 1-hour work sessions with Imago Dialogue, a communication practice with the potential to positively affect your family for years to come. Single Parents Most Welcome to the Lab! Please note that Imago Dialogue is a practice to use with any relationship. 

Yes. We are staying Live Online because it is working well for busy parents. Still as intimate as ever. Still as community-rich.

If you would like additional information about classes, or are interested in financial aid options, please email info@mindfulbirthny.com.