Coaching practices for Nature and Movement as a Parent

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• My little one gets so wound up or so shut down that talking goes nowhere
• My kid is full of wild physical energy and I tend to shut down the wrestling and chasing because I’m afraid it’ll spin out of control
• I praise my kid constantly
• Even when I sit down to play with my kid I catch myself steering it
• I only ever speak up to my kid when something’s wrong

Practices that may help

1. Use physical movement to shift the nervous system state
   When the child is stuck in a heightened state, movement can shift the physiological baseline faster than words.
   The Whole-Brain Child (Siegel & Bryson)
2. Engage in safe rough-and-tumble play
   Wrestling, chasing, and physical silliness build the regulation capacity that calm activities cannot.
   Special Time (Lawrence Cohen — Playful Parenting)
3. Sportscast what you see rather than directing
   Narrate the play without evaluation, question, or instruction.
   Special Time (Lawrence Cohen — Playful Parenting)
4. Follow the child’s lead completely during special time
   Let the child decide what you do, how long you stay, and when you move on.
   Special Time (Lawrence Cohen — Playful Parenting)
5. Deliver active recognition of ordinary positive moments
   Narrate what the child is doing right in real time, even when it is unremarkable.
   The Nurtured Heart Approach (Howard Glasser)
6. Cultivate a "yes brain": curiosity, courage, and resilience over reactivity
   Respond to the child’s world with curiosity and openness rather than threat and control.
   The Whole-Brain Child (Siegel & Bryson)
7. Allow natural consequences to do the teaching
   Step back and let the world respond — your child learns more from being cold than from being lectured about coats.
   Natural and Logical Consequences (Rudolf Dreikurs)
8. Build mindsight by reflecting inner experience
   Describe your own inner experience in everyday conversation to build the child’s "mind-seeing" capacity.
   The Whole-Brain Child (Siegel & Bryson)
9. Use experiential recognition to highlight strengths in the moment
   Catch the child demonstrating a virtue and name the virtue directly.
   The Nurtured Heart Approach (Howard Glasser)
10. Engage the upstairs brain through curiosity and play
    Ask questions that require the child to think, imagine, or consider another perspective.
    The Whole-Brain Child (Siegel & Bryson)

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