GROWING UP RESILIENT
A 20+ hour hybrid live and pre-recorded course created by
Harvard psychologist Dr. Christopher Willard
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LEARN MORESupporting the next generation with wisdom, compassion, and science
Children and young people today are growing up in a world that moves faster, feels louder, and asks more of them than ever before.
Many of us who care for and guide young people—whether as parents, educators, therapists, mentors, or youth professionals—feel a deep responsibility to help them grow into compassionate, resilient, and mindful adults.
But how do we actually teach these qualities in a real and lasting way?Â
How do we help young people develop awareness, kindness, emotional resilience, and ethical values in a world that often pulls them in the opposite direction?
Growing Up Resilient is a transformational program that explores how we can guide the next generation using the powerful intersection of Buddhist wisdom and contemporary neuroscience.
This course is not about adding more techniques to your toolbox.
It’s about embodying the qualities we want young people to develop—and learning how to nurture them in the relationships we share with them.Â
Join an award-winning author, psychologist, Harvard Medical School faculty, and father, Dr. Christopher Willard in this ten-week interactive course!Â
Over the course of our time together, we will explore parenting and caregiving at the intersections of the Buddhist wisdom and contemporary neuroscience, to raise a generation of adults with Buddhist Values that are more relevant than ever to the 21st century.
Course begins April 27 at 6pm ESTÂ
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COURSE STRUCTURE
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Each week focuses on a new topic, delivered through 4–5 short videos to watch at your convenience.
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Join live session with Dr. Chris Willard to explore key themes, ask questions, reflect, and deepen your practice and skills.
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Live sessions are held on Mondays at 6:00 PM EST via Zoom and are recorded to watch or watch again.
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Participants who complete the course will receive a certificate from Dr. Chris Willard attesting to their knowledge and attendance.
In Growing Up Resilient you'll explore:
How timeless contemplative wisdom aligns with modern neuroscience.
 How our own awareness shapes the environments young people grow in
 How to cultivate compassion, resilience, and emotional intelligence in children and teens
 How to clarify and live the values we hope to pass on to the next generationÂ
Join now, save $200
$590Â
Early bird price $390
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Growing Up Resilient is a practice based course integrating the latest neuroscience with ancient wisdom over the course of 10 classes and topics. Covering generosity, wisdom, ethics, perseverence, equanimity, kindness and so much more.
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Explore a different topic from Buddhist values, with the contemporary neuroscience, along with action points to bring your practice “off the cushion.” These include:
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The Power of GenerosityÂ
Cultivating a generous heart in our families and communities, from generosity of sharing the privilege we have, to a boundaried generosity of wisdom, kindness and spirit.
Spiritual Ethics for the 21st CenturyÂ
What can spirituality and science tell us about sex, drugs and rock and roll? A lot it turns out, especially as we take stock the values we grew up with, and the ones we want to shed and add going forward.
SimplicityÂ
The Koan of Less is More : How sorting our material consumption, emotional baggage, and our environmental footprint all cultivate harmony and wise consumption in a consumer society. What’s more, we can put an end to the worship of “busy-ness” that plagues so many families in the modern world.
WisdomÂ
What Wisdom is in the Beginner’s Mind? Can we build ourselves a better brain? Cultivating wise and compassionate perspectives on our experiences can help us and our children thrive.Â
EnergyÂ
How can we cultivate greater independence and interdependence in our kids and communities? How can we avoid over or underparenting and find a middle path to support emotional and spiritual growth at all ages.
PatienceÂ
In a time of instant gratification, how can our families learn to slow down, manage our impulses. What were great spiritual leaders, Moses, Buddha, Mohammed and others able to do to delay gratification that we could share with our own children and teens?
Honesty and IntegrityÂ
Young people face more temptations that ever to wander from a path of integrity. How can we find and live in integrity according to our deepest values in a culture that pushes adults and young people to take ethical shortcuts?
PersistenceÂ
The Science and Spirit of  Growth Mindset. What are the conditions under which adults and children alike keep moving toward goals that matter, and don’t give up in the face of an overwhelmingly challenging and complex world?
CompassionÂ
Karma and The Kindness Contagion. Perhaps less than a mindful world, what we need is a compassionate world. What do both science and traditional spirituality have to teach us about cultivating compassion, and the benefits of doing so?
 EquanimityÂ
Finding Balance in a Broken World
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If we’re only as happy as least happy child, how do we roll with the 10,000 sorrows and joys of caregiving? How and when do we let go?Â
What Makes This Program Unique
Growing Resilient goes deeper.Â
Buddhist wisdom traditions with contemporary neuroscience, participants gain both ancient insight and modern scientific understanding of how these qualities develop.
- Compassion
- Awareness
- Emotional resilience
- Ethical values
- Mindfulness
- Care for others
A Transformational Learning Experience
Join Dr. Chris Willard and a community of people committed to supporting young people with greater awareness, compassion, and wisdom.
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Growing Up Resilient is a practice based course integrating the latest neuroscience with ancient wisdom over the course of 10 classes and topics. Covering generosity, wisdom, ethics, perseverence, equanimity, kindness and so much more.
Course begins April 27 at 6pm ESTÂ
