FREE LIVE TRAINING WITH DR. CHRISTOPHER WILLARD
Making Mindfulness
Stick
w/ Kids & Teens
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Discover how to get real buy-in from skeptical, resistant, distracted, or dysregulated kids — without sounding like a meditation app, forcing stillness, or wondering if you're doing it wrong.
For therapists, teachers, school counselors, clinicians, coaches, and helping professionals who work with children or teens.
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FREE TRAINING: Bring your hardest "they won't buy in" scenario - we'll work through what actually helps
 IS THIS FREE TRAINING FOR YOU?
Yes - especially if you know mindfulness can help... but making it work with real kids feels harder than it should.
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Kids roll their eyes.
You mention mindfulness and the room deflates. Arms fold. One kid sighs. You wonder if you've already lost them.
You freeze when leading.
Your voice gets too formal. Your mind goes blank. You can feel the kids feeling your uncertainty.Â
You want confidence.
You want to stop forcing scripts that fall flat and start meeting the moment an to the kiddos in front of you without stubling or feeling awkward.
You aren't doing it wrong. Most mindfulness training teaches adults how to practice. It doesn't teach practitioners how to make mindfulness land with real children and teens.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
In this free training, Chris will show you the practical shifts that change what happens in the room.
1. The buy-in reframe
Why kids don't "hate mindfulness" - and how to present it through movement, imagination, play, challenge, and story.
2. The confidence shift
How to lead practices without feeling awkward, over-formal, or like you're performing "mindfulness face."
3. The safety framework
How to keep choice, consent, comfort, trauma-sensitivity, and real-world responsiveness at the center.
Nina, Middle School Educator
"When I stopped forcing mindfulness, I found I and the kids could relax into it and start to enjoy. My anxiety went down and so did theirs. I got incredible tips from Chris in his workshops."
THIS IS NOT ANOTHER ABSTRACT MINDFULNESS TALK
You'll leave with practical language and tools you can use immediately.
* What to do when kids won't sit still
* How to make mindfulness relevant to teens
* How to adapt practice for different ages, settings, and nervous systems
* How to frame groups so people actually want to come
* How to lead with your own authentic voice
LEARN FROM A TRUSTED LEADER IN THE FIELD
Dr. Christopher Willard has taught mindfulness, mental health, and emotional intelligence around the world.
Chris is a clinical psychologist, author, consultant, and faculty member at Harvard Medical School. His books and teachings have been praised by leaders including Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Deb Dana, Susan Greenland, Yung Pueblo and many more!
YOUR HOST
Meet Dr. Chris Willard
Dr. Christopher Willard, (Psy. D.) is a clinical psychologist, author, father consultant and an award winning faculty at Harvard Medical School. He has spoken in forty-three countries, and has presented at two TEDx events. He is the author of twenty books, including Alphabreaths, Growing Up Mindful, Feelings are Like Farts, and College Mental Health. His thoughts on mental health have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, mindful.org, cnn.com, and elsewhere.
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REPLAY
Bring your hardest real-world scenario - the resistant teen, the fidgety group, the anxious child, bring your toughest case and we'll workshop it live!
WHAT THIS LEADS INTO
Want to go deeper after the free training?
This free webinar is also the best introduction to Chris's Growing Up Mindful Summer Intensive - a live 20-hour online certification for practitioners who want the confidence, tools, and support to teach mindfulness to kids and teens in real-world settings.
Intensive Dates:Â July 20-24Â 10am-2pm EST
Early Bird: $590 through July 14 at midnight EST • $690 after
