About Tracy Rich
My goal is to help parents nurture compassion through developing parenting and life skills, to help parents feel great about the amazing and challenging job of parenting, and to deepen parents' awareness of their children's unique qualities and needs. I have an optimistic, expansive view of life and parenting and listen to each individual's story with an open mind.
I am a parent educator, drawing on over thirty years of experience working with families. I am currently a Visiting Mom with the Center for Early Relationship Support/JF&CS and am also an educator, homeschool parent, and adoptive parent. In addition, I worked for ten years as a daycare provider and postpartum doula, have two daughters (ages 16 and 21) and have worked extensively with new and experienced parents helping to articulate both practical and philosophical parenting tips. I use a combination of therapeutic conversation/listening, spiritual attention, common sense, and resource development to build compassionate relationships between parent and child.
For more information about philosophy and fees, please contact me via the contact page.
I look forward to meeting you and your family!
Recently Attended Development/Education Courses
Devotional Healing, with Rabbi Shefa Gold, HebrewChant Boston, April 2011
Cultivating Friendship For Ourselves, a Meditation Retreat with Kim Weeber, April 2011
Mindfulness - The Path to Realization with Joseph Goldstein, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, December 2010
Maternal Mental Health: Infant/Parent Training Institute, Waltham, MA, Spring 2010
A View From All Sides: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Parenting Education and Family Support, 17th Annual Conference, Children's Trust Fund, November 2009
Be Peace, Be Joy, Be Hope Mindfulness Seminar, Thich Nath Hanh, Easton, MA, August 2009
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