How to Teach Your Kids About Spirituality
Savvy Psychologist welcomes special guest Dr. Lisa Miller, author of the fascinating new book The Spiritual Child, to discuss the importance of fostering spirituality in your child’s life. Read the full transcript here: https://bit.ly/1GX79YB
Ellen Hendriksen, PhD
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How to Teach Your Kids About Spirituality
This week on the Savvy Psychologist, I’m delighted to welcome my first-ever guest, Dr. Lisa Miller!
And what a first guest to snag! Dr. Miller is a professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University, Teachers College, and the director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute. Next month, she’ll release a fantastic new book called The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving.
As a researcher, Dr. Miller has accomplished the feat of studying something rather indefinable and making it not only understandable, but ready for action. So today we’re in for a treat. We’ll ask Dr. Miller 6 questions about encouraging and supporting spirituality in our kids.
Click the PLAY button in the upper right hand corner to listen to the interview or download the episode from iTunes to learn:
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What does it mean to be a spiritual person? How is it different from being religious?
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Why is it important for kids to be spiritual?
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How to instill spirituality in your children (even if you’re not particularly spiritual yourself)?
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What are “ceiling ethics” and why they are useful in parenting?
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Why is it important for a child to experience membership in a larger social community?
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The results of a surprising 1997 study on mothers and children and depression.
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And much, much more!
Be sure to listen to the interview with Dr. Miller and then pick up your own copy of The Spiritual Child today!
How do you instill spirituality into your children? Do you think it’s important in today’s increasingly secular world? Share your thoughts with us in the Comments section below or on the Savvy Psychologist Facebook page.
About the Author
Dr. Ellen Hendriksen was the host of the Savvy Psychologist podcast from 2014 to 2019. She is a clinical psychologist at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD). She earned her Ph.D. at UCLA and completed her training at Harvard Medical School. Her scientifically-based, zero-judgment approach is regularly featured in Psychology Today, Scientific American, The Huffington Post, and many other media outlets. Her debut book, HOW TO BE YOURSELF: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety, was published in March 2018.