Thank you for joining us for episode 416 of Live Happy Now.

Mother's Day is just around the corner, and whether you have one, are one, or hope to be one,

you don't want to miss today's conversation.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and this week I'm talking with Dr. Sheffali, a New York Times best-selling author

who blends Western psychology with Eastern philosophy to create a groundbreaking approach

that she calls conscious parenting. In this episode, she shares her insight on why most of what

we think about parenting is wrong and how we can all become more conscious, not just as

parents, but in all our relationships. Let's have a listen. Dr. Chafali, thank you so much for

coming on Live Happy Now. I'm so happy to be here. Thank you. I can think of no one better to have

for our Mother's Day episode because, you know, parenting is your jam.

And what I think is so interesting, you're so respected for your blend of Western psychology

and Eastern philosophy. How do you think that's given you a different kind of insight into

parenting? I think Eastern philosophy is so rich in wisdom-based technique of how to manage Western-based stresses.

And when I say Western, I just mean a westernized way of thinking, which has been so overly emphatic about competition

and striving and achievement and domination, which have gotten us great advancements,

but they create high cortisol in us. And Eastern spirituality is such an amazing antidote to create that presence,

that slowing down, coming into the inevitable impermanence of life,

reminding us that that constant striving and achievement and, you know, competition that we're putting our

children through and ourselves through is not the pathway to well-being.

And Eastern spirituality teaches us a direct pathway to well-being.

So when I talk to my clients, I understand the Western obsession with power, but then I teach them how to create an

antidote to that, to bring about greater well-being. And well-being is so important. We know that

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