The Joy Blueprint: A Journey to a Happier, Healthier You
Joy isn’t something we wait for—it’s something we can learn to cultivate, practice, and embody. The Joy Blueprint is an 8-week guided journey led by Dr. Arayeh Norouzi, designed to help you move out of stress, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm and into a more joyful, grounded, and empowered way of living. This live, interactive Zoom […]
Joy by the Sea: A Joyful Living Morning Routine with Dr. Arayeh
If you’ve been craving space to breathe, move, and reconnect—with yourself and with joy—Joy by the Sea is an invitation to begin again, gently and beautifully.
Many Faces of the Ego
Eight years ago, my coach introduced Dr. Shefali (the founder of conscious parenting and Oprah’s favorite parenting expert) to me. I Googled her name, watched her TED Talk, fell in love, and have been her avid student since. Without her teachings, I couldn’t have tapped into my limitless essence and wouldn’t have known my soul’s […]
How Do We Create Our Worldview?
We receive the equivalent of 34 gigabytes of information every day but how does our brain handle so much information? It’s clear that this is a humungous amount of data, especially if it piles up on a daily basis. That’s why RAS or the Reticular Activating System of our brain acts as a gatekeeper to […]
Intro to Conscious Parenting
Unlike all traditional parenting styles, conscious parenting sees beyond the behavior. In various forms of parenting methods such as because-I-said-so parenting or behavioristic parenting, children are coerced and manipulated through punishment and reward to adopt or avoid certain behavior so that parents can feel comfortable and good about themselves. In conscious parenting, however, the parent […]
Ten Conscious Parenting Tips to Thrive in the Digital Age
Mom… one more minute, please, please, please! If you are a parent of a child younger than 18 years old (maybe even older), there is a high probability that you have heard this plea or something similar in the past several years. Let us be honest; we have all been caught off-guard with the advent […]
Weathering the parenting storm
I have always envied parents who homeschooled. I believed this was a noble endeavor and wished I was brave enough to do it too. Nonetheless, I knew my perfectionist tendencies will not only be an obstacle to effectively teach my kids but most probably will also murky our parent-child relationship. And….. now I am forced […]
FREE Mindfulness Zoom Masterclass
I hope you and your family are keeping safe and healthy during these troubled times. I recently received a copy of my Ph.D. dissertation. The topic is Employee One-Minute Mindful Breathing Microbreaks for Present-Moment Attention, Recovery, and Well-Being. I chose this topic since I yearned to scientifically offer everyone a chance to savor the splendor of […]
The golden key to unlock cooperation
I usually get asked if I have a golden formula to gain cooperation from kids without yelling and repeating the request for a handful of times. Surprisingly, I have the formula… the golden key… the alchemic catalyst… Drum roll, please… CONNECTION Connection or relatedness is the need to interact, be connected to, and experience caring […]
Conscious Living during the Holidays
Did you know Christmas is a $465 billion industry in the United States every year? You see, we need up to $265 billion per year to end world hunger. In my family, I take a step every day to teach my kids to be less conforming to what society and TV commercials feed us and be […]
Sibling Rivalry
The topic of sibling rivalry is very near and dear to my heart since my entire awakening journey started with this. My daughter, who was two years old, grew extremely jealous of my son shortly after he was born. I had no idea how to deal with her frustration, and I ended up reacting to […]
Two of my favorite tools to dismantle the fight-or-flight system
Conscious parenting is a paradigm shift, but it does not concern only our children. It is a way of living. Why do I say that? Because embodying conscious parenting principles includes two grand steps: Knowledgebase. “Misbehavior” is just a tip of a humongous iceberg of heaps of unmet basic psychological needs. All triggers with our children […]
Boundaries and consequences
Is conscious parenting permissive parenting? The answer is NO. Although conscious parenting’s primary tool to gain cooperation is CONNECTION as opposed to FEAR (as in traditional and behavioristic parenting), boundaries are considered sacred in this style of parenting. Having said this, it is essential to know that boundaries need to be actually set within us. […]
Handling Tantrums
“It’s ok. You don’t need to cry!”“I told you this will happen!”“She didn’t mean to hit you!”“I’m so disappointed in your choices!” These are some of the statements we tell our kids with good intentions in the midst of their meltdowns. What if I told you that you would not need to say a word […]
After-school: Time to connect and not to probe
[mc4wp_form id=”3383″] “How was your day?”“How was the test?”“How much homework do you have?” These are some of the questions we ask our kids right after they come back from school believing we are doing what we must do to be a caring parent. What if I tell you we do this only for ourselves? […]
Number one reason for negative thoughts, emotions, and behaviors
What if you knew the main underlying reason for most negative thoughts, behaviors, and emotions? Knowing this, would you not be empowered to change your life and the life of your loved ones for the better? In my practice and personal experiences, I have seen over and over again that lack of CONNECTEDNESS or feelings […]
Joy is our birthright. Claim it!
Several months ago, I witnessed a beautiful person take his life. We all witnessed a successful, wealthy, well-known woman do the same a couple of weeks ago. And right after, another famous and seemingly purposeful man did the same. We all see that this phenomenon transcends gender and possessing family, money, fame, and even clear […]
Love over fear
The parents of my children’s school district have all been informed of a series of written threats of a mass shooting in the high school of our district for today. I will be taking my kids (in the elementary school) to school with uneasy and sad feelings. I have even thought of keeping them at […]
EVOLVE: The Conscious Way Summit
I am eternally grateful to have been part of the advent of a blissful movement “#EVOLVE: The Conscious Way Summit 2015”. Dr. Shefali Tsabary is the forerunner in conscious parenting, and in my opinion, her book “The Conscious Parent” is even a more essential read than “What to Expect When You Are Expecting”! Here is […]
3 Steps to Take to Become a Conscious Parent
1. Understand that Parenting Is Really About the Parents, Not the Kids Until I truly learned I need to take responsibility for my own mental programs as well as the programs I have carved in my children’s minds since birth, I was not successful to curb my reactivity, perfectionism, feeling of control and fear of judgement. […]