Join Kristen Caven and Steve Zolno (with Louise Hart) tomorrow in a conversation about parenting leadership styles.

Americans are learning a very difficult lesson right now, and ready to better understand the dynamics that have brought us to war with one another. Destruction is something families experience often in this country—when people get hurt, can’t agree, and treat each other disrespectfully. When we see politicians using power tactics that echo their upbringings, we need to remember that parents hold the key to teach and practice prevention and peace-building skills alike.

In their parenting classic, The Winning Family: Where No One Has to Lose, Authors Kristen Caven and Louise Hart teach some key principles of positive parenting that are also true on the macro level:
👉 When needs are met, fewer problems arise
👉 Peace is a process, and
👉 What you focus on expands

In their book and classes, this mother-daughter team teaches the principles of positive parenting, which helped influence the field of Positive Psychology, the core principle of which is: expanding positive emotion expands wellness, resources and opportunities.

The Winning Family was originally published in 1987, and brought community psychologist Dr. Louise Hart to international audiences to teach harm prevention through building self-esteem in families. Louise is an elder now, and her daughter and co-author Kristen Caven has revised her book for the next generation. This month it became available as an audiobook, and her class for parents is forthcoming at www.upliftprograms.com

Caven, who attended St. Johns College and graduated from Mills College with a degree in Myth and the Western Mind, will be in conversation with Steve Zolno, a social sciences graduate of Shimer College who holds an M.A. in Educational Psychology and works as a Management and Educational Consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area. Zolno is the author of eight books including The Future of Democracy, and has been leading groups about democracy for twenty years. Explore his work on building a good society at thefutureofdemocracy.net.

Register today – event is free
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“Steve Zolno has served up some nutritious food for thought with The Future of Democracy. His wide-angle look at democracy’s past and present in countries all over the world helps us tease out what democracy really means now and for the future. People who sense that the political discourse is “off” or that we have lost connection with our guiding principles should read this book—and they should read it together.” —Kristen Caven, co-author of The Bullying Antidote

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Sometimes we get requests from people who love the book and want to gift a signed copy to friends, new or struggling parents, or family members. Since we’re authors and publishers, and NOT a bookstore, this is not as easy as one might think!

Here are three ways to get a signed copy.

1. Invite us to come and speak where you are; we’ll bring books to sell!
2. Send a self-addressed envelope and we’ll send back a signed sticker you can put in a book you’ve ordered online. (Write us at upliftpress “at” gmail for the address!)
3. Request one from us here! Using our donation link, send the title and a message how you want it inscribed, and the cover price + $15 to cover our costs.
4. Order a digitally-signed ebook of The Winning Family for just $5 at this link!

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