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Chris White, M.D.

Chris White, M.D., is a board-certified pediatrician, parent educator, and life coach. He is the creator and director of Essential Parenting, an organization that emphasizes the psycho-emotional development of children and their parents.  Visit him online at Essential Parenting. 
Over the past 15 years, Chris has committed himself to mindfulness practice, meditation, inquiry, and many other somatic practices. He says that it’s these practices—more than any textbook—that have taught him the most about human behavior and guide him in his work in supporting people to continue growing across their lifespan.
Chris holds a certificate from New Ventures West in San Francisco as an Integral Coach. He has studied with Dr. Gordon Neufeld in Vancouver and participates in an ongoing directed-study program at The Neufeld Institute. Chris is especially interested in the “neurobiology of maturation” and is actively exploring the work coming out of the field of Interpersonal Neurobiology spearheaded by Dr. Dan Siegel.
His work has been featured in the PBS series, This Emotional Life and Pathways to Family Wellness magazine. He has lectured at Santa Clara University on topics such as “Integral Psychology,” “The Arc of Human Development,” and “Loving Discipline,” and has led and participated in men’s groups in Marin County since 2002. Chris is also a student-practitioner of the Diamond Approach.
Chris’s life has been a love affair with the process of awakening, unfolding, and authentic expression, and this has led him to becoming a parenting educator and coach. His passion for babies and children stems from their capacity for spontaneous and unapologetic authenticity. Chris has attended thousands of births, including the home birth of his two sons, and is often moved to tears at this physical expression of the dynamic unfolding of life and the power that it brings into the room. He sincerely hopes that his parenting classes and coaching work can re-awaken a tiny fraction of the astonishment and mystery of that moment.
Chris is especially blessed to live in the cozy redwoods of Woodacre, California with the love of his life, Kari, and their beautiful two boys, Kai and Bodhi.

Books

Mindful Discipline: A Loving Approach to Setting Limits and Raising an…

Chris White, M.D. May 27, 2014 0
Editor's Note: Kindred is proud to be a launch partner with our contributing writer, Chris White, MD, for the forthcoming and much-hailed book,  Mindful…
Culture

Are You Mom Enough? (Did They Get You?)

Chris White, M.D. Jun 24, 2012 0
Did they get you? Did they suck you into reactivity and polarization? Can the Time Cover Make You A Better Parent? That is their job — to get…
Conscious Parenting

Discipline – Four “Must-Ask Questions”

Chris White, M.D. Apr 12, 2012 0
What Are the Long-Term Effects of Discipline Books' Approaches? There are so many discipline books out there. Do we know the long-term…
Attachment Parenting / Bonding

Attachment is Not the Elimination of Difficult Emotions

Chris White, M.D. Mar 25, 2012 0
Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and…
Conscious Parenting

The Yin and Yang of Discipline, by Chris White, MD

Chris White, M.D. Feb 26, 2012 0
Have you ever felt confused by the seemingly contradictory advice from “parenting experts?” You are not alone. Each approach to…
Conscious Parenting

Being or Becoming?

Chris White, M.D. Jan 18, 2012 0
Being or Becoming? “The happier I have allowed myself to be, the happier my children have become.…
Conscious Parenting

Wholeness Not Perfectionism

Chris White, M.D. Jan 6, 2012 2
Wholeness Not Perfectionism “Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a…
Conscious Parenting

The Ultimate Context

Chris White, M.D. Dec 18, 2011 0
“The most important factor in the parenting equation is not what we do, but who we are to our children.” -- Gordon Neufeld…
Attachment Parenting / Bonding

Openness: Your Evolutionary Heritage

Chris White, M.D. Dec 1, 2011 0
Maturation and resistance are the two primary forces at work in the developing psyche, and the two general states that support each are love and fear…
Conscious Parenting

A Day at the Park

Chris White, M.D. Dec 1, 2011 0
A Day at the Park “How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world…
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