Programming for Families

Heart-to-Heart

Heart-to-Heart helps parents, caregivers, and educators who are called to be a healing presence in their families and communities raise thriving children.

Supporting Families

Heart-to-Heart helps parents, caregivers and educators who are called to be a healing presence in their families and communities raise thriving children. We do this by forming supportive learning communities and teaching four essential skills, based on Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication and other sources. These skills are mindfulness, empathy, decision-making, and conflict transformation: Mindfulness, Empathy, Decision-Making, and Conflict Resolution​ (MEDC).

Classes, Workshops, and Retreats

Our transformative education supports parents, caregivers and educators in becoming peace leaders in their homes, in their communities, and in our world and in raising future generations of children with connection, compassion, resilience
and peace.

  1. Heart-to-Heart Parenting Introduction
  2. Heart-to-Heart Parenting Essentials – our 7-session series
  3. Ongoing Heart-to-Heart Empathy Circles for mutual support
  4. Materials and resources for you and your children

Interested in learning more about Heart-to-Heart Families or bringing it to your school, faith community or organization? Email h2hfamilies@heart2heartinc.org.

Heart-to-Heart Families is an emerging project sparked by the creativity and vision of Chris Hartstein, co-author of the children’s book An Inside Story.  Chris is a Heart-to-Heart learner and graduate of Heart-to-Heart’s Yes to Life program.