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Pia Dögl

CEO & Founder, San Francisco.

Pia Dögl, mom, parent coach, author, international keynote speaker, CEO & founder of Beginning Well® Everyday, originally from Germany, has dedicated her work to fostering the precious potential of children and the well-being of the whole family. Pia founded Beginning Well, a non-profit organization that supports compassionate care of children in their most formative development years up to age three, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner and the practice of Dr. Emmi Pikler. She also co-founded and managed the Emmi-Pikler-House, a temporary home for neglected babies and toddlers, in Berlin. Pia now works internationally with families, caregivers, & other groups on self-awareness, self-compassion & and unfolding each person’s unique potential.

More about her services can be found here:
Parent Coaching
Mom’s Self Care Circle
Lectures

ContributorGuest SpeakerPia Doegl
and how it has influenced my work

The beauty of Waldorf Education is that each child is recognized as an individual. As a former Waldorf student, I am convinced that we all come here for a particular reason and with unique potential. My search for what’s meaningful in my life brought me to my heart’s desire, which is to foster the precious potential of children and the peaceful well-being of the whole family.
Waldorf education helped me to deeply understand our daughter’s needs and behavior, to trust her will to learn, her capacity for self-initiated movement, and her endless creative potential to change this world for the better. What I also learned is to practice education as self-education. This is my daily challenge and opportunity at the same time. For  more about Waldorf Education, please click here …

and how it has influenced my work

The Pikler approach fundamentally changed how I think about babies. I became aware that even my newborn totally senses when I respect her, when I am empathetic with her – even when I have no idea of how I can help her, for example, when she is crying. My presence, my dedication and willingness to feel with her without distracting her from her feelings or trying to make her stop crying makes her feel seen and appreciated for who she is.
Before I learned about this approach, how often did I, for example, pick up my daughter or dress her without telling her what I intended to do or without observing her physical reactions? How different do I feel, for example, when I’m worried and insecure about a visit to the doctor if I feel totally seen, empathetically and gently touched by my caregiver? Babies and toddlers experience the same thing! For more about the Pikler approach, please click here …

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