Using Mindfulness to Help Your Kids and Yourself with Traci Mausolf
Release Date: 08/21/2023
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info_outlineToday on the Dads with Daughters Podcast, we bring you mother and mindfulness coach Traci Mausolf of Thrive With Mindfulness. We talk about mindfulness and how this can help, not only your kids, but you, in being a better parent!
Traci Mausolf is a southern California native who moved to Europe in 2001. She is a credentialed teacher and certified mindfulness coach for parents and all professionals who serve children.
Traci believes that mindfulness helps people to feel more connected, and that’s why she coaches parents and professionals who work with children in establishing and sustaining their mindfulness practices.
When she’s not coaching, she likes to spend time in nature, especially the beach, gardening, and working on creative projects. She travels between Europe and California regularly to spend time with family.
She is a wife, mom of a teenager, and she has a dog named Quesadilla (named by her son when he was 5 - we call him KC for short) who is a mix between a terrier and a poodle. She and her family have shortened that to ‘toodle’.
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