MINDFUL LIFE PROJECT BLACK FATHERHOOD SERIES: MARCUS MAXWELL AND THE STRENGTH OF A FATHER THROUGH DISEASE

Collaborative piece with Dear Fathers Media; Article Written by Dr. April Bee This series highlights the unique and personal narratives of three black men and their relationships with fatherhood—both as a father and son. Terrence “Tyrie” Ivory, Malcolm Jackson, and Marcus Maxwell are all committed affiliated of the Mindful Life Project (MLP). Located in Richmond, MLP empowers underserved children through mindfulness and …

MINDFUL LIFE PROJECT BLACK FATHERHOOD SERIES: MALCOLM JACKSON AND THE “POWER” IN BLACK FATHERHOOD

Collaborative piece with Dear Fathers Media; Article Written by Dr. April Bee This series highlights the unique and personal narratives of three black men and their relationships with fatherhood—both as a father and son. Terrence “Tyrie” Ivory, Malcolm Jackson, and Marcus are all committed affiliated of the Mindful Life Project (MLP). Located in Richmond, MLP empowers underserved children through mindfulness and other …

MINDFUL LIFE PROJECT BLACK FATHERHOOD SERIES: TYRIE IVORY AND “ENDING THE VICIOUS CYCLE”

Collaborative piece with Dear Fathers Media; Article Written by Dr. April Bee This series highlights the unique and personal narratives of three black men and their relationships with fatherhood—both as a father and son. Terrence “Tyrie” Ivory, Malcom Jackson, and Marcus are all committed affiliated of the Mindful Life Project (MLP). Located in Oakland, MLP empowers underserved children through mindfulness …

What should schools be more focused on: Academic learning loss or “social emotional learning loss”?

While academic learning loss is real, and something we should be trying to mitigate as much as possible, the biggest and most important focus in schools should be on “social-emotional learning loss”. We are facing what many mental health experts are expressing as the biggest mental health crisis since World War 2. The ripple effect (more like tidal waves) that …

MLP Joins Dear Fathers in Building Community Through Mindfulness

Since inception, MLP has worked with Black, Latino and other under represented communities with the mission of using mindfulness as a support tool to combat generational stress and trauma…With that being said, we at MLP are proud to announce a new partnership with Dear Fathers Media, a media platform dedicated to uplifting, educating, and telling stories of black parenthood from …

A Message from Our Director & Founder JG Larochette❤️

We at MLP are working diligently to support the mental and emotional needs of our youth, the school staffs, and the families both at our direct service partner schools in the Bay Area and our partners across the state of California and beyond. Please check out a short update from our founder and director!For information on bringing mindfulness to your …

No Neighborhood left behind: Bringing Mindfulness to Entire Communities

Here at MLP we have ,for quite a while, imagined a time when we would be able to offer mindfulness based services to whole school communities including admin, teachers, all staff, parents, and of course students. We have finally arrived at this “dream” of ours and for the first time ever, we are excited to launch our Whole Community Initiative! …