About Molly Wingate

Molly Wingate is an author, freelance writer, writing coach, and parenting expert. Molly is also a long time Quaker and currently is the rising clerk of the Inter Mountain Yearly Meeting. Molly taught high school and college students for 22 years and has several academic publications from her “previous life.” In 2001, she started Wingate Consulting as a way to write and help writers while being home more for her two sons. In 2012, she published Slow Parenting Teens, which is co-written with Marti Woodward. Her articles about parenting have appeared in the Quaker journal Western Friend and on the website Contemplative Journal. The book is available through Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Norlights Press. You can find out more about Molly at www.wingate-consulting.com and at www.slowparentingteens.com.

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No Politics on Our Bumper, Please: a Teenager’s...

As a parent, I want my kids to form their own views... read more

Query: How Do You Accept Someone Who REALLY...

Learning to accept even the person who really bugs you is enough... read more

Las Vegas Mass Shooting Begs the Question: Time...

Instead of taking away the kinds of guns I grew up with,... read more

Query: How Do You Shift Your Perspective toward...

Turning yourself into a positive person doesn't happen easily. Here are some... read more

Listening for Divine Guidance -- now that you...

“Luck favors the better player” applies to listening for guidance. If you... read more

Query: Is It Possible to Hear Divine Guidance?...

Can anyone really receive Divine Guidance? What does it sound like? Quakers... read more

What NOW? Dealing with Extreme Overload

How do you effectively support loved ones in the face of unpredictable... read more

Quaker Query: How Do We Honor the Opinions...

Good queries guide our searches and direct our thinking; they don't have... read more

Are Pacifists Cowards? Does Nonviolence Mean No One...

I participated in a meeting of local activists and wrongly assumed they... read more

Query Tuesday: How Does Your Service Reveal Your...

Quakers ask questions, or queries, as a way of directing their thinking... read more

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