Serving Marin County & Beyond
Grateful Dads Cohort 1 in Larkspur is LIVE -
Join us for Cohort 2 in March!
Big gratitude to our Cohort 1 Grateful Dads in Larkspur for saying yes, showing up, enjoying music & pizza, and together, leaning into the work of growing as dads, partners, and men. Come Listen to the Music Play!
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Join us for:
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3 In-person pizza meetups @the Legion
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Expert insights from a veteran special educator & parent coach
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PDF workbook & materials
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30-minute private coaching session (value $125)
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A cool space for men to Listen to the Music Play, together.
Open to the first 10 dads.
Investment $479.
SPECIAL INVITE:
For all local families enrolled in PAUSE People Cohort 4 dads
are welcome to join Grateful Dads FREE
Grateful Dads is a PAUSE People Production
We have 3 spaces left in Cohort 4, starting 1/29.
Enroll now for $660 and joing Grateful Dads FREE
Grateful Dads Cohort 2 Program Details:
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Dates: 3 Monday evenings - March 16, 23, 30
Time: 7:00 - 8:30PM
Who: Fathers of up to age 12 or 13
Where: American Legion, Larkspur CA (the door is on the right side, in the rear)
Investment: $479
Why Grateful Dads? There is a road, no simple highway.
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Why This Matters:
With neurodivergence comes exceptional strengths and unique challenges. The PAUSE People System helps parents understand their own patterns of reactivity and supports kids in developing essential executive function skills. By modeling calm and intentional responses, we can leave a lasting legacy of self-regulation for future generations.
What Dads Gain:
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A Grateful Dead–inspired group for dads navigating ADHD-related challenges with kids, partners, and themselves; finding rhythm, humor, research-based tools, and connection in the chaos
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Strategies to stay intentional, present, and grounded amid daily demands
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A small, steady community for learning together, practicing new skills and mindsets, and drawing support from music, humor, and shared experience
Self-Care Focus:
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Spot personal stress patterns and master simple PAUSE tools to reset before reacting
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Normalize the emotional load of fatherhood with practical tools to pivot from autopilot towards better outcomes & Ripples
Family Impact:
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Build ADHD-informed skills for smoother daily life: clearer routines, reliable follow-through, and collaborative problem-solving & co-regulation with kids and partners
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Prioritize connection over correction to repair conflicts faster and strengthen trust
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Model self-regulation and self-compassion, showing kids how to mess up, reset, repair, and try again. (AKA showing up as your best self.)
Bonus After the Series:
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1:1 Laser Coaching: a 30-minute personalized session to troubleshoot real situations, ask tough questions, and lock in 1-2 actionable commitments
PAUSE People Workbook PDF:
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Fill-in-the-blanks guide with key takeaways, reflection prompts, routine maps, "hot spot" trackers, and home experiments for ongoing growth
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Hosted by Dan Leibowitz, M.Ed., M.Sp.Ed., C.E.T.
Insights from a veteran special education consultant and father of two teen boys.
PAUSE-PEOPLE co-creator, 30-year educator.
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Why Grateful Dads?
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Inspired by the Grateful Dead’s 1980 Mill Valley acoustic set that spread joy for kids and families facing muscular dystrophy, Grateful Dads brings together local Marin fathers of neurodiverse kids (ages 6–13) in a dad-centered space, right where it all happened.
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Understanding neurodivergence reshapes how your whole family functions. And this one’s for dads: a place to gather, build community, gain insight, and get practical, expert coaching for families with ADHD. Together. Dads. Another Marin County first.
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​Once in a while you get shown the light
in the strangest of places if you look at it right.​​​
​​​​Mill Valley Community Center, 12/6/80 setlist:
Dire Wolf • On The Road Again • I’ve Been All Around This World • Monkey And The Engineer • Jack A Roe • Cassidy • Bird Song • Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie • Ripple
November 2025 Cohort 3 Parents Say: ​
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"I love the ease and balance that I feel rippling through our home. I love that my boys are proud of me and that they feel a difference."
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"This will provide you with tools to implement immediately, and connect you with a mindset that will help you to feel confident, after maybe you felt like you lost hope."
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"I loved how practical it all was for specific situations, it has definitely helped improve our family dynamic."
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"I would say it really helps me understand my son in a different way and empowers me as a parent to help him in ways where I previously felt more helpless."
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"The power of choice... the choice to PAUSE, was so present and powerful through the whole cohort experience. This was the most helpful reminder to me, that I can slow down."