We’ve all been there – but how do you deal with it? There are no mistakes in the things that tug at our heartstrings, with Julie recently confronted by an interaction at a shopping centre that reaffirmed her values; and her account of it on social media certainly got people talking. In this episode we… Continue reading NTM 224: The screaming toddler in the shopping centre
It began with an email about “have my kids learnt what they need to, to survive the big bad world?”…which with all our intentions to answer, plugged us into our own stories; Jules having rising feelings of anger towards her younger self for the internal conflict derived from the crossroads of ‘conscious parenting’ and ‘forcing… Continue reading NTM 217: Social Situations and Conscious Parenting
And what is ‘conscious parenting’ for us, anyway? Having both experienced that sense of ‘losing ourselves’ in early motherhood, in this episode we explore what boundaries look like while still being whole-heartedly committed to parenting from a place of awareness and connection. Relevant links: Nourishing the Mother http://www.nourishingthemother.com.au Suburban Sandcastles – Bridget http://www.suburbansandcastles.com The Pleasure… Continue reading NTM 216: How do I use boundaries and still parent consciously?
The parent-child dynamic is one of the most profound cornerstones of our vision of Aligned Parenting; to be able to parent from a place of recognition – what is them and what is us? What is happening below the surface behaviour? Why is it here? What is it healing? What is it seeking to empower? … Continue reading NTM 170: When we’re coaching our children, we’re coaching ourselves