Aware Parenting Support
Would you like to:
Enjoy more presence, connection and joy in your parenting journey?
Feel a sense of ease and fulfilment when you spend time with your children?
Be seen and held as you move through the challenges of raising children?
You can learn about my journey to becoming an Aware Parenting Instructor on the Aware Parenting Podcast with Marion Rose. The link to the episode is here.
Aware Parenting is an intuitive and beautiful approach to parenting that focuses on three core tenets.
These are:
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Attachment style parenting
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Non-punitive discipline
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Healing from stress and trauma
Aware Parenting is based on the work of Aletha Solter, Ph.D., a Swiss American developmental psychologist, that invites parents to focus on presence, connection and curiosity with their children. The Aware Parenting approach is supported by research in the fields of attachment, child development, neurobiology, trauma, psychotherapy, and education.
This approach encourages parents to attune to the physical and emotional needs of their children, in order to respond to different behaviours that are emerging. It is a democractic approach to parenting, that seeks to move away from the idea of children "misbehaving", and instead recognise that a child's natural state is one of cooperation, connection and care. When children are out of balance, and displaying behaviours that we may find challenging, it is telling us that there may be some painful feelings underneath. Through attachment play and holding space for children's feelings, children can continue to feel connected to their parents and be able to move through the painful feelings that they may be experiencing.
This session can happen during pregnancy (or pre-conception) if you are planning to incorporate Aware Parenting during pregnancy or from birth. Breastfeeding support with an Aware Parenting lens can also be offered.
Packages are available if there are ongoing topics you would like to focus on.
What to expect in a session
This session is one-on-one transformative parenting support that is rooted in the principles of Aware Parenting. I will offer you empathic and loving listening that invites you to reflect on how to best care for yourself and your family. This session will focus on practical and deep ways to invite connection, presence and joy into your parenting journey, amidst the daily challenges. A one off session can feel so good, and a series of sessions can feel even better!
After booking this session, I will send you a questionnaire to learn about how I can best support your precious needs during our time together. This will guide the session, so we can make the best use of our time and focus on YOU. Partners and support people are welcome and encouraged to join all of the sessions.
Kind Words
“"The biggest shift as a result of our session has been weaving my sense of trust into the process of learning about and better understanding my baby’s cues. This has included trusting that the process - the desire to connect with my baby and understand his experience of the world." Kelly
Packages are a wonderful way to zoom in on something that is coming up with you. It offers depth and the safety of continuity of support. You do not need to retell your story, as we have already built a relationship. There is more opportunity to explore the layers that are there, at a pace that feels good for you. It is also more economical, as the more sessions you purchase, the more affordable the individual sessions will be.
3 session packages $580 (save $50)
5 session packages $910 (save $140)
10 session packages $1750 (save $350)
Kind Words
"Thankyou again for such a wonderful session.
I have felt called to trust myself more since, and to trust my daughter, even to just trust the flow of life and feel less need to control outcomes, LOTS of trust.” Sarah
My Journey with Aware Parenting
I first came across the book The Aware Baby in 2010. It wasn't until I birthed my first child in hat I started to explore different parenting approaches to see what would be a good fit for me. In 2020 I was parenting a toddler who had a lot of aggression, and I revisited Aware Parenting thanks to the Aware Parenting podcast with Marion Rose. It was such an AHA moment to realise that I had been offering my son the breast at any given opportunity, and this was likely contributing to a lot of feelings that were bubbling away, without the only ways to be released through aggressive outbursts.
Deepening my understanding and knowledge of the principles of Aware Parenting has given me an emotional intimacy with my children that I had never imagined was possible. Being a midwife, I felt confident in holding space for people as they move through uncomfortable feelings, physically and emotionally. Aware Parenting has built on this foundation in such a profound way. This approach to parenting has gifted me with being able to truly welcome the uncomfortable feelings, and hold space for them lovingly, knowing that once the feelings have been released there will be a sense of spaciousness and purity.
Learning to hold space for my children's feelings has expanded my capacity for presence, compassion and reflection with myself, my community and the families I support. I feel that parenting can often surface feelings of harsh judgment, criticism and inadequacy. Aware Parenting can feel so reparative as it offers such love and compassion, while gently encouraging self reflection and self awareness. It has been a balm for me during my parenting journey and I am forever grateful.
You can learn about my journey to becoming an Aware Parenting Instructor on the Aware Parenting Podcast with Marion Rose. The link to the episode is here.
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Kind Words
“I can’t thank you enough for our session and the space you held for me! Truely, it was so deep and gentle and you helped me to find some of my own self trust in the days afterwards." Bryony