by Marion Rose | Nov 15, 2016 | Aggression, Attachment Play, Aware Parenting
Hello! I first learnt about the “New Age” (as it was called then), in 1990, when I was 22 and doing my Ph.D. at Cambridge. I learnt all about active listening, and the soul, and compassion, and connecting with who we really are. Fast forward 26 years, and...
by Marion Rose | Nov 11, 2016 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Compassion, Connected Crying, Crying, Feelings, Inner Loving Mother
Hello again, I’m writing to you today with a heavy heart, but writing is my medicine, so thank you for reading this. One of our little bunnies died yesterday. And each one of us in the family – my daughter and son, and my mum and I, we were all...
by Marion Rose | Nov 9, 2016 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting for ourselves, Compassion, Evolving Through Parenting, Healing From the Past, My Aware Parenting Experiences and Musings, Repression, Screens, Self-Compassion for Parents
Hello! Have you read The Velveteen Rabbit? “Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become...
by Marion Rose | Nov 4, 2016 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Crying, Healing From the Past, Joy and Attachment Play, Sleep and Aware Parenting
Hello! Have you ever laughed so loud and so freely and so uproariously that you could feel tension pouring out of your body? I experienced that yesterday. My amazing mentor, Jana Kingsford, and I, found ourselves messaging each other after a profound experience to do...
by Marion Rose | Nov 3, 2016 | Aware Parenting, Presence and Present Time, Present Time, Screens
Hello! Yesterday I announced to my son that I’d like to start doing Present Time with him again, as we haven’t been doing it for a while. (Yay for the live round of the free course starting soon – it inspired me already!!) Usually, when we’re...
by Marion Rose | Nov 2, 2016 | Aware Parenting, Connection, Presence and Present Time, Present Time
Hello! I wonder if you’ve noticed that one of the things that affects your child’s feelings and behaviour more than anything else is present connection? Have you noticed that if you tend not to be having so much connection with your child, or...
