I find this the MOST important thing, as a parent of an older child and teen

I find this the MOST important thing, as a parent of an older child and teen

Hello!It’s my son’s 10th birthday next week, and with a 14 year old daughter too, I find myself reflecting on how it’s different now, with an older child and a teenager.What’s different to looking after a baby and a younger child?Well, I find...
How I’ve changed since I first started practicing Aware Parenting

How I’ve changed since I first started practicing Aware Parenting

Hello!If you are practicing Aware Parenting, I wonder how you have changed, and how your perspective about Aware Parenting has changed, since you started practising Aware Parenting?I remember clearly, more than fourteen years ago, when I started practising Aware...
Guilt and shame are like hitting ourselves with emotional sticks

Guilt and shame are like hitting ourselves with emotional sticks

Hello! I wonder if you read my last email, which was all about differentiating between thoughts and feelings? I am so passionate about helping mothers free themselves from self-punishment, and I find myself wanting to write more about this.   I used to think that...
Our relationship with ourselves affects how our children feel with us

Our relationship with ourselves affects how our children feel with us

Hello! One of my original reasons for wanting to help mothers was because I saw how much my own Mum’s inner dialogue affected her and how she responded to me. My Mum is one of the most generous, giving, loving people I know ~ and so filled with harsh self-talk....