by Marion Rose | Nov 6, 2020 | Compassion, Decolonisation, Domination Culture, Feelings, Non-violent Communication, Psychospiritual Development, Rage, Repression, Repression mechanisms, Soul
I’d like to start by offering us all compassion. The majority of English-speakers grew up in a domination, colonised culture, where only a very narrow band of feelings and experiences are deeply welcomed and valued. This isn’t just a recent phenomenon. The...
by Marion Rose | Apr 30, 2020 | Colonised, Conditioning, Decolonisation, Domination Culture, Evolving Through Parenting, Healing From the Past, Love and Will, Neo No, Outrage, Power and Powerlessness in Parenting, Power-with in Parenting, Psychospiritual Development, Rage, Repression, Social Change, The Willingness Practice, Transformation Through Mothering, Unwillingness, Will, Willingness
I’d love to tell you a bit about my journey with Will – sacred power. I wonder if you resonate, particularly if you’re a mother. I used to feel deeply uncomfortable saying, “no” to anyone’s requests. So I’d say, “yes,” and end up depleted or...
by Marion Rose | Mar 22, 2020 | Colonised, Conditioning, Consciousness, Control Patterns, Conversation with Life, Decolonisation, Domination Culture, Evolving Through Parenting, Fear, Feelings, Feelings, Gaia, Healing From the Past, Inner Feminine and Masculine, Inner Loving Mother, Loving Limits, Psychospiritual Development, Psychospiritual Parenting, Repression, Repression mechanisms
If you’re familiar with my work, you know I talk about the power of Loving Limits. We can set Loving Limits with a child when they are hurting others or themselves, or when they are using repression mechanisms to distract themselves form painful...
by Marion Rose | Mar 6, 2020 | Aware Parenting, Control Patterns, Repression, Repression mechanisms
When you see your child’s repression mechanisms, does this help you see yours more clearly and compassionately? Seeing our own repression mechanisms can help us be compassionate with the younger parts of us who didn’t grow up in a culture where feelings...
by Marion Rose | Feb 28, 2020 | Aggression, Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting and Sleep, Aware Parenting for ourselves, Aware Parenting Instructor Mentoring Course, Colonised, Conditioning, Control Patterns, Crying, Culture, Decolonisation, Domination Culture, Evolving Through Parenting, Feelings, Introduction to Aware Parenting, Parenting Paradigm, Repression, Repression mechanisms, Sleep and Aware Parenting, Tantrums, Tantrums
If you experienced not being heard, or not being understood, or not being loved just for being you as a child, you probably remember how painful that is. Remembering how we felt as a child can be powerful to help us put ourselves in our child’s shoes and...
by Marion Rose | Feb 23, 2020 | Aware Parenting, Control Patterns, Feelings, Repression, Repression mechanisms
If you’ve looked at the map, the first and most important thing I’d like to say is that I invite you to refrain from self-judgment. I value deep and wide compassion for ourselves as parents around this whole topic of feelings. I also want to say...
