Sleep and Aware Parenting

Sleep and Aware Parenting

  Sleep and Aware Parenting (you can see the map and chart HERE).   Sleep is a natural physiological mechanism.   If you have seen families in indigenous cultures, you might see something very different with sleep to what we see in colonised cultures....
Reducing repression, aggression and agitation in children

Reducing repression, aggression and agitation in children

  As parents, when we have access to a compassionate understanding that all children have feelings to express as a result of daily stresses and bigger challenges,   and we have enough emotional capacity to listen with loving presence to their feelings,...
Playing before sleep

Playing before sleep

  Have you ever noticed that your child can become extra playful, just when you’re wanting them to wind down to sleep?   One of the many things I love about Aware Parenting is the deep trust it has in a child’s innate wisdom.   A child’s psyche, body...
How to help your child be freer to be willing to cooperate with you!

How to help your child be freer to be willing to cooperate with you!

Hello! Would you love to help your child to be freer to be willing to cooperate with you? In order to help them, we need to understand WHY they don’t cooperate at times. From my perspective, a child’s true nature has what I call the 3 ‘C’s...
Three ways to help us respond effectively and empathically to hitting, biting, pushing, taking and throwing.

Three ways to help us respond effectively and empathically to hitting, biting, pushing, taking and throwing.

In this article, I’m going to start with the three reasons why it can be hard for us to respond empathically and effectively to our children when they’re hitting, biting, pushing, taking and throwing. And then I’m going to talk about 3 ways we can respond to these...