by lovingbeing@iinet.net.au | Apr 20, 2022 | Aware Parenting, Feelings
In our culture, feelings and bodies have been demonised for centuries. Yet, feelings are not enemies. Feelings can be our most profound friends. Listening lovingly to our child’s deepest, rawest, biggest feelings can be some of the most profound experiences we...
by lovingbeing@iinet.net.au | Apr 20, 2022 | Aware Parenting, Feelings, Tantrums
From an Aware Parenting perspective, tantrums are a natural process for children to release pent-up painful feelings, stress hormones and tension, leading to profound healing and relaxation. However, for tantrums to be healing, children need the loving and calm...
by lovingbeing@iinet.net.au | Apr 20, 2022 | Aware Parenting, Connected Crying, Control Patterns, Feelings
I’m sending you lots of compassion as you read this information. Understanding this process can help us connect with painful feelings and conditioned self-judgments. I really value deep self-compassion for us all, and believe that it is through self-compassion...
by lovingbeing@iinet.net.au | Apr 20, 2022 | Aware Parenting, Feelings
Although Aware Parenting is highly complex and nuanced in practice, the philosophy is quite simple. One core element of the theory is that all children feel painful feelings. The more unmet needs, daily stress and larger trauma they have experienced, the more painful...
by lovingbeing@iinet.net.au | Apr 20, 2022 | Aware Parenting, Feelings
All children experience stressful events that range from daily challenges to bigger traumatic experiences. Each experience of stress or trauma leads to uncomfortable feelings such as overwhelm, frustration, powerlessness, sadness or fear. Those feelings have...
by lovingbeing@iinet.net.au | Apr 20, 2022 | Aware Parenting, Feelings
When a child is doing the opposite of what you ask, when they are taking ages to go to sleep, when they are hitting their sibling, they are not doing it deliberately. they are not enjoying it. they need your help. The more tears and tantrums you can listen to, the...
