Hello again!

Have you had a cry recently?

I talk about the power of supported crying every day, and have been doing so for years.

And yet again, I experienced first hand what a difference a cry can make!
 

Yesterday was my birthday.

And I hadn’t finished creating my new Marion Rose site.

So I gave myself a three hour block to get it finished.

And there were all kinds of technical glitches and challenges.

I could feel myself getting more and more frustrated.

I rarely get frustrated nowadays, since I’ve been consistently practicing my Inner Loving Presence Process – my Inner Loving Mother gives me loads of unconditional love and my Inner Loving Father reminds me to take breaks and choose self-connection over stress.

But this time, I hadn’t listened to my Inner Loving Crew and had pushed myself.
 

My 14 year old daughter was making my birthday cake – I was working in the kitchen, a foot away from her.

At one point she asked me to wash up the Thermomix.

Instead of reacting as I usually would have, with compassion (and self-empathy if I was at all frustrated), I had a huge reaction and almost threw it in the sink!

A few minutes later my son asked for something. He was also in the kitchen, having his screen time. I also reacted harshly to him.

Even the dog received a harsh tone from me when he barked at the door!

 

The frustration built. The glitches were still there. And then it got to the point where I started crying.

I cried and cried. I kept on typing, trying to work out the glitches. 

I sobbed for about an hour. Deep sobs.

My kids are nearly 10 and 14, and they are comfortable with crying. I told them I was letting out all the frustration.

After about an hour of crying, I felt washed clean.

The technical glitches were there, but the last few days of accumulated frustration had gone.

My background is observational developmental psychology.

This was kind of like an experiment.

The challenges were still there, but I felt completely different.

My daughter asked for help, and I felt loving and warm towards her, and of course I wanted to contribute.

My son asked for something, and my heart felt full of love, and I was happy to help.

The dog barked and I didn’t mind at all.

 

Again and again I am amazed at the power of tears, as long as we have a sense of connection and support. I had my Inner Loving Crew listening to me and loving me whilst I was crying.

Do you ever have a big cry at times of frustration or overwhelm?

And if so, how do you feel afterwards?

Does it help you remember the power of supported crying?

 

I’m so excited that my bestie and colleague Helena Mooney are making our Aware Parenting Babies Course. We’ve been planning it for about two years, so we are both so happy to be co-creating it together!

If you are a mother of a 0-12 month old, you might like to come and have a look at it! It starts on the 20th of June.

You can find out more by clicking on the image below:

As part of the preparation, we are co-hosting a webinar this weekend, and it’s all about how we can apply what we’ve learnt on our personal development journey to parenting our baby.

You can register by clicking on the link below.

If you have any friends whom you think might be interested, please pass the info. on to them!

 

 

 

Lots of Love,

Marion 

xxx