Read moreTwo-and-a-half year old A and her twin brother had been scared of dogs for a while.
Read moreOne of the many things I love about Aware Parenting is that it can make breast-feeding even more wonderful for mother and baby.
Read moreI remember the day clearly. My son was two and a half, and my daughter was seven. I had pictures of them on my website looking joyful and calm. I was full of happiness about how I was being as a mother.
Read moreHow are you with your feelings? Do you feel them bubbling in your body? Do you cry much? Laugh out loud? Are you happy with your relationship with your feelings?
Read moreAs babies, we are born with the natural ability to flow from state to state – from curiosity to wonder to amazement, to frustration to overwhelm to confusion, to surprise to fear to sadness to grief to joy, and back to curiosity. Babies simply flow from one state to another, fully, with their bodies.
Most of us adults have learnt to constrict natural movement. Dulled down and frozen from the extremes, we stop feelings when they get too joyful or curious or playful or scary or grief-filled.