Aware Parenting Stories with Joss Goulden

This episode is part 1 of an exciting new series of conversations that I will be sharing with my wonderful friend and colleague Danni Willow. We co-run the Exploring Aware Parenting Community and work closely together in many spaces about Aware Parenting and felt called to share some of our many beautiful conversations about this paradigm, that we are both so passionate about. Danni is an Aware Pa...

Welcome back to another episode. This podcast episode is in response to a request from a client and listener to share more about learning to speak the language of compassion. This often comes up in sessions with clients and is something that I also really struggled with when I started Aware Parenting. In this episode I talk about what compassion is and share the 5 levels of compassion that are des...

Welcome back to another episode. In this podcast episode, I talk all about Control Patterns. I describe what control patterns are and how we use these mechanisms to supress feelings in order to stay safe. I talk about some of the many things we can use as control patterns and how to distinguish between when our behaviour or our children’s behaviour is being used to dissociate and when it is simply...

In this episode of the podcast, I have the pleasure of talking with Vicki Plomer. Vicki is the mother to three boys and a step daughter, aged 16, 12 and 4 and 27. She came to aware parenting in 2020. She is a trained dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She has completed level 3 training in person-centred counselling and is an aware parenting instructor. Vicki describes how she came to Aware P...

In this episode of the podcast, I talk about Empathy Buddies. Aletha Solter, the founder of Aware Parenting recommends listening and support for parents in her books and I share the why and the how of this type of support. I discuss the 3 reasons for difficult behaviour in our parenting and how having an empathy buddy supports us to work through our thoughts and our feelings and to identify our un...

In this episode of the podcast, I talk about how to support our children when they are being aggressive or hurtful. I acknowledge how hard it is when our children behave in these ways, biting, hitting, grabbin, hurting or shouting. I explain why children are sometimes aggressive and hurtful and what it tells us about what our children are feeling and needing. I explain the many ways that aggressiv...

In this episode of the podcast, I really enjoyed talking to Megan Clinton. Megan is a relational Gestalt Psychotherapist, Energy Psychologist, Gestalt Play Therapist and Aware Parenting Instructor. She offers healing, integration and transformation to women seeking to change the world, be that through parenting, business practice or relationships of any kind. She offers one to one sessions, worksh...

In this episode of the podcast, I have the pleasure of talking to Laura Shaz. Laura is mother to two children aged 7 and 4. She is currently studying to be a midwife and is passionate about sharing the AwP philosophy with new mothers and fathers and with birth workers. She is a certified yoga teacher, Aware Parenting instructor and massage therapist who has been working in the birth world as a pre...

In this episode of the podcast I have the pleasure of talking to Janie Spencer. Janie is a level 2 Aware Parenting instructor in France and the regional coordinator for France and French speaking Switzerland. She has been an instructor for over 20 years and has a 33 year old daughter, whom she raised with Aware Parenting. She has a Masters in Sociology of Emotions and, together with her colleague...

In this episode of the podcast I talk to Vivian Viester about birth and birthdays and how we can support parents to bring more compassion and connection and joy to birthdays for us and our children. Vivian is an Aware Parenting Instructor living in Switzerland and she has a 12 year old son. She supports parents with 1 to 1 consultations, online programs and listening circles. In this episode we ta...

In this episode of the podcast I talk to Danni Willow again, this time about how to use the tools and strategies of Aware Parenting to heal ourselves. Danni has already been on the podcast twice and is an Aware Parenting Instructor. She is the founder of The Way of the Women which supports families to practice Aware Parenting in their families. She offers one to one sessions, she runs the Explorin...

In this episode I talk to Marion Rose Ph. D. and Lael Stone about their wonderful new book Raising Resilient and Compassionate Children. This extraordinary book is so incredibly helpful for parents. To purchase this book please visit https://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?keywords=raising+resilient+and+compassionate+children&productType=917504

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In this episode I have the pleasure of talking with Lia Wong. Lia has dedicated herself to studying Kinesiology and is a certified Neuro-Energetic Kinesiologist. She is passionate about gentle birth, trauma-informed care and is a certified Aware Parenting Instructor. Lia shares how she learnt to stop distracting her child and instead to welcome his feelings with the crying in arms approach. She de...

In this episode I share the second part of an interview with Naomi Aldort. Naomi is the author of Raising our Children, Raising Ourselves, which has been translated into 20 languages. She provides support and education for parents from around the world in sessions, workshops, web classes, lectures and running private intensive retreats. Please note that this episode is not about Aware Parenting bu...

In this episode, I have a wonderful conversation with Rebecca Sheikh. Rebecca is on the executive committee of The International Attachment Network and is the Aware Parenting regional co-ordinator of the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa. She runs Flourishing Childhood and loves supporting parents using the Aware Parenting Philosophy. She also incorporates other elements into her work with parents. She ha...

In this episode I have the pleasure of talking to Lael Stone again. Lael is a champion of connection parenting. Her TEDx talk “Raising Emotionally Intelligent Children” has had over 2.8 milllion views. She is an author, public speaker and the co-founder of Woodline Primary school, a school based on connection and emotional wellbeing. She is the co-host of the Aware Parenting Podcast.   In this epi...

In this episode, I have an inspiring conversation with Abbey Stanbrook. Abbey is an Aware Parenting Instructor and a Somatic Wellness Coach and is passionate about supporting parenting with these modalities to support nervous system balance and integration. She is also a Safe Sound Protocol practitioner and the host of the Somatic Seasons Podcast. In this episode Abbey shares both her aware parent...

In this episode, I have a beautiful conversation with Chiara Rossetti. Chiara and I discovered Aware Parenting together and were listening partners and Aware Parenting buddies for many years so it was so lovely to talk to her. Chiara has a background in Arts and discovered Aware Parenting 16 years ago and is now an Aware Parenting Facilitator. She is also a Field Facilitator, which remains her num...

In this episode, I am so excited to be talking again to the wonderful Marion Rose, Ph. D.. Marion is a Level 2 Aware Parenting Instructor and the Regional Coordinator for The Aware Parenting Institute in Australia and New Zealand. She is a Psychospiritual Mentor and the creator of the Marion Method for psychospiritual development, parenting and entrepreneurship. She has created many courses and wo...

In this episode, I have the absolute pleasure of talking to Nic Wilson. Nic is an aware parenting instructor and has been aware parenting since her daughter was 3. She describes how she was in a very difficult place when she found aware parenting and it literally saved her life and her relationship with her daughter. She started her business Peaceful Parenting in 2021 and became an instructor in 2...

In this episode, I really enjoyed talking to Dace Flynn. Dace has a degree in politics and diplomacy, but after working in the field for a while, she decided to change her career and become an early childhood educator. After graduating and working in various childcare centres, she became disillusioned with the system and left her job. When her daughter was born, she came across aware parenting and...

In this episode, I have the pleasure of talking to Devon Harris. Devon is an aware parenting instructor and a specialist in child and adolescent behaviour. She supports parents to meet the developmental needs of their children, as well as to capitalise on undesirable behaviour as an opportunity to deepen trust and connection. She loves Attachment Play and sharing this beautiful approach with her c...

In this episode, I have the pleasure of talking to Angela Wellman. Angela is a passionate women’s events facilitator who loves connection, community, nature, parenting and sisterhood. A mother of 4 children ranging from 16 to 2 years old, she is passionate about supporting mothers and creating deep sisterhood connections. Angela has a wide range of experiences delivering programs in areas of Commu...

In this episode, I have the honour of interviewing the founder of Aware Parenting, Aletha Solter. Aletha is a Swiss/American developmental psychologist, mother of 2 grown children, international speaker, workshop leader and consultant. She studied with Dr Jean Piaget at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, where she earned her master’s degree in human biology. She holds a Ph. D. in psychology fr...