The Aware Parenting Podcast

In this episode, Marion talks to Joss, another Aware Parenting instructor, about the combination of Aware Parenting and Natural Learning. The conversation includes a description of Natural Learning and how these two philosophies complement each others, such as having a deep trust in a child's learning and development, honouring each child's differences, and following a child's interests. Also disc...

In this episode of The Aware Parenting Podcast, Lael sits down with her adult son Ky and interviews him about what it was like growing up with Aware Parenting. Ky shares all about his relationship to expressing feelings, how it was as a teen when he made mistakes, navigating authoritarian influences and his relationships to anger. He also speaks about working with children and his understanding of...

We've had quite a few requests recently about how to help children express their feelings if they're not expressing them, so we decided to record this episode, called Resisting Feelings. In it, we talk about why attending to our own feelings is vital if we are to support our children in expressing theirs. We also offer specific practices for how you can help your child be more willing to express t...

In this episode, we talk about Aletha Solter, Ph. D. the founder of The Aware Parenting Institute, and her books: The Aware Baby, Tears and Tantrums, Cooperative and Connected, Attachment Play, Raising Drug-Free Kids and Healing Your Traumatised Child. We share information about what's in them and who they are helpful for. We also express our gratitude for Aletha and her work, which has had such a...

In this episode, we talk all about inner authority in parenting and the rest of life. We invite you to connect with your own inner authority in relation to Aware Parenting and we share some ways that you could do that. We offer examples of ourselves and our children listening to our inner authority and we explain how Aware Parenting helps children stay connected with their inner compass. Please co...

In this episode, we talked about the ongoing inner work we're invited to do as parents, whether that's invited by our children, by our outer world, or by physical symptoms. We shared about the importance of ongoing loving support from others and we emphasised the normality of having lots of feelings and the importance of presence. We're sending love to you if you're feeling feelings right now! Ple...

In this episode of The Aware Parenting Podcast, Lael has a solo chat about the topic of school refusal. She talks about our current system and why it doesn't suit many children, the key elements that children need to feel safe and learn, and how our system could look different. Lael also discusses some tools to use with your child, some steps to take with your kindergarten or school, and how we ca...

In this episode, we talk about why we invite a moving beyond the word forgiveness itself. Lael shares about what she learnt about this concept from her Mum whilst growing up. We talk about the natural process of coming to compassion for others through welcoming all of our feelings. We explain how we can understand why someone did something yet still be unwilling to put up with being treated in har...

In this episode, we talked about the process of moving from rupture to repair with our children. We emphasise the difference that happens when are are not willing to judge ourselves or pick up the guilt sticks, and not being willing to say things like, “I shouldn’t have done that” or “I’m a naughty mummy” or “what I did was wrong.” We offer ways to take responsibility and apologise without judging...

In this episode of The Aware Parenting Podcast, Marion talks to Helena Mooney, an Aware Parenting instructor, about travelling with children. Both Marion and Helena have travelled frequently between Australia and the UK with babies and young children. We include information about: how to prepare children for travelling, what we can do on a plane or airport terminal to help things go more smoothly,...

In this episode, we talked about how illness can arrive for children when they have more accumulated feelings. We shared about the different choices parents have about to respond to feelings when children are sick. We emphasised how hard sickness can be in nuclear families and how much extra support is essential during times of illness. We offered ideas for what parents can do after their children...

In this podcast, we shared about parents' own feelings in relation to child’s lack of cooperation; explained all the reasons why children don’t cooperate; and offered practical actions you can take when your child isn’t cooperating. We talked about the difference between compliance and cooperation, and gave a the list of three things you can remember to go through to support your child to be willi...

This is our 100th episode! In it, we talked all about birthdays - both our own birthdays as adults, and our children’s birthdays. We shared about how birthdays are opportunities for birth-related feelings and other feelings for the past to bubble up, and the journey of listening lovingly to those feelings. We also talked about the joy of being deeply seen and celebrated on our birthday, whether we...

This week's episode of The Aware Parenting podcast is with Curt Storring from @dadwork.curt This week's episode of The Aware Parenting podcast is with Curt Storring from @dadwork.curt Curt shares all about his journey of fatherhood, including how powerless and painful he found early years of parenting and how he did his inner work to become the father he had always hoped to be. Lael and Curt share...

In this episode of The Aware Parenting Podcast, Lael has a wonderful conversation with Matt, a father who is practicing Aware Parenting. Matt shares all about his experience of coming to Aware Parenting, what he has found challenging and the wonderful insights he has discovered for himself and his daughter. Matt and Lael discuss how powerful it is to have listening time, the fears and concerns he...

In this episode, which we recorded just after Mother’s Day here in Australia, we talk about: how it’s so normal and natural to feel big feelings on Mother’s Day, and how those are a reflection of living in the Disconnected Domination Culture (in Marion’s words). We share about how we moved from feeling disappointed, sad and frustrated on Mother’s Day to deeply fulfilled and valued, and some invita...

In this episode, we talk with a guest, Steph Fleeton, who is an Aware Parenting Instructor. We asked Steph to join us after receiving messages recently asking about practicing Aware Parenting when a child has a diagnosis such as ADHD or Autism. Steph has a long background in early childhood education and daycare and also has two sons, the eldest of whom has a diagnosis of ADHD and Generalised Anxi...

Episode 95: Starting Aware Parenting later by Marion Rose, PhD.

In this episode, we share about what overwhelm is, how we might behave when we’re overwhelmed, and how we can help ourselves move out of overwhelm. We talk about how our experiences of overwhelm can help us have more compassion for our children when they’re overwhelmed, and the two key things we might need when we’re overwhelmed. Please come over to our Facebook page, or find us on Instagram @thea...

In this episode, we share about our own experiences of creating Aware Parenting communities, and offer suggestions for ways that you can go about creating your own communities, both online and in person! Please come over to our Facebook page, or find us on Instagram @theawareparentingpodcast You can find Marion at www.marionrose.net and Lael at www.laelstone.com.au And if you haven’t already, woul...

Are they fighting sleep, or are we fighting their natural relaxation processes? In this podcast, we share the Aware Parenting perspective on playing before sleep and as parents we can work with our child or teen’s innate wisdom to sleep restfully. Please come over to our Facebook page, or find us on Instagram @theawareparentingpodcast You can find Marion at www.marionrose.net and Lael at www.laels...

This episode was inspired by a listener’s question about returning home to visit family and returning to younger states. In the episode, we talk about why family conditioning is so strong and why it can be so hard to free ourselves from it. We also share ways that we have found helpful to get untangled from the conditioning. Please come over to our Facebook page, or find us on Instagram @theawarep...

In this episode, we talk about what happens when we as adults or our children experience big events, and how we can cooperate with and trust our natural and inbuilt healing processes that come into play afterwards. Marion shares about her recent experiences during the floods in her community, and Lael offers suggestions about how we can help ourselves and our children during times like these. We a...

Ahh, we loved this episode! We talked about how this culture creates beliefs in people that there is something wrong with us and how we can support ourselves to change those beliefs and stories. We also offered ideas for what we can do as parents so that our children are less likely to believe that there is something wrong with them. There is nothing wrong with you! Please come over to our Faceboo...

In this conversation, we talk about why and how Aware Parenting can help change the systems that we live within. We focus on Aware Parenting and the education system. Lael explains this in the context of her school, and Marion shares about Natural Learning. Most of all, we offer a big picture lens which explains why practicing Aware Parenting can be so hard within this culture. Please come over to...