The Aware Parenting Podcast

In this week's episode we talk all about Learning and Growing. We discuss how we might often ask our kids to take risks and try new things; and yet we might be reluctant as adults to step out of our comfort zone. We explore ways to move through our fears and how we can also assist our children in trying new things. [2.39] Our fears as adults and working with our own trauma [6:53] Our expectations...

In this week's episode we talk all about partners and ex-partners, and how we navigate parenting when we have different belief systems around parenting. We also explore helping our children if there has been a divorce or separation. [2.30] Our ideals around parenting [6:35] Empathy for our partners and how they respond [9.40] Shifting our paradigm of right and wrong [12.40] Leaning into our own re...

In this week's episode we talk about feeling exhausted as a parent, and how connected it is with the current paradigm of parenting and our lack of community and support. We explore our belief systems around asking for help, receiving support and how to parent when we don’t seem to have any energy left. [2.05] It is not a flaw to feel exhausted [4:15] Our colonised society and its impact on parenti...

In this week's episode we talk about School and Rules and how to support our children, no matter what style of education they experience. We discuss helping them navigate schooling systems based on punishments and rewards and how we can support them to stay connected to who they really are. [2.10] Decolonisation and our education system [5:40] Navigating our current school system [9.00] A new visi...

In this week's episode we talk about Lying and Swearing and the reasons why children may exhibit these behaviours. We look at ways to respond to our children with awareness and compassion and explore our reactions to these behaviours. [2.11] Cultural conditioning around Lying and Swearing [5:18] The reasons for Lying or not telling the truth [7.50] Tweens and Teens and their need for autonomy [11....

In this week's episode we talk about Discipline and Consequences and how we can raise our children without resorting to bribes, rewards, and punishments. We explore how connection can create co-operation and offer many respectful ways to respond to and navigate unenjoyable behaviour. [3.00] Understanding behaviour [5:25] In balance and out of balance and looking behind the behaviour [8.26] Underst...

In this week's episode we talk about how to navigate disasters and traumas. With the bushfires currently happening in Australia, we discuss managing our emotional states as well as how to assist our children when tragedy and fear are present. [2.15] Our own personal experiences of living with bushfires [6:05] The benefits of stress hormones [10.00] Gratitude for healing [12.20] Seeing the contrast...

In this week's episode we talk about the upcoming holiday season and the feelings that can arise at this time of the year. We include the pressure we can feel as parents and how we can navigating different beliefs and values in families. [2.10] Our own personal imprints around Christmas [4:30] Expectations and disappointments [6.10] Boundaries and consent at Christmas [7.50] Good boys and naughty...

Siblings In this week's episode we talk about siblings. We look at ways to prepare your older child before bringing a new baby home, and how to navigate fighting and meeting everyone's needs with older children. We also explore our own responses to siblings fighting. [1.20] Understanding the bigger picture around siblings [4:00] Preparing for a new baby in the family [6.50] Preparation beforehand...

Food and Control In this week's episode we talk about food and control and how children can use food as a way to repress feelings as well as gain some control in their lives. [1.30] Why food issues can be about control [2:45] Why feelings around food can be confusing [5.30] Food as love [8.05] Trusting our bodies and what we want to eat [11.00] Confusing hunger and feelings [13.45] Compassion for...

Trauma and Parenting In this week's episode we talk about parenting when we are carrying our own trauma and how we can navigate raising our children. [1.50] Trauma doesn’t have to be a big event, it can be many unmet feelings [4:25] The invitation to explore feelings and trauma [6.45] What trauma can look like in parenting [9.50] Sadness and trauma and thinking clearly [12.55] Mindfulness and pres...

Trauma and Children In this week's episode we talk about helping our children navigate and heal from Trauma. [2.11] We all have degrees of trauma or hurt feelings being human. [3:25] Birth and Trauma and what we perceive. [5.56] The spectrum of feelings and our ability to heal. [8.00] Babies in Utero absorbing feelings and how they can heal. [13.00] Co-regulation and healing with children. [15.30]...

"Go Away" - what we can do when your child yells at you or tells you to leave. In this week's episode we talk about what we can do when our child yells at us or tells us to leave. How can we handle these situations with respect and connection? [1.20] Navigating boundaries and limits and helping with feelings [2:15] What did it feel like for you? [4.50] Why children yell, "go away" and resist feeli...

In this week's episode, we talk about Behaviour and Feelings and the three different reasons that draw people to Aware Parenting. One of those three reasons is due to behaviour. Aware Parenting looks at what a child's behaviour is telling us. When we respond with compassion, listening and understanding, we can observe very clear differences in their behaviour. [1.45] What drew us to Aware Parentin...

In this week's episode, we talk about Fear and Trust. We discuss how we relate to the world and the impact of that on our children. We invite you to explore whether we choose trust and love or whether default to negativity and fear. [1.20] Why trust is the theme of parenting [5:15] How fear can drive parenting and its imprint on children [7.50] Our own imprints around the world and safety [9.00] M...

In this week's episode, we talk about Children and Sexuality. We share about how to create healthy imprints in our children and discuss age-appropriate conversations to have with our children to set up a positive relationship with sex and sexuality. [2.40] Why this topic is important to talk about. [5:15] Aware Parenting and respect for bodily autonomy and intimacy. [6.05] Our own imprints around...

In this week's episode we talk about Raising Men; including the importance of raising boys with emotional awareness and sensitivity, and the difference that can make to families and the planet. [1.30] Why addressing this now is so important for our future. [3:00] Lloyd DeMause and Robin Grille and their perspectives on raising children. [5.15] What is aggression? [6.45] How do we channel strength...

In this week's episode we talk about Highly Sensitive People and Aware Parenting. What if your child is Highly Sensitive? How can you support them in their sensitivity? [2:30] Understanding and discovering the term Highly Sensitive Person [4:20] The messages around being Highly Sensitive and how it was viewed as being something wrong [6.50] The 4 general aspects of being Highly Sensitive [9.48] Th...

In this week's episode we talk about what Aware Parenting can look like in the future years. If you raise your kids with Aware Parenting, what may they be like as teens? Show Notes : [1:50] The doubts around raising our kids with Aware Parenting [3:15] The difference with kids who may have been raised with punishments and rewards [6:08] What are your experiences of kids who do have punishments [7....

In this episode, we talk about Separation Anxiety and how you can assist your children through an Aware Parenting lens. [2.01] Global separation anxiety and development [2.57] Maps and Models around behaviour and Separation - 3 main reasons [4.45] Lack of information for children [9.15] Childrens needs with Separation [13.00] Trusting yourself on the right care for your child [15.40] Built up feel...

In this episode, we talk about the importance of our own ReParenting whilst practicing Aware Parenting. [1:35] Why it is so important and how our kids show us what we need [6:25] Marion’s processes around healing our own painful stories and how they came about [9:10] How this process helps us bring a deeper quality to our parenting [11.15] How you can identify when your own story is present [13.48...

Episode 16: Hitting and Biting by Marion Rose, PhD.

In this episode, we talk all about powerlessness, power-over and power-with in parenting, politics and partnering. We discuss the differences between authoritarian, permissive and democratic parenting, and how much we've been affected by the domination paradigm. We also share our own experiences around powerlessness and power-with in parenting and partnering. Resources: Cooperative and Connected b...

In this episode, we talk about attachment play, which is a term coined by Aletha Solter, Ph. D. to describe the 9 types of play that can be used to help children cooperate, feel connected, heal from painful past experiences, release fear and powerlessness, and express feelings that otherwise lead to hitting, not sleeping and repressing feelings. We explain how attachment play works, why it’s the o...

In this episode, we talk about the importance of us having emotional support as parents in order to increase our capacity to parent in this way. We include: Presence; The power of listening; Empathy buddies; and Professional support. Listening Partnerships - Carolina Valenica Coleman https://www.facebook.com/groups/2562318203992646/