In this new episode, I am talking with Carly Facius. Carly was on episode 85 sharing more of her story so i invite you to listen to that. She is mum to 3, is a registered midwife, lactation consultant, and aware parenting instructor who has been supporting parents from conception to parenthood. And we have had some gorgeous conversations together in person recently about the mistakes, the difficult parts, the mess that is parenting so I was so looking forward to this conversation here.

In today's episode, Carly shares how she has seen perfectionism show up in the families that she works with and how she saw this in herself once she became a parent too. We talk about the ways we can try to support ourselves with some of the cultural pressures that get put on us in parenthood. We share how we have brought more balance to parenting between our ideals and the reality of life and the balance of understanding the theory of aware parenting and how we can put it into practice. Carly shares some examples of times in her family that she has not been the parent that she wanted to be and how she has supported herself and her child at those times with self-compassion and acceptance.

If you want to learn more about Carly, please visit her website https://www.seedpodfamilies.com and follow her on social media.