In this episode I talk with Candice Morse. Candice started working with children and parents in 2012. She has crossed through many different rolls from face painter to art therapist. Having always been driven to inspire a deeper sense of wellbeing to the littlest members of our world, she is now a deeply loving mother of two. Since becoming a mother she has become passionate about the natural process of birth and devoted to cultivating and inspiring healthy and respectful relationships with children.

In this episode Candice shares how she found Aware Parenting and how quickly she noticed big changes for her daughter and for a deeper connection to her authentic self too. She shares the stories of her births, what supported her and how she came to have a very empowering birthing experience for her second child. She shares the support in birth of aware parenting teaching her how to sit in the discomfort of big feelings and how to deeply listen in times of intensity, as well as bringing her back to connection and trust. Candice shares some of her own healing journey in motherhood and the power of aware parenting in that work. We talk about the benefit of rewind and repair and attachment play in parenting and the power of aware parenting to change the world.

Here are the resources that we recommended in this conversation to support women in preparation for birth:

Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England and Rob Horowitz

Face to face with Childbirth by Julia Sundin

Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage by Rachel Reed

The Art of Giving Birth: With Chanting, Breathing, and Movement by Frédérick Leboyer

The Orgasmic Birth Podcast by Debra Pascali Bonaro

Attachment Play by Aletha Solter

Playful Parenting by Lawrence Cohen

If you want to connect with Candice or learn more about her, please visit tending.the.temple on Instagram.

If you want to connect and get support from me, please visit www.awareparenting.com.au or follow me on social media at Aware Parenting with Joss