The Aware Parenting Podcast

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!

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You can find Marion at www.marionrose.net and Lael at www.laelstone.com.au

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We’re sending you much love and compassion in your parenting journey.

Marion and Lael

xoxo

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 can advocate for change.

There is also discussion about what may surface for us as parents and how we can support our children to be the best version of themselves.

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 harsh ways again. We share about having compassion for our parents and others who hurt us and seeing how much they were affected by the time and culture they grew up in whilst also unconditionally loving our younger parts and all of their feelings.

Apologies for the difference in volume between us in this episode! Marion has a new mic and it was turned down!

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You can find Marion at www.marionrose.net and Lael at www.laelstone.com.au

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We’re sending you much love and compassion in your parenting journey.

Marion and Lael

xoxo

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 ourselves. We share how this helps children when they are needing to repair. We also suggest attachment play that we can use to support the repair process, such as the doing over game and power-reversal games.

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You can find Marion at www.marionrose.net and Lael at www.laelstone.com.au

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We’re sending you much love and compassion in your parenting journey.

Marion and Lael

xoxo

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, how we can respond if our child cries on the plane, and how we can listen to feelings when staying with friends or family. We share information relevant to travelling in other ways, such as in the car or on a train, and what you can do if your baby always cries in the car. We also talk about the one thing that we found most helpful for ourselves so that we could play with our children more and listen to more feelings whilst travelling.

Helena also has a podcast and also a recent episode on travel; her podcast is called Parenting with PLAY and you can find it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/parenting-with-play/id1470033587

Helena has a course called Annoying to Amazing, which you can find here: https://parentingwithplay.com.au/amazing/

She has a free playful discipline masterclass here: https://parentingwithplay.com.au/playful-discipline-masterclass/

Helena and Marion also have the Aware Parenting Babies Course.

Helena also offers 1-1 sessions.

You can find out more about her and her work here: https://parentingwithplay.com.au/

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, would you be willing to subscribe to the podcast so we can show up in your podcast feed?

We’re sending you much love and compassion in your parenting journey.

Marion and Lael

xoxo

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 have been ill in regard to painful feelings. We talked about the power of attachment play if visits to health professionals are required. We also shared our experiences of learning we've experienced from times of illness.

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

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We’re sending you much love and compassion in your parenting journey.

Marion and Lael

xoxo

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 willing to cooperate with you.

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, would you be willing to subscribe to the podcast so we can show up in your podcast feed?

We’re sending you much love and compassion in your parenting journey.

Marion and Lael

xoxo

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 are an adult or a child.

We also have exciting news! To celebrate our 100th episode, we are going to have The Aware Parenting Podcast Party and we are inviting you to join in with us!

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, would you be willing to subscribe to the podcast so we can show up in your podcast feed?

We’re sending you much love and compassion in your parenting journey.

Marion and Lael

xoxo

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 a candid conversation about healing past wounds and changing family dynamics.

There are many excellent tips for fathers in this episode including where to start, how to access support, and how to repair any ruptures that may occur, whether that is with your children or your partner.

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, would you be willing to subscribe to the podcast so we can show up in your podcast feed?

We’re sending you much love and compassion in your parenting journey.

Marion and Lael

xoxo

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 had becoming a father and the deeper healing work he has done to change his belief systems and responses in relation to parenting his daughter.

We invite fathers who are new to Aware Parenting or wanting to hear other men's experiences to listen to this. Or perhaps you'd like to share it with a dad whom you think might be interested?

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, would you be willing to subscribe to the podcast so we can show up in your podcast feed?

We’re sending you much love and compassion in your parenting journey.

Marion and Lael

xoxo