Embodying Aware Parenting

Dec 05 2024 38 ep. 30 mins 4

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We bring awareness to the nervous system, to recognise what this feels like from the inside out, so that it becomes easier to navigate towards connected states. Join us. We are real parents who live Aware Parenting. Real stories for bringing self reflection into everyday life. To find out more about Aware Parenting and the work of Sara Devoy & Vicki Plomer visit: www.saradevoycraniosacral.com, www.vickiplomer.com, www.awareparentinginstitute.com

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Ep. 38 Interview with India Farr Part One Separation anxiety & other childcare stories

Dec 05 2024 33 mins

In this episode we meet India Farr who runs Treebug childcare in Stroud in Gloucestershire UK. She tells us how she came to Aware Parenting and how central it is for her both personally and professionally. India's’ psychology studies and her childcare work enables her to embody her passion for child development and emotional wellbeing on a daily basis. Her heart warming stories o

Ep. 37 Being with Guilt with listening partners

Nov 07 2024 16 mins

In this podcast we discuss the crucial role of listening partnerships in relation to parental guilt. A listening partner offers us the opportunity to speak freely about our feelings without judgment or minimising. Often when we speak about our feelings with our partner or a close friend they may tell us we are ‘over thinking’ or worrying too much. Being listened to by someone w

Ep. 36 Parenting guilt part 2 & what to do when we feel we have messed up

Nov 07 2024 24 mins

When Parental guilt visits us we can feel so constricted and hard towards ourselves. We explore here a four part process,integral to Aware Parenting that opens us up to the possibility of repair and connection with ourselves and our children once again. We remind ourselves that when WE mess up, react and behave inappropriately, it is not our fault. It simply shows that we have unme

Ep. 35 Parenting guilt part 1

Nov 07 2024 23 mins

At many steps on the parenting path most of us parents will feel waves of guilt. It can creep up on us in different ways and can sometimes be hard to distinguish from feelings of grief and anger. Perhaps dressed our child roughly when they went out the door as they were refusing to put on a coat or we forced them into the car screaming against their will. It just didnt feel right t

Ep. 34 Who has the power part 2

Nov 06 2024 18 mins

Here we continue this important discussion and make it clear that it is likely that in any one day many of us can move between a variety of styles of parenting. Dr Solter and other highly regarded psychologists point out that how we parent does have long term consequences. The democratic approach favoured by Aware Parenting is highly relational and heart-felt, it is however essenti

Ep. 32 Embodying play part 3

Oct 23 2024 21 mins

Finally we look at regression games, contact games as well as cooperative activities and games that can all be surprisingly helpful. Play is a window into our child world and we never need to be afraid of what they want to ‘show us’. Our children will want to play some games again and again until they have got what they need from them. Through play even the most traumatic event

Ep. 33 Who has the power part 1

Oct 17 2024 23 mins

In this episode we explore three main parenting styles as outlined by Aletha Solter. Authoritarian, Permissive and Democratic parenting. It is easy for any of us to say that we would ‘never parent like THAT”.. But inevitably when we are tired and under pressure we can find ourselves resorting to parenting styles that seek to be ‘in control’ and have ‘the upper hand’. Ac

Ep. 31 Embodying play part 2

Oct 16 2024 23 mins

Next up is nonsense play, separation games and power-reversal games that can be extraordinarily powerful ways to heal past hurts and directly address childhood fears of separation and powerlessness. Some families are reluctant to bring in power reversal games, fearing that it will lead to more wild and even aggressive behaviour. It has been widely shown that the opposite is true. P

Ep. 30 Embodying play part 1

Oct 07 2024 34 mins

Please note we had a sound glitch in some of this podcast as always do reach out with any questions. In these podcasts we look at the nine different types of play that Dr Solter has identified. We address three distinctive types of play in each episode. The play is non-directed and child-centred which gives ample opportunity for the child to feel seen and heard. Play is not just

Ep. 23 Why don't kids go to sleep?

Oct 07 2024 23 mins

Aware parenting recommends the radical idea of play before bed as one of the many ways to ensure that a loving connection is re-established at bedtime. Dr Aletha Solter recommends that when a child feels safe and easy in their body they will sleep. When many of us were growing up there may have been an emphasis on keeping things low key, on unwinding and settling and calming our c