Episode 27: The Power & Freedom of Expressing Our Authentic Self with Nic Wilson
I’m so excited to share this conversation Nic Wilson and I had a few weeks ago. Nic is an Aware Parenting Instructor, Psychospiritual Parenting Mentor with the Marion Method (founded by Marion Rose), creator of Peaceful Parenting and Mum to a beautiful daughter.
Nic shares her journey and how she came to find Aware Parenting when her daughter was 3 years old, and how it saved her.
We also discuss:
- How blame and shame can show up one our parenting journey
- Listening to, and expressing feelings
- Sleep
- Re-parenting ourselves
- Unconditional acceptance, even through challenging behaviours
- Tantrums when out in public
- Attachment play games for all situations
- Plus so much more
Where to Find Nic:
Website: Peaceful Parenting
Facebook: Peaceful Parenting
Instagram: @peacefulparenting
Resources Mentioned:
Nic's course: The Parent Alchemy Journey - An Introduction to Aware Parenting
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg Ph.D
Steph's Episode on The Aware Parenting Podcast: Each Child is Unique
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Episode 26: Empowering Girls & Women to Embody All Aspects of Their Cycle with Brooke Tumbers
In this week's episode, I have a beautiful, inspiring and powerful conversation with Brooke Tumbers about an important rite of passage for girls. Brooke is a Clinical Psychologist, Holistic Therapist, First Moon Circle Facilitator and Mum of 2 girls.
Brooke shares her journey as a Clinical Psychologist and how she came to incorporate Holistic Therapies in her offerings.
In this episode we also discuss and explore:
- the shame narratives surrounding the menstrual cycle
- the first bleed being a celebratory life cycle rite of passage
- supporting girls, mothers and other families members through each woman's cycle
- the inner seasons of women's cycles and how to self-care and plan
- how artificial fragrances negatively impact our hormones
- how our body communicates
- plus so much more
TOOWOOMBA FIRST MOON CIRCLE SPECIAL PROMOTION: Until 3 December 2022 Brooke is offering Spirited Hearts listeners a special offering. Buy TWO full priced tickets and you will be sent a code to receive another ticket for FREE - saving $280
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Where to Find Brooke:
Holistic therapies website: www.brooketumbers.com
Clinical practice website: www.btclinicalpsychology.com
Facebook: Brooke Tumbers
Instagram: @brooke_tumbers
Resources:
Lab to Table by Cyndi O'Meara
Womancode by Alisa Vitti
ABOUT BROOKE:
Brooke Tumbers is a First Moon Circle Facilitator in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. She is the mother of two amazing girls, a Clinical Psychologist, holistic & body orientated therapist, Hypnotherapist, Trauma Informed clinician, and is a Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Energy, Frequency, Emotion Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Reiki practitioner. Brooke loves all things ‘low tox living’ and nourishing the mind, body and spirit.
Episode 25: The Importance of Play & Nature During Childhood with Angela Hanscom
I absolutely loved this beautiful conversation with Angela Hanscom. Angela is a Paediatric Occupational Therapist and the founder of TimberNook a developmental and nature-based program that has gained international popularity including one here in Australia. Angela also has a highly viewed TEDx Talk and is the author of one of my all-time favourite books, Balanced and Barefoot.
Angela shares her story as an Occupational Therapist and the creation of TimberNook.
We then discuss:
- The harm children are experiencing from reduced unstructured outdoor time
- Adults as a barrier to children’s neurological development and why adults need to step back when children play
- Why staging children’s learning is detrimental to their development
- Nature being superior to man-made playgrounds and organised sports
- Play is where children learn and work through traumas
- How play can help children who experience sensory issues
- Plus so much more
Where to Find Angela
TimberNook Website
TimberNook on Facebook
Resources
Balanced & Barefoot by Angela J. Hanscom
Angela’s TEDx Talk
Free to Learn by Peter Gray
ABOUT ANGELA
Angela J. Hanscom is a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook—an award-winning developmental and nature-based program that has gained international popularity. She is the author of Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children. Hanscom is also a frequent contributor to The Washington Post and in 2019 won a Small Business of the year award for the State of New Hampshire.
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Episode 24: Family-Centered Natural Learning with Joss Goulden
In this week’s episode I welcome back fellow Aware Parenting Instructor, Joss Goulden. We have a beautiful conversation about natural learning, something we are both passionate about.
Joss shares her journey into homeschooling her now 2 teenage children following a family-centered natural learning approach.
We also discuss:
- The history of the education system
- How children can have more freedom to be themselves at home
- School traumas and how that has impacted us as adults
- Different types of learning
- Natural learning when your child does go to school
- Intrinsic motivation
- Meeting the learning needs of each individual child
- Plus so much more.
Where to Find Joss:
Website: Aware Parenting with Joss
Instagram: @awareparentingwithjoss
Facebook: Aware Parenting with Joss
Podcasts: Aware Parenting Stories Podcast and Aware Parenting and Natural Learning Podcast
Resources Mentioned:
Raising Resilient and Compassionate Children by Lael Stone and Marion Rose Ph.D
How Children Learn by John Holt
ABOUT JOSS:
Joss is a parenting coach and mentor. She supports families to create more connection, awareness and joy in parenting. She is an Aware Parenting Instructor certified with the Aware Parenting Institute and has been practising Aware Parenting for 16 years. Joss is also a mother of 2 children, aged 18 and 16. Joss is passionate about sharing this beautiful approach with parents. “I love Aware Parenting because it creates strong, connected relationships in our families and gives parents the tools, based on scientific research, to support our children to be cooperative, connected to their authentic selves and loving. I believe that Aware Parenting is THE solution for so many of the challenges facing the world. I am also really passionate about Homeschooling and Natural Learning.”
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Episode 23: Co-Parenting with Awareness & Play with Abbey Stanbrook
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In this week’s episode I chat with Somatic Wellness Coach, Aware Parenting Coach and Mum of 2, Abbey Stanbrook.
Abbey shares her journey, and experience co-parenting her two children. Including dealing with the separation from her children, as a mother, during shared custody; supporting herself through coparenting and how to support your children.
We also discuss somatic experiencing and somatic wellness; nervous system regulation and why being calm all the time is not good for us; and play to counteract feelings of powerlessness.
Plus so much more.
Where to Find Abbey:
Instagram: AbbeyLove
Facebook: Abbey Stanbrook
Resources:
Existential Kink by Caroline Elliott
ABOUT ABBEY
Abbey has been on a journey of over 20 years of delving into the Language of the Body and Somatics. In the more recent years- she has found her passion and compassion for Somatic Wellness, Aware Parenting, Nervous System Balance, and Integration. In 2017 Abbey experienced many Physical side-effects of Trauma, not just from the Births of her children, but from the Stored Survival energy within her body from her Life so far. She then found a Portal for healing via Aware Parenting and Reparenting herself, and receiving support and reciprocity through various Practices, Supports and Resourcing.
These Somatic and Aware Portals weaved around her Soul’s Through-Line and Values of Health and Healing. Abbey has been Coaching mostly Women via Aware Parenting and Somatic Wellness via Circle Facilitations, Individual Coaching sessions, Online and InPerson Courses, and Guest Speaking at Events/Presentations. For the past 2 years Abbey has experienced a Unique Home-Life of Co-Parenting her 2 children 50/50. Learning and Living a Feminine Style of Business Leadership is also a strong Core Value of hers. Abbey has made a Sacred Vow to Notice and Track her own Body and Somatic States – and request and receive support so that she has the Capacity and Bandwidth to Support and Guide Women in their own journey of Somatic Wellness and Aware Parenting.
ABOUT STEPH
Steph Fleeton is the creator and founder of Spirited Hearts™ Natural Learning & Healing Haven and Mamas Sacred Circle® She is also a Parenting Support Counsellor, Aware Parenting Instructor and Early Learning Educator.
Steph has spent the better part of two decades, dedicated to child development, trauma and providing support to children, their families and early childhood educators.
She created her Natural Learning & Healing Haven to provide the strongest emotionally supportive environment in the industry, which is trauma-informed, and where children have the space and freedom to be their beautiful, unique selves.
In 2023, Steph will be launching the very first live round for her Certification Program for the Spirited Hearts Approach to Early Learning. This is for teachers, educators and anyone wanting to create their own natural learning haven from home.
Steph has two children; one with Autism and the other who suffered from an extremely rare and life-threatening medical condition for the first 5 years of his life. Steph is extremely passionate about assisting parents with children who have special needs and medical conditions. She provides 1:1 support, providing a space filled with unconditional acceptance, compassion, empathy and deep listening.
To find out more about Steph please visit her website https://spiritedhearts.net or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spirited_hearts