Jamie is Jamie Last week, we talked to Afsaneh Moradian about the importance of unstructured playtime. Today we continue our conversation with Afsaneh to talk about when and how to let our kids work things out without jumping in to fix it or solve it, and when they really do need our help Much of parenting is about figuring out when
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Jamie is Jamie This week we are beginning a new podcast series about the importnce of unstructured playtime, with Afsaneh Moradian, author of the upcoming book Jamie is Jamie. Unstructured play means kids get to do whatever they want to do, inside or outside, using what is available to them. The main thing is that they are choosing what to do.
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Taming, Transforming, and Transcending Your Triggers In this final discussion with Carrie Contey, we take the topic of triggers beyond the day-to-day experience of stress and struggle to the level of personal transcendence. It’s a delicious conversation that will refuel your parenting energy. Here, we’re offering a broader perspective of what it means to be triggered into a stressful reaction
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Taming, Transforming, and Transcending Your Triggers Unless your parents were highly unique and parented consciously ahead of their time, you were likely disciplined and/or punished for behaviors in an effort to be “socialized.” Mainstream or traditional parenting centered around creating submissive and compliant children who “knew their place.” The shift is underway, however, and children are coming into a place
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Taming, Transforming, and Transcending Your Triggers We’ve all had them. Some are small, others overwhelming. If you’re here, you’re a step ahead in that you’re aware that you have them. Parenting brings them on in full force. We’re talking about triggers with guest parenting expert Carrie Contey. Triggers are those situations that uniquely activate your stress response. They’re personal and
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Healing Stories For the past couple of weeks, I have joined Rebecca on The Consciously Parenting Podcast to talk about Healing Stories. I have always loved the concept of Healing Stories, and have been privileged to help several families to heal from difficult births and other experiences with this tool. It’s something we do in our family every single day, to heal the small
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Healing Stories Rebecca and Lianne are back again this week to talk about how stories can help with the small hurts and disappointments of everyday life. Story Healing isn’t just a technique to be used when there is trauma, but it can be an effective tool to help move through normal tantrums and upsets. Consciously Parenting Principle #2 reminds us
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Healing Stories Join Rebecca and Lianne March as they discuss Healing Stories in this three-part podcast series. This first episode in the series explains what Healing Stories is all about, as well as more detail about how Healing Stories can help families in the early days and weeks after birth. It’s a common misconception that babies don’t remember things from
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Finding What Works Listen in on another open conversation with Angelle. She’s a mom of 3 children, both adopted and biological, two of whom have special needs. Angelle shares how the family discovered the special needs and how they were diagnosed over time. A story that many can relate to, Angelle went to countless specialists searching for answers and support.
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Finding What Works Listen in on a heartfelt conversation with Angelle. She’s a mom of 3 children, both adopted and biological. Angelle has learned to work with the challenges familiar to most parents of children with special needs. Angelle and her husband went from searching for diagnoses for their children through a multitude of testing, to leaving public school for
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