In our most recent podcast, we answered three questions from listeners. One on resentment. One on children not wanting to spend time with certain family members, and one when children only want to be cared for by one parent. We really loved answering these and will be recording more Q and A’s, so let us know on our IG or FB pages if you have a question! You can find out about Lael's upcoming Aware Parenting for Couples course on her website, www.laelstone.com.au You can find out more about Mario...
Oct 11, 2020•49 min
In this episode, we talk about the transitions we are invited to go through in parenting, as we reflect back on our own parenting journeys so far. 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 like 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. Mario...
Sep 25, 2020•54 min
Episode 52: Loss and death by Marion Rose, PhD.
Sep 18, 2020•50 min
In today’s episode we talk about boundaries, or what Marion calls “saying no.” We explain the innate capacity we all have to know when we feel a ‘yes’ and when we feel a ’no,’ and how growing up in a colonised culture disconnects us from easily knowing and expressing our “no’s.” We share about how experiences of having love removed when we said “no”, or being shamed or punished, lead us to feel uncomfortable with clearly speaking our “no” as adults. Lael talks about inviting parents to reflect o...
Sep 08, 2020•53 min
In this podcast, we talk about understanding the three causes for fear and anxiety, and how we can address each of those causes, whether that’s for our child or ourselves. We share stories about our own experiences with fear, anxiety and terror, and how we’ve helped ourselves and our children through experiences where fear and anxiety have showed up. Understanding fear and anxiety, and changing our relationship to it, can transform our experience with it. Likewise, knowing how we can help our ch...
Sep 03, 2020•58 min
In this episode, Marion has a conversation with the father of her children, Michael, about fathering and Aware Parenting. Michael talks about his experiences before becoming a father, of being involved in ritual work with the MythoPoetic men’s movement with Malidome Some, and how that supported him in practising Aware Parenting with his four children. Michael also talks about martial arts and fathering and Aware Parenting and their interconnectedness. Most of all, he shares his thoughts on the i...
Aug 13, 2020•1 hr 25 min
In this episode, Lael talks with her husband, Mike, about fathering and Aware Parenting. 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 like 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
Aug 09, 2020•42 min
In this episode, we explain why aggression happens, and how we can respond to that root cause in ways that are both effective and empathic. We differentiate between expression, regression and aggression, and we talk about how we can support our children to move from aggression to healthy expression. We discuss how important it is for us to do our own inner work so that we have the capacity to be with our child’s feelings of powerlessness, frustration and outrage. We describe Loving Limits in det...
Jul 28, 2020•54 min
In this episode, we discuss why parenting can be one of the greatest forms of activism. If we realise the power we have as parents and how that can help us reconnect with a sense of agency. Your parenting makes a difference. Your parenting is social change. You are co-creating a new cultural paradigm. We talk about politicians and the little children inside them, and what a huge difference your parenting is making as you choose to come from connection and compassion, instead of powerlessness and...
Jul 20, 2020•44 min
In this week's episode we talk all about raising teenagers and the edges they may explore as well the edges we may need to feel into in raising them. We look at how our own imprints in our teenage years can affect how we parent and what teenagers are asking for as they grow. [2.20] How raising teens can ask us to look deeply into our own stories [5.25] The cultural lens around teenagers [8:50] Teenagers finding their purpose [10.42] What are your fears around raising teens? [13.35] What did you ...
May 29, 2020•40 min
In this week's episode we talk all about mothering, the imprints we receive, and the influence society has on us. We explore guilt in parenting and how we can reclaim who we really are as women and mothers. [2.20] Our subconscious stories around being appreciated as a mother [3.55] The impact of history on modern day mothering [7:00] Our beliefs around being a ‘good mother’ [10.40] Changing the cultural ideas around behaviourism and cooercion [14.15] What do we want our children to believe about...
May 15, 2020•52 min
In this week's episode we talk all about resilience. We explore how the essence of Aware Parenting is deeply linked with resilience. We talk about how we can help our children become resilient beings, and how we can navigate our past experiences to build resilience within ourselves. [1.42] The definition of resilience [3.15] Our inbuilt mechanism to be resilient [7:00] The old perception of resilience [10.15] Our own imprints around resilience [13.30] Protecting children from hurt [18.04] How we...
May 06, 2020•47 min
In this week's episode we talk all about learning at home, particularly in the current world climate. This is a special episode, which has 2 parts. In part 1, Marion and Lael discuss the history of education and the bigger picture of learning, and in part 2, Lael chats with Tony Vallance, a seasoned teacher and father who shares many insights into how we can make the most of this connected learning time. [3.07] Modern schooling and the Industrial revolution [6:00] An opportunity to question what...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 9 min
In this week's episode we talk all about nature and nurture. We explore the imprints we receive in our childhoods and how we can shift and change what we have been shown, as well as the labels we use for ourselves and others. [2.10] Our tendency to label our children and who they really are [3:00] There is no such thing as perfectly happy humans [6.11] Labelling our children or seeing them as complete [9.00] Looking deeper into why our children are the way they are [13.00] Seeing unexpressed beh...
Apr 14, 2020•45 min
In this week's episode we talk all about screens and how we use them in our families. We explore our own unique relationship with technology and our feelings towards our children and screens. [2.00] Compassion for our relationship towards technology [4:17] How screens can meet our needs [6.01] Repression mechanisms [8.05] Screens can facilitate connection [12.25] The magic of technology [14.03] What we model to our children [16.35] Boundaries, limits and listening to feelings [18.45] Connection ...
Apr 02, 2020•50 min
In this week's episode we talk all about fear, and being scared in our current reality. We explore the roots of our fears, and offer ideas for how we can support ourselves and our children. [1.50] Feeling into our own fears [2:50] Fear has an adaptive value [9.00] Understanding our fight, flight, freeze, fawn response [10.05] Breathing techniques for fear [13.00] Welcoming our fear [15.03] Modelling to our children [17.38] Being authentic in our current reality [19.45] Transgenerational fear and...
Mar 23, 2020•56 min
In this week's episode we talk all about anger, outrage, aggression and their causes and manifestations. We explore healthy ways to navigate these, both as a parent and within ourselves. [1.20] Differentiating between anger, outrage, and frustration [4:15] The repression of anger and frustration [7.07] Cultural imprints around anger for girls and boys [10.34] How anger can support us [13.40] Staying connected to our power [15.15] Helping children stay connected to their intuition [20.00] Releasi...
Mar 18, 2020•56 min
In this week's episode we talk all about Learning and Growing. We discuss how we might often ask our kids to take risks and try new things; and yet we might be reluctant as adults to step out of our comfort zone. We explore ways to move through our fears and how we can also assist our children in trying new things. [2.39] Our fears as adults and working with our own trauma [6:53] Our expectations about children [10.40] Creating space to listen to fears [14.00] Modelling to our children around fe...
Mar 08, 2020•47 min
In this week's episode we talk all about partners and ex-partners, and how we navigate parenting when we have different belief systems around parenting. We also explore helping our children if there has been a divorce or separation. [2.30] Our ideals around parenting [6:35] Empathy for our partners and how they respond [9.40] Shifting our paradigm of right and wrong [12.40] Leaning into our own reactions about our partners or family members [15.50] Practical ideas around showing a different pers...
Feb 19, 2020•47 min
In this week's episode we talk about feeling exhausted as a parent, and how connected it is with the current paradigm of parenting and our lack of community and support. We explore our belief systems around asking for help, receiving support and how to parent when we don’t seem to have any energy left. [2.05] It is not a flaw to feel exhausted [4:15] Our colonised society and its impact on parenting [7.20] Loss of identity as a woman [9.45] Support from family and friends and the tribe [15.40] O...
Feb 12, 2020•1 hr 7 min
In this week's episode we talk about School and Rules and how to support our children, no matter what style of education they experience. We discuss helping them navigate schooling systems based on punishments and rewards and how we can support them to stay connected to who they really are. [2.10] Decolonisation and our education system [5:40] Navigating our current school system [9.00] A new vision for education [12.05] Supporting our children to not internalise the behaviour of others [13.30] ...
Feb 05, 2020•1 hr 4 min
In this week's episode we talk about Lying and Swearing and the reasons why children may exhibit these behaviours. We look at ways to respond to our children with awareness and compassion and explore our reactions to these behaviours. [2.11] Cultural conditioning around Lying and Swearing [5:18] The reasons for Lying or not telling the truth [7.50] Tweens and Teens and their need for autonomy [11.20] Checking our responses first around lying [13.03] Setting a foundation when our kids are young [...
Jan 29, 2020•48 min
In this week's episode we talk about Discipline and Consequences and how we can raise our children without resorting to bribes, rewards, and punishments. We explore how connection can create co-operation and offer many respectful ways to respond to and navigate unenjoyable behaviour. [3.00] Understanding behaviour [5:25] In balance and out of balance and looking behind the behaviour [8.26] Understanding where discipline originated from [11.15] 3 reasons for behaviour: Thinking, Needing, Feeling ...
Jan 19, 2020•1 hr 1 min
In this week's episode we talk about how to navigate disasters and traumas. With the bushfires currently happening in Australia, we discuss managing our emotional states as well as how to assist our children when tragedy and fear are present. [2.15] Our own personal experiences of living with bushfires [6:05] The benefits of stress hormones [10.00] Gratitude for healing [12.20] Seeing the contrast of what we don’t want [13.30] Using the balance of attention to express feelings [19.00] Disassocia...
Jan 13, 2020•50 min
In this week's episode we talk about the upcoming holiday season and the feelings that can arise at this time of the year. We include the pressure we can feel as parents and how we can navigating different beliefs and values in families. [2.10] Our own personal imprints around Christmas [4:30] Expectations and disappointments [6.10] Boundaries and consent at Christmas [7.50] Good boys and naughty girls - punishments and rewards [10.30] Keeping magic and fantasy alive [15.00] What do you want to ...
Dec 16, 2019•43 min
Siblings In this week's episode we talk about siblings. We look at ways to prepare your older child before bringing a new baby home, and how to navigate fighting and meeting everyone's needs with older children. We also explore our own responses to siblings fighting. [1.20] Understanding the bigger picture around siblings [4:00] Preparing for a new baby in the family [6.50] Preparation beforehand can make the transition easier. [11.00] Signs of feelings in the older child [12.20] Games to play t...
Nov 27, 2019•59 min
Food and Control In this week's episode we talk about food and control and how children can use food as a way to repress feelings as well as gain some control in their lives. [1.30] Why food issues can be about control [2:45] Why feelings around food can be confusing [5.30] Food as love [8.05] Trusting our bodies and what we want to eat [11.00] Confusing hunger and feelings [13.45] Compassion for our stories around food [19.00] Bringing awareness to food [21.35] Powerlessness in life and gaining...
Nov 17, 2019•56 min
Trauma and Parenting In this week's episode we talk about parenting when we are carrying our own trauma and how we can navigate raising our children. [1.50] Trauma doesn’t have to be a big event, it can be many unmet feelings [4:25] The invitation to explore feelings and trauma [6.45] What trauma can look like in parenting [9.50] Sadness and trauma and thinking clearly [12.55] Mindfulness and present awareness to identify our own story [16.05] Owning our feelings to our children and ourselves [1...
Nov 06, 2019•55 min
Trauma and Children In this week's episode we talk about helping our children navigate and heal from Trauma. [2.11] We all have degrees of trauma or hurt feelings being human. [3:25] Birth and Trauma and what we perceive. [5.56] The spectrum of feelings and our ability to heal. [8.00] Babies in Utero absorbing feelings and how they can heal. [13.00] Co-regulation and healing with children. [15.30] Being with our own feelings to hold others. [20.00] Our reactions when our own trauma or feelings a...
Oct 27, 2019•1 hr 3 min
"Go Away" - what we can do when your child yells at you or tells you to leave. In this week's episode we talk about what we can do when our child yells at us or tells us to leave. How can we handle these situations with respect and connection? [1.20] Navigating boundaries and limits and helping with feelings [2:15] What did it feel like for you? [4.50] Why children yell, "go away" and resist feelings [8.25] The power of teaching our children to experience feelings and let them go [10.45] The cry...
Oct 16, 2019•37 min
