I am so excited to share the beautiful birth story of Alfie Macdonald, born naturally on the 14th of December 2016, weighing 10.6lbs. Congratulations to his super proud parents Joanne and John Macdonald who completed The Wise Hippo Birthing Programme with me earlier this month. Joanne said that it was a “thoughtful birth” and that … More So Calm & Relaxed that Baby Alfie was Born Snoozing!
This is the final blog from the Parenting as a Spiritual Practice course – an 8 week online course that has offered an incredible opportunity for growth, expansion and transformation as a parent. This blog takes a step back to reflect over the journey and bring together the practices and the perspectives shared and explored within previous blogs, to weave together the many threads into one dynamic tapestry. … More A Gift of Grace: The Transformative Potential of Parenting as a Spiritual Practice
This blog post reflects on week 7 of our Parenting as a Spiritual Practice course, where we have been exploring the untapped potential of our family culture and our freedom to renew and consciously breathe new life into family traditions, habits and rituals. … More Consciously Breathing New Life into our Family Culture
After week six of the ‘Parenting as a Spiritual Practice’ course this blog now takes a moment to reflect on ourselves as the parent in more depth through exploring our gifts and our growing edges. It touches upon practices that are grounded in real life that allow us to bring more self-awareness and that provide the transformative potential of awakened growth and awakened parenting. … More Becoming Aware of our Gifts and our Growing Edges as Parents
Week 5 reflections of my ‘Parenting as a Spiritual Practice’ course where we have been reflecting on the dynamic art of parenting and the many roles we play as parents, including the gatekeeper, guide and model. In our journey of parenting as a spiritual practice, our role is to co-create with our children, a way of being in the world that has an awakened and authentic perspective. … More Bringing Consciousness to the Many Roles We Play as Parents
Week four reflections on my Parenting as a Spiritual Practice course, where we explore the ongoing practice of how we can meet our children as fully as possible, supporting them to dance into their full potential and sharing examples of how I am getting behind the eyes of my child and bringing more presence into our everyday life. … More Getting Behind the Eyes of Your Child
My third week reflections of the ‘Parenting as a Spiritual Practice’ course. In this blog I explore attachment through the metaphor of nurturing the soil in which our relationship is planted in order for it to truly blossom. … More Nurturing the Roots of our Relationship
The second week of my Parenting as a Spiritual Practice course, with this blog post exploring the increasing awareness of my current context and the importance of stepping back to reflect on where my beliefs, values and imprints were born and how they shape my parenting. … More Expanding My Parenting Context
This is the first of a series of reflective blog posts that relate to my experience and reflections of parenting as a spiritual practice, whilst re-immersing myself in an incredible 8-week online course called ‘Parenting as a Spiritual Practice – an Integral Evolutionary Approach to Parenting’ … More Parenting as a Spiritual Practice
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