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Children are educated by what the
grown up is and not by his talk.
-Carl Jung
One of the biggest mistakes we make when trying to calm our baby or child in their moment of big feelings, is to try and fix their feelings.
When they're a baby, that can look like trying a thousand different things over the course of hours* to settle them. Is it a dirty nappy? Do they need more food? Maybe some soothing sound, or distraction with lights.
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When it's an older baby or toddler, we can begin by trying to rationalise and explain things to them. This can sound like, "What's wrong? What do you want? Do you want a hug? Do you want food? Stop Crying. Calm down."
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What if I told you that, in most cases, this is the
This course is for the parent who:
Women Who BeHave is a 6 week course open to those who feel ready to make the courageous step to heal old wounds and honour their wise woman. It has been designed for the postpartum woman who is struggling to find joy in the everyday life, in the parenting, and who's looking for a way to rekindle that spark in her life. We'll go on a journey of self exploration, to find the self that was potentially lost on the mothering journey.
The course explores why it can be difficult to prioritise ourselves, the relationship dynamics that get triggered when we try to prioritise ourselves, and how we can still create loving boundaries to honour our own needs and ultimately brings a bit more joy to ourselves and our family.
Course Outline:
Week 1 - Learning What Calm Really Means
We'll learn about what emotions, including calm, feel like in our body. We'll explore the mechanics of our emotions so that we might become more aware of them, and how we can learn to control them.
Week 2 - How to Find Calm in Our Bodies
With the information that we learn on Week 1, we'll begin to look more into how we can cultivate the emotion of calm in the moments when our big emotions begin to flow.
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Week 3 - Connecting With Your Child to Bring Calm
Finally, with an understanding of our own bodies, and how our emotions feel and work, we'll learn how we can connect with our children to bring calm to their nervous system.
Facilitated by:
J'Nel Metherell IBCLC CST
Over this one hour I will be sharing with you the foundational elements that brought drastic change to my own life over recent years. These are the elements that I found crucial in my ability to understand and face everyday challenges without the internal resistance that brought frustration, resentment, anger, and exhaustion.
These are the steps that helped me rediscover who I truly am, what brings me joy and how I could harness it in my day-to-day so that I could be at ease, even at difficult times. This is what took me from the "get through the day" mentality and into full enjoyment of my life with my kids, in my work and in my relationships. It's what can help you, too.