As this very long sleep series draws to a close, in this episode, I share some quick sleep suggestions for parents of a baby, toddler, child, or teen.Babies, children, and teens need to be both tired and relaxed to sleep restfully. Relaxation is created in two ways: ~ through a sense of safety (which is met by having closeness, especially in the ea…

Woohooo! It's the 200th episode!Thank you to everyone who has listened to this podcast, whether this is the first time you've listened, or the 200th!I'm celebrating with Belynda Smith, who is not only the Editor of my trilogy of books, but also an Aware Parenting instructor and Hand in Hand Instructor.We chat together about all different aspects of…

I'm so delighted that Carly Facius has returned to the podcast for the 4th time. She was also on episodes 149, 154, and 159.Carly is a mother of three, Registered Midwife, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, holds a Master of Primary Maternity Care, and is an Aware Parenting instructor.Carly starts off by sharing her own journey wit…

Episode 198: The power of play before sleep with Vivian Viester by Marion Rose, PhD.Por Marion Rose, PhD.

I'm so delighted that Belynda Smith is back on the podcast, after she interviewed me about The Emotional Life of Babies in episode 151.Belynda is an Aware Parenting instructor and a Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor. She is also the Editor of my trilogy of books.In this episode, Belynda shares about her passion for – and deep experience with – the …

I'm so delighted that Kim Cousins came back on the podcast again. Kim was on episode 136 and 176 and I so highly recommend listening to those episodes if you haven't already.Kim is an Aware Parenting instructor who used to work in a perinatal mental health unit and has an abundance of experience of working with mothers and babies and families in ge…

In this episode, I share the first chapter in my upcoming sleep book: Sound Sleep and Secure Attachment with Aware Parenting:Transform sleep for your baby, child or teen with this compassionate, trauma-informed approach to deep relaxation.There is still some more editing to go, but I don't imagine anything huge will change!I'm so loving this book, …

In this episode, I talk about the differences Highly Sensitive Children can experience with sleep. You can find out more about my work at www.marionrose.netYou can also find me here:https://www.instagram.com/theawareparentingpodcast/https://www.instagram.com/_marion_rose_/https://www.instagram.com/awareparenting/www.facebook.com/MarionRosePhD…

In this episode, I talk about the power of laughter to help us release fear from our bodies as parents. In it, I include a two minute segment of me laughing, in case that helps you laugh too!You can find out more about my work at www.marionrose.netYou can also find me here:https://www.instagram.com/theawareparentingpodcast/https://www.instagram.com…

In this episode, I share about how it's possible to heal a rupture with our child, even if that happened many years ago.You can find out more about my work at www.marionrose.netYou can also find me here:https://www.instagram.com/theawareparentingpodcast/https://www.instagram.com/_marion_rose_/https://www.instagram.com/awareparenting/www.facebook.co…

We recorded this episode a few weeks ago.I'm so delighted to share this episode with Laura Pires Brammer.Laura is an Aware Parenting instructor in Germany, and she shares about her experience with Aware Parenting and sleep.She talks about the powerful connection she had with Aletha Solter's book 'The Aware Baby', and now she started to listen to he…

In another episode in the second sleep series, I share about my own experiences with sleep as a mother.I talk about the way I changed thinking about sleep before becoming a mother. I share about how I helped my daughter sleep for longer chunks when she was about 9 months old.I tell the story of the two challenges I had with sleep - one when my daug…

This is a special episode that was recorded three years ago and that was on my Psychospiritual Podcast, about Aware Parenting and homeschooling.If you know Chiara Rossetti and haven't heard the news yet, I invite you to pause and have a friend close before reading more.......................Chiara is no longer with us.If you knew her, I'm sending s…

In this episode, I share listeners' questions and my answers, for toddlers of one year old to children who are seven years old.The questions include:"How can I help my one year old release big feelings before and during sleep without making her feel powerless? Is me holding her helpful?""I'd love to hear you talk about breastfeeding to sleep and ni…

In this episode, I share listeners' questions and my answers, for babies 3 months to 12 months old. The questions include:"Can babies get nightmares/night terrors as young as 3 months?""How do I support my baby when he gets the wriggles?""Should I be putting my 9 mth old In her own cot?""Do we have to co sleep?""Do you think the whole family should…

In this episode, I talk about the chronotypes of the early bird and the night owl.I also explain how you can differentiate each of these from the effects of accumulated healing-feelings.I also share about the possibility that both chronotypes and accumulated feelings can be happening, and what you can do it this is the case.If you'd like my free PD…

In this episode, I talk about the most common reason why babies and toddlers:wake up with the slightest noise or movement;wake up after one sleep cycle;wake up crying;are restless at night;wake frequently;appear to resist sleep;take a long time to go to sleep.If you're walking on eggshells to make sure they don't wake up, this might interest you.I …

In this episode, I talk to Maru Rojas again. Maru is an Aware Parenting instructor in the UK and is originally from Mexico. She was a guest on the podcast on episode 139, also talking about sleep. If you haven't listened to that episode, I highly recommend listening to it after this one.Maru shares her journey of sleep with her daughter and son, as…

In this episode, I share why Aware Parenting doesn't include the terms 'overtired', 'wake windows', and 'sleep regression', and what we perceive is going on when these terms are used.Because Aware Parenting has such different ways of understanding what's going on with sleep, it doesn't use a lot of terminology commonly used in other parenting parad…

In this episode, I talk about the three ingredients for restful sleep. The first is well-known, the second is less well-known in this culture, and the third is often not recognised at all.I also explain the three different ways to bring about calmness before sleep, and why two of those only lead to superficial calmness, which often leads to babies …

This little mini episode continues on from the last episode on cultural beliefs in relation to sleep.I talk about how looking at sleep practices all around the world helps us understand biological needs and cultural practices.Babies and children vitally need sleep, so it's adaptive for there to be many ways to support them to be able to go to sleep…

I love looking at how cultural beliefs and practices affect parenting, and in this episode I explore this in relation to sleep for babies and children.I talk about The Continuum Concept book about the Yequana people, by Jean Liedloff, and how reading it affected me back in 1992.I explore how Classical Attachment Parenting was deeply influenced by I…

Hello again!This is a very different episode, and it's for mothers, to mark Mothers Day in some parts of the world.Please note, that this is based on The Marion Method, rather than Aware Parenting.In the episode, I share three things:~ An invitation to see what shows up for you on Mothers Day.~ Me appreciating you as a mother.~ Me standing in for D…

I'm so delighted to be starting this second sleep series, in tandem with editing my book, Sound Sleep and Secure Attachment with Aware Parenting, as well as offering a live round of the course of the same name, and my first Aware Parenting children's book, on rambunctious play before bed.This episode is an introduction to what me and my guests will…

I'm grateful to one of my lovely mentees, who requested this episode, where I talk about some of the differences between Aware Parenting and Classical Attachment Parenting (a term created by me and adopted by Aletha Solter, the founder of Aware Parenting).Classical attachment parenting (CAP) refers to the original attachment parenting paradigm, whi…

I'm so delighted that Kim Cousins is back on the podcast! Kim is an Aware Parenting instructor as well as a registered nurse who works on a perinatal mental health unit. She is also studying a graduate certificate in family therapy.She was also on episode 136 with her colleague, Erin.Please note that this episode talks about painful experiences in …

This is the last episode in the series related to my latest best-selling book, 'I'm Here and I'm Listening', before I return to finish the food series, so this episode is a kind of bridge back to that!Then I'll be starting the second sleep series!Today, I share a story from my book, again from a child's perspective.Before that, I talk about how in …

In this episode, I talk about why children aren't fighting sleep, and why we're often fighting their natural relaxation response.I share concisely about how we can trust children and follow their lead and can then cooperate with their natural relaxation response.I explain the power of play before bed, and why we can look at the "it'll all end in te…

In this episode, I share about how we can stay connected with children in relation to screens, including with attachment play.I offer some information that I wish I'd had when my children were younger, about loving limits.I also share a touching story at the end from my new book, 'I'm Here and I'm Listening', from the perspective of a child.Putting…

In this episode, I share about what's going on when a child is hitting. I talk about them being in the fight or flight response, and how we can help them move out of that state of hyperarousal, through feeling physically and emotionally safe, to return to homeostasis through healing raging and crying (or laughing and playing) with our loving suppor…

In this episode, I talk about when children use have a soft toy, blanket or other object as a control pattern. This might be something they use to suppress their feelings when going to sleep or during the day when feelings bubble up.I explain about how they used to be known as 'transitional objects' in Winnicott's work, and how we see them differen…

In this episode, I respond to questions about loving limits that parents asked on my social media accounts.They include:What happens when loving limits don't seem to work – eg, the child moves on to something else and doesn't express any feelings;When loving limits aren't actually the most apt response;When our own feelings come up;When we find it …

In this episode, I share an update on loving limits, after gaining lots of new clarity through the process of editing my latest best-selling book, 'I'm Here and I'm Listening'. and having conversations with Aletha Solter, PhD, the Founder of Aware Parenting.The update includes:The importance of giving information when offering a loving limit;The la…

This is part of a series of episodes where I refer to topics in my new best-selling book, 'I'm Here and I'm Listening', and I read a story shared from a child's perspective.In this episode, I talk about the process of helping a child move out a freeze state (which in Aware Parenting we tend to refer to as dissociation, or a control pattern) and bac…

Long gone are the days where parents who wanted to leave the park were told to just walk away and say "bye!" to their child.However, it can be so common for us as parents to feel really powerless when we want to leave the park and our child doesn't want to. This can often correspond with times when we're hungry or tired, and our own feelings can ea…

There is an episode called 'Go away" from early on in The Aware Parenting Podcast, AND I felt called to record another one. That's partly because one of my favourite parts in my new best-selling book 'I'm Here and I'm Listening' is where we see this from a child's perspective.In fact, when parents ask about helpful responses to their crying child s…

My new book is out!It's called 'I'm Here and I'm Listening' and is for parents of 1-8 year olds.In this episode, I read the first couple of chapters of the book.The audiobook won't be available for a few months, so I thought I would give you an audio taster!The paperback of 'I'm Here and I'm Listening' became an immediate best seller – reaching num…

Welcome back after the festive season!This episode is informed by Aware Parenting, but includes a lot of The Marion Method in terms of our reparenting and reculturing journey.I talk about what may be getting in the way of our deep connection with our innate body wisdom in relation to food:Our thoughts and beliefs and understanding about food and ea…

Hello again! This is a pause in the food, feelings and trust series for a festive season special, all about the opposite of overwhelm.I share about:The importance of connection with yourself and your values;How to prevent overwhelm in the first place (saying no is a big factor here);How you can recognise overwhelm in yourself and your baby/child/te…

In this episode, I talk about how to help children who have learnt to eat to suppress their feelings. This follows on from the last episode about helping babies who have learnt to suppress their feelings, and the one before that, about how babies and children learn to feed and eat to suppress their feelings in the first place.If you haven't already…

In this episode, I share about what you can do if your baby has learnt to suppress their feelings with feeding.If you haven't already, I invite you to listen to the previous episode, where I talked about how babies and children learn to suppress their feelings with food.I said I was going to talk about babies and children in this episode, but I'm s…

In this episode, I talk about how babies and children learn to suppress their feelings with food and how we can prevent that or lessen those effects.I share about:The importance of self-compassion;Reassurance that this is one of the most common ways that babies and children suppress feelings;Whatever age your baby or child is, it's possible to help…

I'm so delighted that Carly Facius is back again! Carly is a Registered Midwife, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and holds a Master of Primary Maternity Care and is an Aware Parenting instructor.Carly has already been on two episodes of The Aware Parenting Podcast: Episode 149 on Communicating with babies and Episode 154 on Recl…

After the last episode, I felt called to share more details about how things get in the way of children's innate body wisdom.If our aim is wanting our child to make the most optimal food choices based on their bodily sensations as well as information from us and from their own prior experience about whether they enjoyed the food and how they felt a…

I absolutely love that Clare Louise Brumley, PhD, has returned to the podcast. She was on episode 135 about an evolutionary perspective on sleep. She is an Aware Parenting instructor as well as registered nutritionist and Integrative Medicine Practitioner and she did her PhD on this topic. We talk about:Why we are meant to feel a lot of feelings in…

In this episode, I talk about the self-connected approach to eating, which is officially called the self-demand approach to food or self-regulated eating in Aware Parenting. I talk about children's innate body wisdom in relation to food, and the interplay of that with them needing to learn about the place, family and culture they are born into. I s…

Hello and a big warm welcome to the next series, this time about food, feelings and trust.In this episode, I offer an overview, sharing some information about trusting children's wisdom in relation to food and helping them stay connected with that, understanding how eating can become a way of suppressing feelings, and supporting children who alread…

At the end of this series on the effects of birth, I wanted to share an episode about how wonderful birth can be, and the effects of that on a family. In The Aware Baby, Aletha Solter talks about doing what we can to prepare for birth, and I wanted to offer some examples of that through this conversation with Carly Facius who is a Registered Midwif…

In this episode, Shelley Clarke returns to the podcast. Shelley is an Aware Parenting instructor, Hand in Hand Instructor, Marion Method Mentor and CranioSacral Therapist. Shelley was on the podcast in episode 146, talking about helping babies to heal from their birth.We talk about trusting that older children can heal from their birth experience a…

In this episode, I talk with Kirsty Fernandes, an Aware Parenting instructor who focuses on postpartum care (or 4th trimester care) and who is mother to a 4 year old and a 6 year old.In the rest of the series on The Effects of Birth, we've looked at the effects on the baby. In this episode, we're talking more about the effects on the mother.If you …