Episode 107 - You Are Not Broken. Embracing Imperfection with Danni and Joss
Aware Parenting Stories with Joss GouldenShow Notes
Welcome back to the podcast and the second conversation in this series about learning to embrace imperfection in Aware Parenting. This conversation is with my dear friend and colleague Danni Willow, who is an amazing aware parenting instructor with 2 daughters living on the Surf Coast of Australia. We have been running our beautiful Exploring Aware Parenting Community together for the last 3 years. She has also been on many of the previous podcast episodes.
In this conversation, Danni shares her journey of moving from guilt and shame and judgement to self compassion and self connection. We talk about how have learnt to offer ourselves support, compassion and acceptance. Danni shares vulnerably some messy, painful moments in her family and how she has found her way through those times. We talk about repair with our children and the immense power for them of authenticity and connection. We talk about bringing in acceptance and compassion in relation to control patterns. We talk about how we offer ourselves celebration and acknowledgement as an antidote to the harshness and judgment.
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If you want to learn more about my Aware Parenting Teenagers course, the link is here https://awareparenting.com.au/my-courses/aware-parenting-teenagers/
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