In a nutshell, for me conscious parenting has been about:

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• Becoming aware of what is underneath the ways we behave in moments of stress - adults and children alike. 

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• Learning to approach those moments with curiosity and wonder, instead of blame, shame, anger and unconscious reactions. 

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• Learning a new language of feelings, needs and beliefs and applying it to our family's everyday interactions. 

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• Letting go of needing to know what to do as a parent and instead surrendering and trusting that the 'right thing' will emerge just in connecting and being in relationship with each other.

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But most of all, what it's given me is a choice to respond in the moment with love, empathy and compassion, where before there was only a reaction - no choice. 

 

I've found that space that Viktor Frankl was talking about.