wisdom when it matters most
Embodied ParentsHelping families grow, stay and love together
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resilience, regulation, resource
Parenting With The Body In Mind
The body is the source of our regulation, empathy, power and resilience. But we can’t access it’s wisdom when we live so disconnected from it, which is why we end up acting in ways that violate our values and morality and beliefs about who we are.
To navigate today’s complex parenting challenges, we must be both our family’s fiercest advocates and wisest healers. We must learn how to deepen our capacity for sustainable care and compassionate action, and uphold everyone’s need for safety, dignity and belonging, in the heat of intense emotions. We cannot do that with our minds alone. We must invite our body too.
embodied wisdom
Who We Serve
“What keeps us compassionate and resilient given all that we hold?”.
Parents, Carers and Educators
We empower caregivers with tools that help them reduce mutual reactivity and compassion fatigue. We help them foster a felt-sense of safety and trust, stay open and engaged through confrontation and conflict, and become shame and trauma resilient over the long term.
Social and Health Professionals
We help professionals understand and reduce the impact of traumatic stress on themselves, their systems, and the families they serve, and teach them tools that help them sustain their integrity, care, and wellbeing in the face of external pressure.
Teens and Young People
We give young people the tools to help them face the challenges of the modern world with increased awareness, power and agency. We support them to step into their leadership potential, find their voice and stay steady in the face of peer and society pressures.
What People Say
” This stuff is gold dust..
It’s the what, the why, but most importantly the how. A triple whammy of in-the-trenches parenting strategies, with body-based learning to put it into practice, and someone who really gets it, because they’ve been there.
It’s what I’ve been looking for all along“
Jane T, Step Mum and Teens Counsellor
Disclaimer
Kirstie offers a somatic, resource and resiliency building approach. It is from this perspective that she offers her concepts, exercises, teachings and advice. Although the approach is trauma informed, it does not offer psychological, psychotherapeutic, trauma-therapy or other therapeutic advice and support. Kirstie does not offer assessment or diagnosis of a person or situation, and the approach is not designed to take the place of treatment or recommendation from a licensed psychologist, psychiatrist or medical professional. You remain responsible for any choices you make regarding your self and your child. If you are in need of emergency help or need more intensive support, you are strongly advised to contact your local mental health or social services and seek professional advice before making any health decision. read more here