Tears and Tantrums -
children expressing big feelings
Powerful and practical information for your parenting
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35 minute audio | video
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24 page PDF
Clear yet concise information and invitations.
Self-reflections
So that you can really make this your own.
Includes:
The history of beliefs about children’s tears and tantrums:
The wider cultural perspective about feelings:
Tears and tantrums from an Aware Parenting perspective;
When tears and tantrums are most likely to happen, and why;
What we need to be able to listen to our child’s tears and tantrums with loving presence;
The difference listening to big feelings makes in the short term;
The difference listening to big feelings makes in the long term.
About me
I am the mother of a daughter born in 2002 and a son born in 2006, and I have learnt so much from being their mother.
I also have a more than 30 year background in developmental psychology, psychospiritual psychotherapy and conscious parenting.
I have a Ph.D. on postnatal depression and the mother-infant relationship from Cambridge University and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Exeter University, studying the capacities of babies.
I also trained and worked as a Psychosynthesis Psychotherapist, and a HypnoBirthing and Calm birth practitioner, as well as several other methodologies.
I came across Aware Parenting when I was pregnant with my daughter in 2001 and it resonated with all that I had learnt in my academic and therapeutic research, training and experience, and it had this extra piece of information that I’d never come across before - the fact that babies and children can heal from stress and trauma from birth onwards.
I’ve been an Aware Parenting Instructor since 2005 and am also a Level Two Aware Parenting Instructor.
After years of one to one sessions and in-person workshops, I started creating online courses in 2014, and have made many Aware Parenting offerings.
I am still as passionate about Aware Parenting as I was in 2001.
I see the power if has to not only transform the parent-child relationship, but also to deeply support a child’s long-term emotional wellbeing as well as their day to day emotional state and behaviour.
I am incredibly grateful to Aletha Solter, Ph.D., founder of The Aware Parenting Institute for creating this life-changing and world-changing work.
Carolina Valencia
Aware Parenting Instructor
I want to send you my deepest gratitude for your authenticity and wildly generous teaching style.
You embody the spirit of Aware Parenting, inspiring so many mothers to travel deeper to heal wounds and connect with joy.
Through your courses and your modelling, I have healed a generation of trauma. This is no small feat; in fact it’s my children’s true inheritance; their happiness for generations to come. Sending you my infinite love and gratitude.
Understand your child's tears and tantrums
in ways that help their long-term emotional wellbeing!