Our Story
I discovered Aware Parenting when my daughter was 3 months old. She had begun having long, intense cries for a few weeks. At the time, the only explanations I had heard were that it might be colic or a developmental milestone. I held the belief that it was my job to stop her from crying, to settle, to soothe, to help her.
When I first heard the Aware Parenting perspective on crying: that not all crying indicates an unmet need and that babies can heal from trauma through crying, I had a visceral, full body knowing that my daughter had been trying to do just this.
I began adopting Aware Parenting —reading, listening, learning voraciously as time passed. The first time I welcomed my 3 month old daughter's crying was a complete revelation. As I felt her cry coming on, knowing all of her immediate needs had been met, rather than anxiously putting her into the carrier to try to 'soothe' her as I had done so many times before, I sat down in a comfortable chair, held her lovingly, and told her I was listening. She cried intensely, loudly, wailing her arms and her legs for about 45 minutes, all the while I offered my loving presence. She reached what felt like a crescendo, and then her cry stopped, all on its own, and she fell into the most calm, restful sleep of her life.
As I continued to put the theory into practice, I was seeing incredible benefits in my daughter, but also in myself, my husband and the way we were relating to one another. I just felt so clear the world needs to know this information, this life changing paradigm shift from the current cultural perspective on babies and children.
With a knowing from the deepest part of me that this work changes lives, I chose to leave behind my career as an Architect and Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher to dedicate myself to sharing this work with others. I'm so honoured that my professional work now reflects my lifelong inner yearning to be of service.
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