A unique 10-week parenting course for new mums to understand the changes that take place and learn the tools and strategies to manage the intense experience of a newborn (0-9 mths)
Covering many topics such as birth debriefing, self identity, work life balance, relationship changes and so much more..
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
1. Parenting In This Era
Why is parenting in this era so hard? Our world is full of advice, noise and distraction which only slows down our development and confidence as a new parents. It puts us in a different part of our brain. This weeks challenge is to stay off Google for the week, and just spend time staring at your baby. See what you notice. Attuning to your baby’s needs requires time, presence and trust in yourselves to work it out.
2. Self-Discovery & Self-Identity
Who am I now? New parents often talk about a loss of self. You are asked to recognise that it isn’t a loss of self – it is the loss of a former life. It is actually an expansion of self, as you discover new ways of being in a very different world of parenthood. It is an upgrade to your system – but there will always be days you feel the loss of the way things used to be. The offering in this class is a powerful metaphor to alter your mindset – and your experience.
3. Dealing With The Changing Nature of Relationships
Sharing effective skills to help you have hard conversations. Many relationships change after the arrival of a new baby. It is fertile ground for relationships to mature, but in order for this to happen, we need to upgrade our skills to have conversations – and renegotiate terms.
4. Feeding & Expressing Love In These New Circumstances
We will learn the five love languages and how to work on keeping your love tank full. This is one of the most powerful sessions in keeping relationships healthy and building the capacity to better understand each other, and be responsible for your own love tank.
5. The Artful Work of Intuitive Parenting
We will discuss the difference between instinct and intuition. You will be shown how to cultivate more intuition as a parent, which is the capacity to know what your children need and to attune to what they are really communicating.
6. Work/Life/Self Contentment
Learning a simple model to help us become more clear and conscious of our priorities. This leads to a greater sense of contentment and less pressure to try to do everything. We then also explore the transition of going back to work, or staying at home – and how to make it work for the family.
7. Let’s Talk About Sex
We talk about how birth influences your sex life and how to find your way back to enjoying your body again.
8. Transforming From Your Birth
We share what our birth experiences have taught us about ourselves and link it to how birth prepares us for parenting. A rich discussion to help us put a new lens over our birth and see the value of mother nature’s blueprint.
9. Creating Your Family Rituals
We reflect on what rituals we experienced as a child, and what you would like to bring in to your own family. This session helps us to get clearer on what our family values are – and how to build lasting memories in the hearts of our children.
10. Creating Community
Our final week involves a celebration of our gatherings, and reflecting on our experience of learning and change. Then we explore as a group how we can build our community, as parenting is not a job to be done on our own.
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