I will hold you through the challenges of parenting; and help you walk the bridge towards connection and ease. We cannot do this alone.
ABOUT ME
About Me
Hello, my name is Felicity Dinah and I am Mother to two boys, who are currently 4 and 7 years old. I'm passionate about supporting you to navigate your unique path through parenthood. Aware Parenting is the lens through which I offer this support. It is an approach that I live and breathe, as I believe it has the power to change the world, one child at a time.
The path of parenting has many twists and turns and I know how painful parenting can be. I could never have found my way through my own challenging times without the support of my Aware Parenting mentors. I would love to offer you the same support I have received. To support you when the terrain is rough, and celebrate with you when you land in ease and delight.
My Work
My work is personal and heartfelt. I have studied, apprenticed and immersed myself in varied practices which have laid the foundations for the parenting support I offer to you. Some of these modalities are Insight Meditation, Shiatsu Therapy, Contact Improvisation, Organic Vegetable Growing, Steiner Early Childhood Education, mystical Judaism, Focusing and Somatic Experiencing and lastly and most deeply, Aware Parenting.
Aware Parenting is a parenting philosophy congruent with the ancient philosophies of the world, as well as with modern trauma modalities. For me, Aware Parenting is in equal parts a way of life, a spiritual practice, and a lifelong research project.
I am also a trained Social Worker and accredited Teacher (Secondary). However these 2 formal degrees pale in comparison with the PhD-like degree I have attained in Mothering. I am an extremely dedicated student in the art of Mothering. I seek regular support so that I can Mother in a way that meets the evolving needs of my children; and so that I can continue to heal childhood wounds of my own.
What is Aware Parenting?
Aware Parenting is an attachment-style parenting approach created by Aletha Solter PhD. Aware Parenting uses therapeutic play, non-punitive discipline and attachment style parenting to create deep connection with our child and to help them heal stress and trauma in their bodies.
In Aware Parenting we welcome all the parts of our child, and we respond to their challenging behaviours in ways that are loving, playful and healing.
It's the training of a monk in a modern, householder world.
To implement this approach I will share with you the tools of Aware Parenting, whilst also supporting you in exploring your own childhood. We all carry inherited familial patterns which can come in the way of easeful connection with our child(ren).
Aware Parenting support is helpful not just for parents, but also for grandparents, teachers, midwives, doulas, nurses, doctors and anyone who is looking for deeper and more joyful connection with the children they are spending time with.
My Offerings:
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Individual Zoom Sessions
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Home visits in Warrandyte and surrounding suburbs
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Monthly Sharing Circle around a parenting topic (Sunday evening 7-9)
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I co-facilitate an Aware Parenting Courses called 'Wild Hearted Parents' in Warrandyte and Coburg areas (Melbourne)
I believe that Mothering is an art-form. We are artists, and our homelife is our studio.
