The topic of expectations is a personal and emotional reality for me. I have been told these, and told myself these, phrases (and a whole variation of similar) my entire life! And in turn, I developed a whole lot of beliefs about myself – “Alli you’re lazy, you’re, selfish, you’re unthoughtful, you’re not organised enough”. […]
Use Your Voice
How do you begin to use your voice? Last year for 18 months, I learnt from the 13 Original Clan Mothers, about the 13 female archetypes of the Native American Dreamtime. One week I specifically worked with the 6th Clan Mother – Tells Stories. Tells stories encourages us to use our voice, share our stories, […]
Create a Sense of Safety in our Children with One Simple Thing
Our voices have the power to create a sense of safety in our children, using a strategy called ‘Parentese’. Parentese is that voice we use when we speak to new babies (and cute animals) and is characterised by: a slightly higher pitch a whispery voice (lullaby voice, not rockstar voice) minimal words but much repetition […]