Content warning: This episode discusses childhood trauma and mentions sexual abuse. If any of these themes are triggering for you, please take care while you're listening.

This is the final episode of season two and I’m so proud that it’s this one because I feel like this is the kind of conversation that sets the tone for what’s to come for Motherness. Conversations that are deeper and more evolutionary than before.

Today’s guest is Annaliese Erin, a peaceful parenting coaching and mum to her two-year-old daughter Alaska Blue. Today she talks to her own childhood trauma and feelings of inadequacy around parenting, she never actually planned to have kids but just wait till you hear of how far she’s come. This episode is as practical as it is thoughtful. Annaleise shares strategies, tips, techniques and examples for managing behaviours and emotions - both ours and our child’s. We discuss shadow work and inner child work, self-healing, reparenting, emotional regulation, punishment vs consequences, and how to move forward from our own childhood trauma without blame.

This episode may just be the permission slip we all need to show up for ourselves, in order to show up for our tamariki.

To book in with Annalise for one-on-one coaching or group coaching, or to take her parenting course, visit her website.

Resources mentioned:

• The Holistic Psychologist
• The Whole Brain Child
• Annaliese's video on setting boundaries

Help services:

• Free call or text 1737 to talk to a trained counsellor at any time
• Visit the Safe to talk website (or freephone 0800 044 334) for help with sexual harm
• Visit the Parent Help website (or freephone 0800 568 856) for parenting advice

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