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Kind words from my valued clients

My relationship with my 15 yo has improved so much. The power struggle had been developing and I lost touch with how much I love her. I really have paid attention to the connection. Strengthening that connection has made such an improvement! It was all still there right under the surface and it is so beautiful.

Deborah

I am so glad that I am a part of Joss's Aware Parenting Teenager Course. Having support and community is so important on our journey and I just LOVE Joss's support. I love her empathy, her presence, care and love but also her amazing wisdom and experience.  I am so grateful to have her support and this community to fall back to when I want or need to. I know I will be received with care and love with whatever is there for me and that is so nourishing and valuable to have.  If you are thinking of joining or working with Joss, I highly recommend it.

Parenting and the teenage years are not always easy to navigate, for me it is so reassuring to know that Joss is there to reach out to when I have questions coming up or would love to receive reassurance or hear her experience.

Being part of a community, hearing you are not the only one with the same challenges and feelings leaves me feeling less alone. There is an unseen bond between the parents that are part of this course, I really value and appreciate this connection as well. It is like having each other’s back.

Vivian

Listening to them is my superpower now, thanks to you and aware parenting.  We chat more often now, almost everyday. I hope all parents out there will have the courage just to listen more to their kids

Andhina

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the workshop last week. I left feeling so inspired and confident about the next steps for my family. Your knowledge and understanding of aware parenting is extraordinary and I learnt so so much from you. Thank you for sharing in this way. I also loved the handouts and the reflections that you provided and I have found myself thinking deeply about many of these things since the workshop. I am really looking forward to the next one, so please let me know when it going to be available. Thank you so much

Katie

I attended Joss’ workshop ‘Aware Parenting and Natural Learning. I found her to be incredibly compassionate, understanding, clear and concise when it came to sharing specific content around Aware Parenting and her on personal experience with the schooling system, and how this contributed to her decision to home school/ natural learn. She also discussed the Aware Parenting principles of learning in great detail. I really enjoyed hearing Joss explain the different types of learning, how children learn best and how this is very deeply connected with the Aware Parenting philosophy. Joss opened up the conversation at the end so that everyone could share and discuss their concerns and questions around home learning.

Throughout the workshop she linked personal experiences to Aware Parenting theory and how this has supported her and her children over the years of natural learning. She gave examples of when Aware Parenting was supportive in creating co-op’s with other parents, understanding the different ways children learn, moving away from punishments and rewards and how to incorporate democratic parenting and learning. Joss spoke about her experiences openly and courageously. She gave incredibly supportive feedback, suggests and ideas for everyone to take away and begin unpacking for themselves.

It was such a wonderful workshop I have asked Joss to run another one online again so that more parents who are also thinking of natural learning/home schooling can hear this very important knowledge and wisdom.

Danni

Thank you so much for your workshop yesterday. I gained so much. Your journey with your children is really inspiring and I could really hear your passion for natural learning woven through the workshop.

Julia

What a relief this group is.

In a culture that holds schooling as critical, not going to school is hard.

Each fortnight I could bring my worries, wondering and woundings to our group.

This NL&AwP group holds deep wisdom and gave me the support to keep making the wisest choices.

I am in a very different space at the end of this year than I was at the start.

Thank you, deeply

Clare-Louise

Joining the Aware Parenting and Natural Learning Community last year was an easy decision for me. Although I am not yet homeschooling, I have a huge desire to do so.

I knew I still had concerns in relation to being able to homeschool my daughter and what that may look like.

I was also looking for a community of like minded people who could help support my transition to homeschooling.

What I found in the NLC was so much more than I ever expected.

You could not ask for more experienced and loving mentors in Marion and Joss.

With 40+ years of combined experience between them in Aware Parenting, homeschooling and Natural Learning, they can offer such an incredible perspective to anyone, at all stages of your journey.

Along with all the practical aspects of supporting home learners, the community is an incredible place to feel seen and heard with unconditional loving compassion and deep empathy.

Like so many people, I have experienced deep trauma and pain from my schooling years, so embarking on this journey has been both scary and deeply healing.

If you are wanting the most loving support for yourself, so that you can be present and connected with your child/ren whilst home learning, I can highly recommend this community.

Thank you Joss and Marion for creating this space. It has already made a big and lasting difference to our lives.

Nic

I am here to offer my gratitude and appreciation to all of you and to Joss Goulden and Marion Rose for creating, supporting, and guiding this group. It was an inspiring experience for me in so many ways.

I was not willing to give as much time and attention as I had hoped when I entered the group but I did so love the times I was willing to be present and share with you all.

When I entered the group I was not totally clear on what I want for my daughter's learning experience to be rooted in and now I know that I want her to be in a natural learning environment and what I am willing to do to create this for her. This group also gave me the opening to revisit and give love and compassion to many of my past hurts from my own school years. I have so much gratitude for this.

Amanda

These last few days/weeks I am feeling a very deep sense of trust in our natural learning journey. I was so uncertain and doubting myself at the beginning of the year. I felt worried we had no structure, I felt concerned we had no direction. I was frustrated with how we were spending our days. But now I am feeling calm and enjoying our natural learning. This group and sense of community has been a huge part of that. I feel deeply connected to my kids and trusting of their journey. I know it is right for us. The decolonisation topic really helped me with that I used to have so much worry about whether I was doing the right thing and how my kids would 'turn out'.

Then I had this realisation...even if they're grown up, living at home, pursuing their own interests, hanging out with me (so basically how it is now) then I would be so happy and proud of them. It felt like 'there is no way I can get this wrong' if I keep on this path of connecting with them and always learning and growing myself.

Also me: lots of moments feeling frustrated, bored, irritable and disconnected. But the backdrop is full of joy and trust in this process.

Pam

Aware Parenting and natural learning is such a natural combination. Each have their challenges, and more so because the world is not currently oriented to support parenting this way. To have a space that champions and normalises both Aware Parenting and natural learning is such a gift.

I loved the combination of resources that this space offers. Focusing on one aspect each month helped to keep things simple and created a chance for deep learning across a wide range of topics. Having Facebook lives was a wonderful way to learn new information (or remember things known, but forgotten!), the Zoom calls were a beautiful way to feel connected and seen, and to receive compassionate listening. The Facebook community served as a great space to stay connected, to reach out for help and to support each other.

Joss and Marion offer unparalleled experience and knowledge. They’ve provided the most compassionate, loving facilitation I’ve experienced anywhere. Truly a model for what online learning, support and community spaces can be. It is the very embodiment of natural learning and the principles of Aware Parenting, in action.

I highly recommend this community. It is a beautiful way to immerse yourself in the principles of both natural learning and Aware Parenting, and to become part of a community of people with similar visions for their family and the world

Anonymous

When I joined this group I was feeling confused and unsettled in my home ed journey. I had a lot of old beliefs and old hurts from the domination culture that were preventing me from trusting myself and my children. I was also feeling a longing for community and a sense of helplessness around that.

Thanks to this community, I have shed so many layers of conditioning and school hurts. I am in a place of deep trust for each of my children's journeys with natural learning.

I am learning to follow their lead and learning and re-learning to drop my agenda of how things should be or what my kids are interested in.

I feel deeply connected to my kids and trusting of their journey. I know it is right for us. The decolonisation topic really helped me with that.

I used to have so much worry about whether I was doing the right thing and how my kids would 'turn out'.

Then I had this realisation...even if they're grown up, living at home, pursuing their own interests, hanging out with me (so basically how it is now) then I would be so happy and proud of them. It felt like 'there is no way I can get this wrong' if I keep on this path of connecting with them and always learning and growing myself.

Pamela
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The Aware Parenting Stories podcast explores the world of parenting through conversations with people who are passionate about parenting and supporting others to parent in this beautiful way.
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