The inner work of reparenting ourselves while parenting our child/children is so big! Over the last 3 months working with Joss Goulden, I have found new depths of understanding in both myself and the nuances of Aware Parenting.

While my space was held, it felt like I was pushing up stream through emotional mud, muck and yuck to suddenly appear in crystal clear waters. The clarity I reached from being lovingly held, acknowledged with compassion is deeply remarkable. At times, it felt like my heart was hit by the powerful understanding of Joss' compassionate words. It was like a tender embrace each time I had the courage to be curious about the complexities of my life. Once experienced, my body and mind craved it.

This support from Joss has helped me to connect emotions to physical symptoms and deepen my understanding of why I act or react, the thoughts I have and the reasons feelings emerge because of my story. I feel a huge sense of relief that I'm choosing acknowledgement, compassion, love and understanding over judgement, harshness, guilt and shame.

Experiencing complete acceptance from Joss with love and compassion was heart glowing. I felt grateful for every message and validation for being the way I am. I feel seen and heard emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually with so much wisdom, clarity and love. All my feelings were welcome with tender genuine empathy and understanding.

I highly recommend working with Joss Goulden.

I’m so grateful to have received support from Joss over the past 12 months. Her experience and knowledge of Aware Parenting, divine skills in listening and various therapeutic and counselling skills she has in her tool belt felt so perfect and aligned with what support needs I had. Joss’s support has been such a gift to me as a woman and mother, and to my family, and the gift has also rippled onto other relationships in my life.

I would describe Joss’s support as compassionate, wise, loving, and genuine. The space she created allowed me to come as I am, and feel hear and accepted as I shared with her either in voice notes or in 1:1 zoom sessions.

Her monthly sessions were such a beautiful space of holding, and digging deeper together into what was coming up for me. I always felt safe in Joss’s very real and loving presence, her experience as a coach and mentor, as someone truly focused on my needs in that moment.

I was always deeply touched by Joss’s ability to listen to what was coming up for me in my voice noting. Her responses were filled with compassion, acknowledgement and acceptance of all that was alive for me in these messages. They often kept me connected to my feelings to allow more tears to fall, or gently invited me to explore deeper. I have come away having experienced such beautiful listening, I now know what it feels like to be heard lovingly, and can offer more to my children and others in my life.

I’ve moved forward in my journey with a deeper knowledge of Aware Parenting and what that looks like in my family life, as well as more ways to connect with my own feelings, identifying and clarifying my needs, and more able to show myself compassion as I travel on this journey as a mother and woman.

I really am so grateful for Joss, and for being able to receive support from her this year. It truly has been life changing for me and my family.

Joss is uniquely skilled and talented in her ability to hold a compassionate space that feels nurturing and honest. She doesn't shy away from the truth of the bigness or messiness of life and her authenticity makes connection effortless. Being held by Joss is like having the most supportive friend always on your side. Her voice is so love filled it feels like healing in sound form. Joss, I am so grateful for your beautiful work.

Working with Joss has been one of the most profoundly healing experiences of my life. For the first time, I truly understand what it means to reparent myself. To be held with such tenderness, to be met with genuine compassion, and to be guided so gently has been deeply reparative.

Through parts work, compassionate listening, and Joss’s rich understanding of aware parenting, I’ve begun to grow an inner loving mother within me - one who stays more present and kind, especially when I’m struggling. I’m not a perfect parent, and I still have days when I find it hard to listen the way I wish I could. But now, instead of judging myself, I’m learning to meet those moments with more grace and self-compassion. That has changed not only my relationship with myself, but also the way I show up for my children.

Joss brings a rare blend of skill, heart, and wisdom that makes this work feel safe, transformative, and deeply empowering. I’m profoundly grateful for the time we’ve had together and for all that her support has opened in me. I couldn’t recommend working with her more.

I can’t say enough about how grateful I am that I began working with Joss. I began working with her during a very challenging time in our family. We had practiced Aware Parenting since my oldest was born and honestly things had gone so well.  Parenting was still hard but there was ease. However, after our second daughter was born we were met with so many challenges as a family. I was still in a lot of physical pain from birth, my husband returned back to work after having almost 3 months of one on one time with my oldest daughter every day and our baby was experiencing some unexpected health issues which was very stressful. All of this added to a lot of unmet needs, overwhelm and not being able to provide our oldest with what she needed in this time.

I remember one particular evening in which bedtime was just really hard and after that, I had a really big cry that night and decided to reach out to Joss, knowing that I needed some extra support. I was feeling disappointed, worried and self-judgment that we were struggling so much. I was also confused because we were so intentional in preparing her for the birth of her sister and that transition. I was very familiar and had been working with all the “theory” of Aware Parenting but I really needed help integrating it during this stressful time. I was really drawn to Joss’s work and approach- in particular because of her emphasis on imperfection and self-compassion.

So fast-forward a few months after working with Joss and I had another bedtime with my daughter that was so beautiful and so connected, and afterwards I went and had another big cry because it was truly the most connected I had probably felt to her since having our baby.  We had come such a long way in healing in such a short time. Joss is very gifted at holding space and listening, and she is particularly skilled at being able to listen for the deeper themes of what is happening for me and my family. I have found my sessions with her so illuminating and it has had a ripple effect on my children, partnership and whole family.

I know it can be hard as a mom to carve out the space and time to just really get some listening and support for yourself, but when you’re often the one holding the space for the big feelings and the emotional care at home, it is so so so important that we have this opportunity to really do our own inner healing and aware parenting work so that our families can thrive.

I have received the most incredible support over the last few months from Joss. After practising Aware Parenting in our family for almost two years, I felt it was time to go deeper and receive regular one on one listening and guidance. I felt safely held with Joss to explore themes from my own childhood, which were impacting my ability to be present for my family. Though it's an ongoing journey, my own inner compassionate voice is becoming stronger. I would highly recommend Joss' support for any parent at any stage. Her wonderful ability to listen, reassure, empathise and care has been deeply healing for me to experience.

For the past 12 months, Joss has walked alongside me as I took a deep dive into Aware Parenting. She has an incredible gift for creating a safe, nonjudgmental, and compassionate space where I could show up exactly as I am. Joss taught me a new ‘language’ with Aware Parenting while also helping me develop deep compassion for myself and my inner child. Through her unwavering support, Joss has shown me what it truly feels like to be unconditionally loved—a gift I can now pass on to my children. I will always hold a special place in my heart for Joss, and I am deeply grateful for her guidance and care.

Joss I slept almost 11 hours last night! Thank you for your loving attention and kindness. It was very healing and reaches right down to the root of my difficulties.

I noticed my girl was so snuggly this am for much longer than usual - an energetic shift happened within myself I’m guessing and helped to free her a little bit more.

I met her with a loving warmth and when she did eventually wave some flags I put up a loving limit which eventually resulted in tears in my lap. A happy girl emerged from that release! Yay!

My time spent receiving Aware Parenting Support from Joss has been so healing and helpful. I've worked with Joss for a lengthy period of time now, and after each session I feel better equipped to face the challenges of parenting. I also feel so celebrated when I share the joys of parenting with Joss. Joss is like the aunty we all wish we had. She is a beautiful listener, and I'm often struck by how non-judgemental and affirming Joss is of my own parenting capacities. I'm just so grateful for you, Joss.

Hello Joss. I just want to say thank you again because, reading the books, it all sounds great and I love it and I agree. But then putting into practice, it helps so much to have you break it down and apply it to our situation - it sounds so simple! I feel like I know the concepts but when it comes to our life, I guess I am so embroiled in it, I don’t see where it fits. So thank you so much. It’s made a really big difference to my family. Thank you.

Thank you Joss. Thank you for giving me the listening I never received. Thank you for creating a safe space where I could say anything without fear of judgement or pressure. Thank you for adding your voice to my inner voice, who has become enormously more empathic and loving. Thank you for trusting that I would come up with the answers in due time.

I just feel drawn to send this email to you. Thank you so much for supporting me this year and being a compassionate ear to listen to so much that happened. It has been such a big year for my family and I so appreciate having your support during some of those hard times.

I also really love your podcast and I just want to put out there that you are doing such important work in the world and it’s so inspiring.

I hope to work with you again in the future.

Lots of love always

I love my sessions with Joss so much. It’s a special time for me each fortnight where I can leave my parenting behind for an hour and turn up exactly how I am and how I’m feeling. I see Joss like my kind humble auntie who loves me no matter what I share, offers me such deep compassion and empathy, has beautiful ways to drop me deeper into my experience and has great aware parenting ideas when I need them. I feel safe, unconditionally loved and deeply listened to. I feel so grateful to have found Joss’s support during early motherhood.

Working with Joss has been a deeply transformative experience for me. As a psychotherapist, I recognise the value of regular therapy, but the past six months with Joss have provided support in ways I never anticipated. She expertly combines Aware Parenting principles with compassionate listening and her extensive knowledge of various therapeutic techniques.

Being able to send voice notes was particularly beneficial; her reassuring and empathetic responses often moved me to tears. Her insights on Aware Parenting have significantly improved my relationship with my children, making me more playful and connected, and allowing me to embrace their feelings on a much deeper level—even after 15 years as a therapist. Her rich experience with Aware Parenting within her own family shines through, and I appreciated her thoughtful reflections. I've developed a deeper connection with myself and a more compassionate inner voice. If you're seeking support for parenting and personal healing, I wholeheartedly recommend working with Joss. I am truly grateful to you Joss, thank you!

Working with Joss has been an incredible experience. When I first connected with Joss I had completed some other Aware Parenting workshop type courses but never anything 1:1 and so I had no idea what to expect. Going into it I was hoping for some support with how to connect with and support my daughter through a tricky phase; I ended up with so so much more. Joss has an incredible listening style and I have never felt more seen or accepted for my thoughts and feelings. Her ability to listen and hold space with such compassion and kindness was priceless.

I come into our sessions with parenting questions or frustrations and leave with not only practical strategies and tips on how to navigate them but always with some deep inner work or healing. Joss knows how to ask the exact right questions to reach beneath the surface (as the parent/individual) and access the real drivers of my reactions/fears/stories and then support me to connect with them, reparent my inner child or offer myself the compassion and love that has been lacking - all in a way that I could never achieve on my own. It's this work that has proved the invaluable gift of my work with Joss.

I love that even with all the wisdom Joss holds, I have never felt inadequate, not good enough etc in her presence - the way she validates the challenges or frustrations I share is incredibly healing and something I hope to be able to develop and be able to emanate with my children.

Thank you Joss for your beautiful support in my Aware Parenting journey.

I attended a workshop Joss ran last year and I immediately felt held. I later signed up to do a month of work with Joss and I am incredibly grateful I did. Joss’s knowledge is powerful, it comes from a place of her lived experience and also extensive education. With both of these super powers together, Joss made me feel safe within my body which opened my heart up to heal. I felt like I had worked through 20years of therapy in the month of work I did with Joss. She helped me peel back the layers to feel my emotions & the pain I had been pushing down for so long. The heavy weight of the emotions I had buried deep and shame that came with that, are slowly washing away. I now feel like I have the ability to sit with my children’s big emotions & pain on such a deeper level.

This has also changed the way I practice in my work with other families.

Joss you truly are a gift to the world.

Joss offers a beautiful, wide space of welcome in which every part of me can feel valued, seen and heard. I feel so incredibly held by her warm, steady presence, and words. For me, the sessions combined with voice messaging provide such a wonderful support, in which I can feel held and nurtured in my journey as a mother. Huge heartfelt thank you to you dear Joss.

When I talked to Joss for the first time I had only known about Aware parenting for about 2 weeks and previously practiced attachment parenting with lots of breastfeeding to sleep and as comfort. My son was 2,5 years old and we had been struggling with his sleep since birth with approximately 10-30 wakeups per night and the longest stretch of sleep being 2-3 hours. Only breastfeeding would resettle him and I was beyond exhausted. We needed a change and we needed it now, that's why we took help from an Aware parenting instructor basically right away, we could not afford unnecessary trial and error and really needed support.

Talking to Joss was lovely, I felt heard, understood and held, something I really missed since becoming a mother. We got practical suggestions on simple changes in our routines as well as play ideas, and the emotional support for me was invaluable. We used our initial 3 sessions within a couple of weeks and saw a MASSIVE change in our son, both in behaviour and sleep. He opened up, was happier and more cooperative, and night wakings quickly reduced to approximately 1-3 with the longest stretch of sleep being 5-7 hours. It was such a big shift I almost couldn't believe it.

I can highly recommend Joss, and I will continue to use her support for my son as well as for my own inner work, probably for many years to come.

Working with Joss is like being an alchemist's apprentice, learning from a very skilled and compassionate alchemist that has many methods of turning lead into gold. Sitting with Joss gives me the strength and greater skills to witness myself through my experience of life. I have more patience and unconditional love for my own pains and can accept that life is an unfolding process that always deserves to be met with love. She is the voice in my head when its too hard to love myself through a challenging feeling or circumstance and it guides me to return to inner love. This informs my parenting to be more authentically unconditionally loving and I have the words to use to help repair with my children in times of rupture and to accept them in times of struggle. This process translates to all of my relationships, I feel more loving and more compassionate with no effort, it is simply a growing humming inside of me. Working with Joss is keeping me on the fast track of turning my lead into gold, every apprentice needs a master and I have found that in Joss.

"Joss is an amazing listener. I have seen several therapists over the years and none have welcomed my feelings as much as Joss does. I feel deeply held and understood in our sessions. She not only creates a sense of safety but also provides encouragement and ideas to further support myself without triggering shame or making me feel that I am not doing enough. Her understanding of Aware Parenting runs deep. It is clear she has taken in the principles and has practiced them for many years.

I thought I understood how to offer loving limits, but with Joss' gentle guidance, a lightbulb went off and I was able to practice loving limits far more effectively. This led to profound experiences while my daughter was learning to use the potty. My daughter had the maturity, knowledge and everything she needed to go for it but something was holding her back. Joss helped me and my husband offer her loving limits and we discovered so many feelings under the surface of our bright and thriving girl. We watched her go into positions that mimicked her birth and she cried and raged for many hours with us over the course of 6 weeks. It was challenging to be with all her feelings, but we could see a shift after each big cry. She was lighter, more easy-going, chatty and had no signs of resentment that we offered her a loving limit. Best of all, she started using the potty of her own free will! We didn't have to bribe her or force her and now we trust her more than we did before because we understand there are real reasons for her resistance to things.

I highly recommend working with Joss if you have your own feelings coming up or if you would like help with parenting challenges."

Something deeply resonated with me from the beginning after listening to Joss's podcast and hearing her passion for both Aware Parenting and natural learning. I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to have Joss support me. Joss has supported me through specific parenting concerns I needed advice on, as well as delving into my own personal stories and reparenting journey. I can't speak highly enough of Joss and everything she has done to support me and my family on our journey so far. She is warm, kind, compassionate and patient. Her capacity to hold space for me has been amazing to experience. She is a wealth of knowledge and her passion for both Aware Parenting and natural leaning is so clear. Thank you Joss for all you are and have done, it's truely appreciated.

Joss is an immense wealth of parental knowledge and advice.

Coming from a deep seat of compassion and empathy, Joss has supported me in my journey though the pitfalls of parenthood and given me the support and knowledge I needed to navigate my darkest moments with my children.

Being a single Father with a majority of custody, Joss has supported my path forward, not only with regards to my children, but also with their mother and the dynamic that intertwines that triangle of power.

Whether it was listening to her podcasts or dealing direct in one on one consultations, Joss has helped my family come back to the basics of connection, awareness, love and joy with a big focus on the beauty and healing properties of play and loving support.

From dealing with learning disorders, homeschooling, depression & anxiety, drugs & alcohol and just plain defiance, joss has helped me across the full spectrum of childhood issues with a calm, balanced and conscious energy that invigorates you and leaves you feeling like there is hope.

These little humans don’t come with an instruction manual so it is so comforting to know that people like Joss are around to help those of us who are struggling.

Good conscious parenting is hard, but the rewards are bountiful and there is nothing more fulfilling in this world than watching our children thrive and learn the ways of this world under the safety of our care and guidance in a connected and balanced way.

Thank you for your help and guidance.

My partner and I love working with Joss. Joss has such a wealth of experience in Aware Parenting and her approach is grounded & deeply caring. We contacted Joss because our toddler really struggled with the transition to having a new baby brother. I recall thinking many times in the initial months after having our second baby, ‘oh I’m having yet another unenjoyable parenting moment, and another, and another!!’. I felt emotionally stretched and worn out, and so did my partner.

Our sessions with Joss have supported us to prioritise more self care & nurturing, foster deep compassion for ourselves and our little ones, listen with abundant presence to big feelings, play with the magical powers of play & continue the journey of re-parenting ourselves! That’s a whole lot of value isn’t it!! I highly recommend Joss - she’s an empowering super-power coach who has supported us to access our own super-powers more and more. Big hearted appreciation to you Joss

I was struggling with parenting my 9 year old son and 6 year old daughter particularly around having firm boundaries and being consistent. I was talking to a friend of mine and saying I need a parenting coach and she mentioned Joss and aware parenting. I had never heard of aware parenting and looked it up. It immediately resonated with me so I got in touch with Joss.

In only a short time Joss was able to explain to me very clearly the principles of aware parenting and how they work. She listened with compassion as I told her the struggles I have been experiencing and gave me some really good practical tips which when I put them into practice really worked. I actually thought I would need to see Joss for a long time as I was feeling quite pessimistic about things changing at the start, but I was surprised that just by adding some new techniques from aware parenting how effective it was.

My partner was a little sceptical at first as he thought it was about permissive parenting but he soon realised he was wrong. He saw how the changes we both made improved things and he really started to understand the way it works.

It was clear to me that Joss is really passionate about what she does and I felt very supported by her throughout my parenting challenges.

Thank you Joss

I find myself truly blessed with having Joss’s support in my life.

Her gentle, calm, loving and tender presence is like a warm light shining on me in our sessions.

I feel safe with Joss, to explore my inner worlds and I really love how she holds the space for me and how she gently and subtly guides me in connecting to my feelings and needs, and in expressing them.

I also love learning from her and her experiences.

My heart feels warm and loving when I think of Joss, and my life is definitely more valuable because of having met her, and knowing that she is here for me too.

I wish you would live close by.

I know that Aware Parenting is Joss's passion and life choice. She always shows empathy, forgiveness, compassion and unconditional love. Joss is well known as an empathetic and nurturing woman. She is a mentor to me and to many, children and adults both, during times of challenge and as life support. Joss is easy to talk to and provides a non judgemental space where you feel comfortable and relaxed to be in. I know that I can trust Joss . She is a truly great listener and can hear for the real issues underneath the surface and help me to fully address them. She is always looking for the best solution for both long term and short term.

Joss makes a huge difference in the lives of so many women and children. With a warm heart and a genuine love of people Joss is my generosity mentor, she goes above and beyond, always with love and kindness as her goal. She is clear and can confidently communicate the concepts of Aware Parenting.

I loved chatting with Joss. She creates such a safe space to explore the parenting journey, with no judgement and lots of guilt dissolution! Joss has come up with a couple of super simple to implement ideas to help reduce parental worry/anxiety and transform it into trust & to strengthen connection.

I highly recommend working with her

I have known Joss since 2006 and am in awe of what she brings to the world as an Aware Parenting Instructor. Her profound knowledge, wisdom and experience of Aware Parenting shine out in every interaction she has with parents, whether that's in Zoom calls, in our Aware Parenting and Natural Learning Community or in written responses in our free Facebook group. I've seen the relief on parents' faces and the drop in their shoulders as she shares her experiences with her children and the deep trust she has in Aware Parenting and the parent-child relationship through deeply living this approach over the past 15 years. I highly, broadly and widely recommend working with her.