Parenting Support Call

The intentions for this Parent Support Call is to provide a time to meet with a group of other parents who are interested in how to Tend to their Inner Lives so they can Tend to the Inner Lives of their children.

The Support Call will include:

• Time to reflect on Parenting Topics
• Optional Listening time provided by Magdalena with an opportunity to recieve coaching
• Time for parents to practice a special kind of listening with each other
• Symbolic, ceremonial elements for processing challenge and triumph

On these calls we can explore any of the following:

• difficult parenting origin stories (conception, pregnancy, birth or postpartum) having an impact on current relationships with children.
• ways to process loss as a parent
• ways to grieve and celebrate developmental or social milestones
• how to address challenging behavior by using the Listening tools of Hand In Hand Parenting to build, strengthen and nourish your relationship with your child
• how to use ritual and ceremony to support your parenting process
• how to build a care team around you for your parenting

You will get to:

• share experiences of challenges and celebrations with your children
• have questions answered
• get listened to in turn by the group, facilitated by Magdalena, a deeply experienced Listener, in a confidential, judgement free environment

This will help you:

• build your parenting Care Team
• learn from other parents
• reduce your levels of shame, stress and overwhelm
• find ways to celebrate you and your child

The size and duration of the call:

Groups are limited to TEN participants. Please plan to join with your camera on, in an environment where the conversation can be for our ears only. Please use headphones if there are babies/children in the space.

The group is for:

Open to parents with children of any age.

The calls are not recorded.

About me:

Magdalena Consuelo García is a parent, holds a Masters in Education with 25 years serving children and their families, is a certified Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor, trained Birth Story Listener, Writer, Ceremony Facilitator and Creator of Circles and Bridges-a movement to Tend to the Inner Lives of Parents so they can Tend to the Inner Lives of their Children.

What is Hand in Hand Parenting?

Hand in Hand is an evidence-informed parenting framework that helps parents learn tools to allow children to move through stress in order to avoid negative outcomes. Hand in Hand's set of five concrete tools put into practice the principles of attachment theory, authoritative parenting, and trauma-responsive care.

The Hand in Hand approach is based on these assumptions:

-When children feel connected, they learn readily, love easily, and become caring leaders among their peers. A healthy parent-child connection enables a child to fully access their intelligence and ability.

-When parents feel connected with their children and with other parents, they have greater success at solving problems at the heart of family and community life. Parenting becomes more fun, and more rewarding.

-When children’s behavior goes “off track,” they are asking for closeness, connection and understanding. Parents can use the tools of Special Time, Playlistening, Setting Limits or Staylistening to rebuild the connection with their children. The child offloads stress, reconnects, and can then make thoughtful decisions and learn from their experience.

-When emotional stress sends parents' behavior "off track," they need the support of a listener who appreciates how much they care and how hard they try. Parents need the safety to offload feelings that interfere with their ability to guide their children with love and sensible limits, kindly held.

If you can't make this session, you can also connect individually. to book a free session with me to see how I may be able to help.

Event Venue

Online