Mothering, early years

Question: Dear Marion, I’m 4 months pregnant and I’ve recently found out about Aware Parenting from my close friend, who is on your…

Last week I left my quiet hometown of Mullumbimby, in Northern NSW, and travelled to the big smoke of Sydney to offer four days of Aware Parenting consultations…

Negotiating me time can be a tricky task that we face as parents. There are both blocks within us, and also in our immediate circles and wider society that…

Recently I was invited to submit the Nappy Free! dvd to a GreenLifestyle Film Festival taking place in Hollywood... Being that it is not often that the…

Birth is big. That’s the paradigm I work with. There are very few events in life that have the same potential for life affirming or destructive…

For many of us, parenting reminds us of the central importance of families. Social norms and the tyranny of distance mean that few Australians partake of a…

There is a hobbit in my garden, climbing a tree. He is short—as hobbits are—with dark skin, brown eyes and a bushy beard. My son catches sight of him from the…

I stood at the doorway of my daughter’s bedroom one night as her father tucked her in and said goodnight. ‘Daddy, you’re my true love’, she said as she wrapped…

We were listening to the Eagles in the car when five-year-old Gracie asked, ‘Mummy, can love really keep us alive?’ Quickly my mind went into overload. How…

When many of us think about bonding with a baby, the image that is evoked is that of holding your baby just after birth, falling immediately in love…