Join us for a Mindful Parenting course, held over the course of a day. This is aimed at parents and carers of young children and young teens. During the day we will be looking initially at our own wellbeing, noting that how we are directly affects how our children are. We know that how we are, how we respond to the stresses and strains of daily life, impacts more on our children than anything that we say to them. We need to be able to show our children how to respond to the emotional stressors in life - rather than being pulled along reactively to these.

In this course we learn how to be more present for our children, how to be with our difficulties without being overwhelmed and how to bring a sense of calm and ease into family life. As well as having the opportunity to share practices in the sessions, there is a handbook full of practices to share with your children.

The day costs £80, which includes lunch. We do also have two reduced rate spaces at £45. Click here to book in.

Over the course of the day we'll cover the following themes: What is mindful parenting? Paying Attention and Mindful Listening; Mindfulness of Feelings; Managing the Big Feelings with Self-Compassion and Nourishing Happiness and Gratitude.

Get in contact with any questions: susie@pauseandbreathe.co.uk

Meet Your facilitator:

Susie will be your facilitator for these sessions. Susie worked as a Social Worker within Criminal Justice for 20 years, and is passionate about helping people to make difficult changes. Since the beginning of 2017, Susie has been delivering mindfulness within her local community in Falkirk. She co-founded Pause & Breathe CIC with her husband, Phil Blackburn and is delighted to have opened The Place to Pause & Breathe in Bonnybridge and The Place for Martial Arts & Wellbeing in Bo'ness - bringing people together in community. Susie is a Mindfulness Coach and a certified Daring to Rest Facilitator. Her approach is trauma-sensitive, and she is an advocate of giving participants choice in everything she offers.