Episode 26: Attachment in Aware Parenting with Rebecca Sheikh

In this episode, I have a wonderful conversation with Rebecca Sheikh. Rebecca is on the executive committee of The International Attachment Network and is the Aware Parenting regional co-ordinator of the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa. She runs Flourishing Childhood and loves supporting parents using the Aware Parenting Philosophy. She also incorporates other elements into her work with parents. She has an MA in Counselling in Education from The Tavistock Institute in London, a foundation course in NVC, and has completed the hand-in-hand professional training. She is currently completing the Sandplay therapy, therapeutic play practitioner training and the Practitioner course in Focussing with children. Rebecca shares how she has learnt to apply aware parenting in her family and to embody this approach. We talk about healing our trauma and shares her inner child work. She describes the power of not distracting, not chasing away, not avoiding feelings and instead allowing feelings to flow through our children and ourselves. She talks about the importance of self care and using attachment play and her journey to learn to embody loving limits. We discuss the power of rewind and repair and self-compassion. To learn more about Rebecca, please visit www.flourishingchildhood.com or follow her on Facebook and Instagram at flourishingchildhood.