17 yrs & 12 books later - Sarah Ockwell-Smith on what really matters

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Motherkind podcast. Thank you for pressing play and listening.

I’m so happy you are here because this episode is going to blow your mind. This conversation is transformational. That is a big statement but I really believe it. You’ll want to listen to it all the way to the end.

Sarah Ockwell-Smith is the mother of four children. Following the birth of her first child, she re-trained as an antenatal teacher and birth and postnatal doula. And she has since worked with 1000s of parents over the past 17 years. She is also a prolific author of 12 books, including the Gentle Sleep Book and the Gentle Eating Book.

This episode might not be what you think. Sarah vulnerably and honestly shares an incredible shift that has happened to her in the past few years that has totally transformed how she sees parenting and being a parent.

In this episode you’ll learn about:

• Sarah’s transformational wake-up call
• Why looking at your childhood is the most important thing you can do as a parent
• Good girl adaptation
• People pleasing and boundaries
• What gentle parenting is and isn’t
• Our powerful exchange about the parenting advice industry
• Why you don't need another parenting book and what you do need

I’m so grateful how honestly Sarah shares with us.

Please share it with your mum-friends who you feel should hear this. Be that person empowering, uplifting and inspiring other people and help me to do that. Let’s keep sharing this wisdom and get more and more of these messages out to the people who need it.

As always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Gentle Parenting www.gentleparenting.co.uk
• Blogs at www.sarahockwell-smith.com
• Website
• New book How to be a calm parent

About Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Sarah Ockwell-Smith is the mother of four children. She has a BSc in Psychology and worked for several years in pharmaceutical research and development.

Following the birth of her first child, Sarah re-trained as an antenatal teacher and birth and postnatal doula. She has also undertaken training in hypnotherapy and psychotherapy and is a member of the British Sleep Society. Sarah specialises in gentle parenting methods and is co-founder of the Gentle Parenting website www.gentleparenting.co.uk. She also blogs at www.sarahockwell-smith.com.

Sarah is the author of twelve parenting books. and frequently writes for magazines and newspapers, and is often called upon as a parenting expert for national television and radio.

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