Episode 34 - The Healing power of Empathy with Laura Shaz

In this episode of the podcast, I have the pleasure of talking to Laura Shaz. Laura is mother to two children aged 7 and 4. She is currently studying to be a midwife and is passionate about sharing the AwP philosophy with new mothers and fathers and with birth workers. She is a certified yoga teacher, Aware Parenting instructor and massage therapist who has been working in the birth world as a pregnancy yoga and mums & bubs yoga instructor for the past 7 years. She holds a master’s degree in Conflict Resolution and Mediation, which she delved into the field while living in Israel and facilitating youth groups in high schools. She is passionate about physical and emotional healing for families and about making mothers’ and families lives more joyful. Laura currently lives in the northern rivers of Australia with her family. Laura shares how she came to Aware Parenting and how she has found receiving empathy and support herself so transformative in her parenting. We talk about how helpful learning to offer loving limits has been in our families. She shares how she learnt to listen to feelings and allow her baby to release and cry when she needed to. We talk about the magic of attachment play to support healing and closeness. She shares lots of examples of how she has used aware parenting to support her family and we talk about how powerfully healing it is for us all to receive empathy. To learn more about Laura, please visit https://www.ljspeace.com and follow her on Facebook at Laura Shaz. To learn more about my Aware Parenting Teenagers course, please visit https://awareparenting.com.au/aware-parenting-teenagers/ or to pay in instalments please use the link for the payment plan here https://awareparenting.com.au/register/awp-teenagers-instalment/