Intuitive Mothering allows us to recognise how our thoughts, actions and words are being influenced and how we can easily get distracted from what fulfills our children and us.
- We find ways to profoundly nurture and connect to our children.
- We discover how to look at life and balance it in a whole new way.
Below is a list of some topics discussed in the book.
My Story
This is about my early journey as a mother.
Instinct and Intuition
What is it? Learn how both instinct and intuition are designed to protect us, and the difference between them.
Tuning In
Learn the secrets to awakening your instincts PLUS connect to your child at the same time. Learn how to tune in while pregnant, and also how to tune in to your baby, your toddler and your growing child.
Social Influence and Expectation
These include family and friends and our general social environment. Find out how you are being persuaded, often quite unknowingly.
Media
This addresses how we are affected by all media: television, printed media and technology. It provides us with tools to become more self-determined.
Being Tired and Stressed
Discover ways to re-energise and deal with stress.
Experts
Understand the importance of experts and how to use them in a way that works for you.
Logic
Learn how logical thinking can block instinct and feeling, and how to prevent that happening.
The Mater Complex
Pretending to be coping can stop us coping. Discover how to free yourself from pretending to be perfect.
Time
Our relationship with, and understanding of time can support us or hinder us. Discover how you can let time work for you.
Fear
We often don’t even realise when fear is driving us. Find ways to abolish the fears that determine unwanted actions.
Expectation
This includes our own personal expectations as well as our perceived expectations of and from others. Expectation and judgement are interlinked. They can be the biggest barriers to fulfillment, connection and self-determination.
Responsibility
Understanding what we are responsible for, and to whom we are responsible liberates us to create the life we, and our children, desire and deserve.
Pigeonholing and Labelling
We can unintentionally label in our minds and words. This can be extremely limiting, disconnecting and erode our growth and confidence. Find ways to ‘;catch’; yourself and others so labels don’t stick.
Acceptance
Loving someone enough to let them be exactly who they are and exactly who they’re not is real love. Discover how to embrace acceptance in order to give and receive more love.
Forgiveness
Unless we’re clear about the meaning of forgiveness, we can be controlled by it rather than empowered by it. Empower and enlighten your relationships, and your entire life, by understanding and using forgiveness.
Rushing
When we balance our lives so that we control time rather than allowing time to control us, we learn where rushing comes from, how destructive it can be and how to prevent it.
Looking Good
This includes our children, our home and us. Find ways to look even better as a result of letting ‘looking good’ go.
Juggling Roles
By realising our choices and roles — mother, partner, sister, daughter, lover, friend, colleague, and many more – we are able to find ways to juggle them so they strengthen us and all around us.
Competition
When we discover how we compare and what we are comparing to, we realise how pointless, distracting and disempowering comparisons are.
Trends
Trends can be dangerously insidious. We can land up feeling regretful, with an attitude of‘that’s what was done’, unless we recognise the trends of our time. Discover ways to recognise trends and decide for yourself.
Childcare
When we look at the choices we make and their consequences, we find we are able to make choices that are right for our children and us.
Challenges and Adversity
You will look at life in a new way! This is so liberating.
Depression
Understanding how we can get help and recover, as well as how we can prevent depression is vital to our fulfilment and connection.
When Things Go Wrong
Understanding the meaninglessness of ‘;wrong’ can empower us to make things right.
Blame
When we realise what blame does, we are provided with a powerful catalyst in creating our own life path.
Guilt
We learn where guilt comes from, why we have it and how to let it go.
Litigation
Looks at the choices and consequences of litigation so we are able to make decisions that work for us.
How to Protect Our Children
Find out how to protect your children in all ways: emotionally, physically and spiritually. This is also a beautiful process of connection and building strength.
Recognising Warning Signs
Our children communicate in so many ways. Recognising their warning signs can save them (and us) heartache and time. It also enriches our relationship.
Awakening Our Inner Joy
Discover your inner joy and how to awaken it — this is a life-altering and beautiful process promoting inner happiness.
Keeping Life Simple
Find a whole new way to see life and ‘;be’; in life. You will feel like you can breath again.
Awakening Our Inner Senses
Come alive again by finding ways to connect with what we take for granted!
Finding Our Child’s World
Discover magical ways to not just know your child, but to be in their world. This is an amazing gift for our child and us.
Children and the Living World
Teaching children about the wonder of the world around them and how to respect it and interact with it gives them a deep self-respect and promotes core values.
Nature Versus Nurture
Understanding the debate and its relevance to us as mothers is enlightening and allows us to feed our children emotionally and spiritually.
Instilling Confidence and Security in Our Children
Discover ways to build strength, resilience and self-reliance in your children so they can be awesome!
Nurturing Sibling Relationships
Discover the secrets to your children really getting on and nurturing one another.
Respect
Once we re-define ‘respect ’ in our minds, we re-discover and find a new self-respect which strengthens our children and us. This infiltrates into all of life and all relationships. It is vital in promoting values, happiness, self-reliance and co-operation. and love by knowing when to separate yourself and your own feelings.
Behaviour and Co-operation
Find beautiful ways to teach children gently and effectively to co-operate: a practical segment which empowers, connects and develops confidence in your children and you at the same time.
Partners and Our Instinct
Gives partners an understanding of our instincts and creates mutual respect and connection.
Getting Along (Partners)
This addresses issues like How to Present a United Front, Affection, Partner Help, Financial Pressure and Working, Partners and Post-Natal Depression, Communication and Togetherness, Remembering to Have Fun, Curbing Expectations, Making Your Partner (AND YOU) a Priority amongst all the other priorities: a vitally important segment which builds love and commitment with your partner.
The Meaning of ‘Letting Go’
You will never see ‘Letting Go’ the same way again! When we learn how to let go, we learn how to let our children, our love and us grow.
Separating Yourself from Your Child
Discover how to nurture and love by knowing when to separate yourself and your own feelings.