Hello everyone and welcome to The Bubbling Adventure, a podcast all about kids and how positive education and conscious parenting can impact their entire life as well as society. I am your host Julie and each Thursday we're having conversations with guests on different themes and the aim is to have open discussions, show different points of view and learn in the non judgmental way. Today, I am doing a solo episode! I haven't done one in awhile but I thought that it would be good as a reminder as well as for the new people who listen to The Bubbling Adventure. Let's talk about what is conscious parenting and why it is important. In order to support this podcast, what is a very helpful is to subscribe to the show you can also find us on Instagram at The Bubbling Adventure and share this share the episode with someone you know someone who is interested in education, someone who might be expecting a baby or who is a parent - you should definitely know a few people in that category! Thank you so much oh almost forgot do let me know what we should do for the two years anniversary of the podcasts - I am curious to know as well which is your favorite episode so far? But without further due, let's begin! For those who are new and don't know me hi hello welcome my name is Julie. Obviously French - that you would know straight away. According to better up: ‘Conscious parenting is a child-rearing philosophy that encourages parents to make mindful, emotionally intelligent decisions in raising their children.’ To people who say – I was raised like this and I turned out fine… good for you. We now have the neuroscience studies we didn’t have just a few years ago. Everyone is doing their best, but I believe we need to shed some light on this new way. It is more about making informed decision, as I said earlier. You can try to implement all the education tactics that you want, it starts with parents. As we know, kids model what they see and believe me they are super perceptive. I am not telling you you need to be perfect all the time or shaming you at all – this is not the goal. I know it is easier said than done. However, it is easier to act a certain way when we are informed in the first place. You may remember something someone said that works for them and try to implement it rather than lose your temper, and that is a massive win. You also need to understand that you unconsciously have flashbacks of when you were your kids’ age – which is why it feels so personal and raw sometimes. Work it out. You have inherited emotional baggage – deal with it the earliest possible to help lessen triggers. However, you don’t want to be overprotected. Do you want to make their life easier? Yes and no to be honest. Something that strikes me is how many kids are unable to play without their parents next to them. Boredom is cool, it brings creativity. Now, I am faaar from having all the answers. And this is why the podcast continues as we figure it out together, week after week. So if you have any questions, subjects to discover, guests to meet… do let me know so we all learn together