Listening Partnerships: The missing piece in the parent support puzzle

In this episode join Lara, Alice and Belynda for an earnest conversation about the Hand in Hand Parenting tool of Listening Partnerships. They share their adoration for this tool (again!), discuss how it has helped them and enthuse about how life changing it has been for them. You’ll hear more about:

What a Listening Partnership is and the guidelines that help to keep it a safe space  How a bright spot and refresher question are the perfect bookends for a Listening Partnership  How this tool sets Hand in Hand Parenting apart from anything else available in the parenting world  The power of hearing others’ experiences  Tales of how they’ve used Listening Partnerships in their own lives 

If you want to learn about how finding a supportive listener can transform your parenting and give you the fuel to play wildly, connect with empathy and be with your child through all of their feelings, this is the episode for you! If you are interested in finding a Listening Partner and would like to join the Tales from the Toolbox WhatsApp Group for Listening Partnerships, please complete this form and we’ll email you a link to join: https://forms.gle/DjjbTBxfTat1EMLE8 

For some other resources on Listening Partnerships you might enjoy 

This article - https://www.handinhandparenting.org/2016/08/listen-launch-post-what-is-a-listening-partnership/ 

or this one - https://www.handinhandparenting.org/2020/04/this-weekly-ritual-is-one-of-the-best-things-you-can-do-for-your-parenting/

This online self-paced course - https://www.handinhandparenting.org/product/building-a-listening-partnership-online-class/ 

Listen by Patty Wipfler and Tosha Schore (which has a whole chapter dedicated to Listening Partnerships AND is also available as an audiobook) - https://www.handinhandparenting.org/listen-five-simple-tools/ 

Join the Hand in Hand Community on Mighty Networks: https://join.handinhandparenting.org/feed 

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Wishing you lots of connection and joy in your parenting, and thanks for listening. 

You can connect with Belynda in Australia at [email protected]  You can connect with Alice in Shetland at [email protected]  You can connect with Lara in London at [email protected]  You can connect with Stacy in California at [email protected]  You can connect with Kelly in South Africa at [email protected] Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talesfromthetoolbox/message

Join the Tales from the Toolbox team, five Hand in Hand Parenting Instructors from around the world, as they share stories of how connection-based parenting can transform family life to be sweeter and stronger. These judgment-free and down-to-earth conversations will inspire and nourish you; full of laughter, learning and compassion, they get real about the ups and downs of family life.

Parenting was never meant to be done alone; listen in to feel part of a worldwide community of parents who put connection at the core to build warm, trusting relationships where everyone can thrive.

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• Latest episode: 2024-05-27
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