In this episode I have the pleasure of talking with Lia Wong. Lia has dedicated herself to studying Kinesiology and is a certified Neuro-Energetic Kinesiologist. She is passionate about gentle birth, trauma-informed care and is a certified Aware Parenting Instructor.

Lia shares how she learnt to stop distracting her child and instead to welcome his feelings with the crying in arms approach. She describes how she was able to let go of the focus on making the crying stop and instead support her son to express and release feelings. We talk about deconditioning ourselves from strong cultural beliefs that children crying is bad and something we need to fix or make stop. She shares how powerful Aware Parenting has been to tune into children's behaviour and notice signs of accumulated stress and trauma. We discuss the importance of getting listening in this process and learning to honour our needs.

To learn more about Lia, please visit www.raisingorion.com She is also on Instagram and Facebook at laiwong and raising Orion.