"Mama, be fully present!"
This blog is special because it is an attempt to weave two big roles I play in my life - being a mom and a facilitator....its funny, as I write this I realise how the precious word "being" appears and reappears in our lives and yet its depth eludes us.... I was curious to write this as I noticed that in so many of my conversations with peer facilitators I tend to mention how parenting has been such an influence in my facilitation practice and I wanted to really unpack what that meant.... So how has my parenting journey of the last 8 years impacted my facilitation? 1. It has strengthened my presence - As anyone playing with a child will tell you, they can smell distraction a mile away! My son can always tell when I am with him and yet not with him. It is very uncanny. Over the last few years especially I try and consciously transfer out whatever I was doing and transfer into the experience with him - whether it is a chat/ play/ dancing/ fooling ar...