*One space open for a new group member to begin February 2025! Connect with Caroline@MBodiedCoaching.com for more info!
None of us got ideal parenting, and none of us need to be perfect parents (thank goodness because that’s not possible!) But, our children indeed ask for present parents/caregivers. Matter of fact, research shows "mismatch" is 70% of our love dynamics (that means we are not always in sync!).
When we parents can learn how to better "catch" and channel and even celebrate our own big energy, we feel more equipped to catch and channel our kids' unique being (this includes all the big feels, the pushes-and-pulls through all the developmental years that are necessary for healing and a robust quality of aliveness!) 🌟
M-Bodied Parenting is appropriate for Parents of Kids of all Ages/Stages/Identities: Babies, toddlers, kids, tweens, teens & adult children
Areas of support:
• Clingy, fussy baby
• Attachment concerns
• Sleep issues
• Toddler or teen tantrums
• Neurodivergence
• Opposition and defiance
• Disordered eating and self harm
• Chronic family tension
• Addiction or substance use
• Parent depression, anxiety, rage
M-Bodied guides parents and caregivers how to:
• better recognize nervous system, developmental, and trauma responses
• appreciate attachment as an ongoing relational practice
• feel equipped to offer body-based co-regulation practices to children
• celebrate the unique energy and self expression of each of their children
Here’s why I created this group:
As a parent of three, and as a therapist who sees a lot of parents, I often here the desire parents have for better connection with kids, especially as they try to steer away from old-school punishment. However, reading all the books and watching all the social media tips don’t seem to “click” in the heat of the moment. Our bodies need more support, more practice to stay steady and present in the thick of it. Therefore, this group teaches parents how to not just intellectualize but literally move through triggering dynamics with a greater capacity for their own embodied steadiness in an effort to feed that nourishment to their kids.
Using early relational co-regulation practices from the multi-generational trauma healing method Chi for Two®, M-Bodied Parenting helps parents to explore behaviors-as-communication and reactions-as-information in an effort to reclaim healthy connection, communication and playfulness.
From womb-to-walking-and-beyond, children depend on primary attachment figure(s) to provide the Circle of Support for healthy relational connection that supports bio-psycho-social development and eventual individuation. From womb-to-walking-and-beyond, children ideally explore developmental movement expressions to grow physically, cognitively, emotionally and socially.
M-Bodied Parenting explores early relational and developmental movement expression of both connection and separation that can sometimes overwhelm parents & caregivers. When parents and caregivers are more informed and equipped with somatic practices about how to support movement expression within themselves as well as in their children that is developmentally normal or perhaps laced with trauma response, the parent-child dance becomes easier and deeper nourishment can be met for everyone.
M-Bodied Parenting helps parents and caregivers to:
Use developmentally appropriate, body-based co-regulation practices for grounding, focus, play & connection.
Better listen to your child's behavior as communication.
Get curious about both your reactions as valuable information.
Move through messiness & mismatch to deepen your relationships!
Recognize a child's need to "push" as normal not naughty.
Transform yelling and shaming into effectively setting limits with love.
Channel sibling rivalry and conflict into self-empowerment.
Feed yourself with emotional and nervous-system nourishment to better nurture your children.
Caroline Gebhardt, LPC, RYT, RSME/T is a licensed counselor, registered somatic movement therapist/educator, Chi for Two® embodiment coach/trainer & registered yoga teacher. Caroline created M-Bodied Parenting, which focuses on re-patterning early relational practices from the multigenerational trauma healing method Chi for Two®, a polyvagal-informed, trauma-sensitive, attachment-based healing approach.
Group details:
In-person, Kirkwood
Tuesdays 12:00-1:15pm
Ongoing, 3-month commitment minimum, $200/month
Interview required
Contact: Caroline@MBodiedCoaching.com